As the CEPT co-ordinator for preparing the ITU World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12), Portugal attended the 25th meeting of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), held last 13-16 December in Washington. WCIT-12 is an ITU conference to be held on 3-14 December 2012 in Dubai, where agreement should be reached on revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR).
Attendance at the meeting served to accompany CITEL's preparations for WCIT-12 and to foster convergence of ideas between CEPT and CITEL regarding the ITR review process.
Four Inter-American proposals (IAPs) were approved at the meeting for submission to WCIT-12, namely:
- Proposal to review and revise the International Telecommunication Regulations at the 2012 World Conference on International Telecommunications;
- Proposal in support of avoiding overlaps between Radio Regulations and the ITRs, and maintaining all Radio-Specific Regulations within the Radio Regulation;
- Proposal in support of maintaining the voluntary nature of ITU-T recommendations;
- Proposal for a new Resolution of the WCIT (concerning landlocked countries).
Note that the proposals now approved by CITEL share common points with the ideas defended by most CEPT members.
