The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has
joined the international community in congratulating the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the
Radio Regulations, reports ITRealms.
The Radio Regulations are the international treaty governing
the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and
non-geostationary-satellite orbits.
Wireless communications systems play a crucial role in
bridging the digital divide and helping the world communicate and, like the
ITU, the CTO works with member countries to promote affordable, universal and
high-quality broadband connectivity and considers the effective use of radio
communications resources as critical to achieving universal and affordable
broadband access.
“The Radio Regulations represent a remarkable success story
of cooperation among the international telecommunication sector and have, for
the past 110 years, efficiently governed the technical standards of the
international community’s wireless communications,” said Shola Taylor,
Secretary-General of the CTO.
The CTO devotes considerable resources to radio
communications related programmes. Every year, over 35% of the CTO’s technical
capacity development programmes aimed at public and private sector stakeholders
in member countries focus on radio communications networks, compared with 10%
for fixed networks.
“As a past chairman of the Radio Regulations Board, and a
member for eight years, I am proud to have contributed to the work of the Board
in coordinating the regulations. Congratulations to the ITU on this significant
achievement,” Taylor said.
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