Acclaimed international non-governmental organization (NGO) reputed for using Internet for social change, the Association of Progressive Communication (APC) has unveiled an open spectrum management for development in five countries across the globe.
These countries include Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria and
South Africa.
Evan Light of APC in a brief about the project made
available to ITRealms Online, defined spectrum as the electromagnetic waves
used for radio and television signals, satellite signals, cellular telephone
signals, wireless internet signals and various other things, which is necessary
for the world’s daily communications needs.
Also, Evan said that a number of important technological
debates and developments are currently taking place to shape the future of
spectrum-based communication and the potential for introducing open spectrum
management.
This policy brief, Evan said provides a brief history of how
spectrum use has developed over the past 80 years, examines how it is currently
being managed and what the current issues surrounding spectrum are, and makes a
case for open spectrum.
He equally provided steps for a way forward, as well as a
list of concrete actions that could be taken by civil society organisations,
policy makers and media practitioners.
The brief was written as a part of the APC’s work on Open
spectrum for development, which includes five national country studies, namely
in aforementioned countries.
Spectrum in Colombia, he said for instance, demands for a
more participative model, asserting there are several government initiatives
aimed at broadening telecommunications access for the whole population through
spectrum.
Colombian civil society, he said, should make the most of
recent opportunities to lobby for the design of a management model that is more
efficient and emphasises on the social value of the spectrum, according to
Lilian Chamorro and Ariel Barbosa, authors of a new study for APC.
In Argentina, the spectrum is renationalized through
privatization, which makes the country one of the only three nations worldwide
that has done so with spectrum. However its recent renationalisation, together
with the participative drafting of a new radio broadcasting law and a national
plan for internet access, make this an auspicious time.
Remmy Nweke
ITREALMS Online ... delivering news for ICT4D
3 comments:
I think that this is a good step for APC. This would promote better communication between involved parties and develop a good and faster relationship. That is something that data cabling companies must think of, faster communication through wireless networks.
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