The August 2015 issue of the Spectru monthly bulletin reports on the call for papers ahead of the Portuguese URSI Committee's ninth congress, to be held this coming 4 December in Lisbon with the theme of ‘5G and the internet of the future’.
Other highlights include final decisions on the wholesale markets for voice call termination in individual mobile networks and costing model and on the market for wholesale high quality access at a fixed location (Ethernet CAM and inter-island lines), as well as consultations on the wholesale broadcasting market and on conclusions of the in-depth investigation of income and costs of digital terrestrial TV (DTT) service.
Also noteworthy was the honourable mention the Universal Postal Union (UPU) awarded to 13-year old Maria Coutinho of Portugal in the 2015 international letter-writing contest.