Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Satellite News Briefs

Thuraya Satellite Phone Provide Emergency Communications to Philippine Province

The Office of Civil Defense of the Cordillera Administrative Region (OCD-CAR) , Philippines has set up a Thuraya satellite telephone at the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) to be used by emergency response staff at the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council(PDRRMC). PSDWO usually serves as the Disaster Coordinating Center for the PDRRMC during flood, typhoons and other natural calamities.

According to Engineer Jojo Valera of the OCD-CAR, the satellite phone will serve as communications tool of last resort when all local networks are not operational due to bad weather.

The Thuraya satellite telephone will enable the response group to communicate with regional and national DRRMC. The satellite phone also supports text messaging in addition to voice calls. The phones are also being used in other regions Regions 1, 2, 3 and Metro Manila.

2012 World Radiocommunication Conference

The US promises to promote the discussion of new spectrum band allocation for broadband mobile service providers at the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) , a global marathon meeting of major telecommunications firms. The event started in Geneva on January 23.

Decker Anstrom, the head of US delegation to WRC-12, said the US representative will give priority in tackling the spectrum crunch at the one-month long quadrennial meeting. The event is hosted by the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union.

Although WRC-12 is unlikely to reach a decision on the spectrum crunch, the meeting is a necessary step in outlining technical tasks need to address bandwidth scarcity over the next three and a half years so that the industry can look forward to WRC-2015 as time for making big decisions.

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