1. Regulatory Framework Asia Pacific region
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Asia Pacific Region
Primarily ITU Region 3
Asia-Pacific Area excluding the Americas (region 2 – CITEL, CORF)
Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
Radio Astronomy Frequency Committee in the Asia Pacific region (RAFCAP)
Pacific Telecommunications Council
(includes the Americas!)
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References
CRAF handbook for frequency management
Web pages
APT
RAFCAP (under construction)
PTC
(Links from CRAF pages)
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4. National Administrations
Region diverse in languages and cultures
Mostly single Communications Administration e.g. Australian Communications Authority (ACA)
Cover all ITU sectors
Web pages – often difficult due to language
(East Asia – Chinese script)
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APT – 1
Asia Pacific Telecommunity
The MAJOR spectrum organisation in the region
Treaty level inter-governmental agreement
National communications ministries or communication administrations
Established in 1979
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APT – 2
32 full members
4 associate members
50 affiliate members – providers of telecommunication services in the region
Resolution to invite private and government sector companies and organisations
 46 companies/organisations
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APT Objectives
To Correlate Planning, Programming and Development of Telecommunication Networks;
To Promote the Implementation of all Agreed Networks;
To Assist in Development of National Components of Efficient Networks;
To Foster Co-ordination within the Region of Technical Standards and Routing Plans;
To Seek Adoption of Efficient Operating Methods in Regional Telecommunication Service.
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Furtherance
Technical and other studies, with ITU;
Exchange of information, technical experts and other specialized personnel;
Feasibility of transfer of technology;
Provision of short-term technical assistance;
Assessment of personnel and training needs;
Regional telecommunication training institutes;
Formulation and implementation of bilateral or multilateral telecommunication programmes.
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Study Groups
For the Study Cycle ,  there are four Study Groups:
Study Group 1:     Policy & Regulation
Study Group 2:     Network
Study Group 3: New Services towards Business Creation
Study Group 4:     Internet & E-Commerce
-- currently dealing with 19 Study Questions, ranging over large variety of issues
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Work Programme
APT General Assembly  Management C.ttee
Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure (AII)
- 29 AII pilot projects
Industry and Users’ Forum
(cf ITU-D Private Sector Forum)
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Standardisation Program (ASTAP) forum
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Impact on ITU
APT is very active and successful in ITU fora.
World Telecommunication Policy Forum
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
ITU-R World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC)
 APT Preparatory Group (APG) – develops regional positions for WRCs
APT plays a major regional coordinating role in ITU meetings and processes.
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12. APT and Radio Astronomy
Main forum has been the APG meeting in preparation for WRCs
Formulation of coordinated regional positions on WRC agenda items
Radio Astronomy participation through National delegations
E.g. support of “Allocations above 71 GHz” in WRC2000. Position also coordinated with CEPT and CITEL.
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13. Need for regional RAS entity
Need to have regional RAS input to APT
(cf. CRAF and CEPT)
Need regional RAS organisation in the Asia Pacific region
Hence formation of RAFCAP (Radio Astronomy Frequency Committee in the Asia Pacific region) at the regional URSI meeting AP-RASC’01 (August 2001, Tokyo).
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RAFCAP
RAFCAP acts as the scientific expert committee on frequency issues for the Asia-Pacific radio astronomy and related sciences. The mission of RAFCAP is:
(a) to keep the frequency bands used for radio astronomical observations free from interference.
(b) to argue the scientific needs of radio astronomy for continued access to and availability of the radio spectrum for radio astronomy within the Asia-Pacific region.
(c) to support related science communities in their needs of interference-free radio frequency bands for passive use.
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RAFCAP membership
Chairperson -- Masatoshi Ohishi (NAO, Japan)
Secretary -- Tasso Tzioumis (ATNF, Australia)
Makoto Inoue (NRO, NAO, Japan) 
S. Ananthakrishnan and T.L. Venkatasubramani (GMRT, TIFR, India)
Uday Shankar (RRI, India)
X. Hong (Shanghai Obs. China)
S. Wu (National Astr. Obs., China)
H.S. Chung (Korea Astr. Obs., South Korea)
Jeremy Lim (IAA, Chinese Taipei) 
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RAFCAP info
** under construction **
Modelled on CRAF
Main target is APT meetings
1st RAFCAP meeting at APG in Korea (August 2002) -- [APG-3 on now!!]
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RAFCAP special issues
Diverse regional cultures and languages
Financial support directly from RAS observatories (no equivalent to ESF)
Need more visibility and participation
Must increase Chinese involvement
All help is welcome
Wish us luck…..
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18. Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC)
Unique organisation, founded in 1980
Asia-Pacific + Americas
International, non-profit, non-governmental membership organisation
Forum for providers and users of communication services
650 members
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PTC Objectives – 1
To provide a forum for discussion and the interchange of information, ideas, and the expression of views regarding telecommunications and related aspects of the information society and economy in the Pacific for a multi-faceted, diverse body including policy-makers, planners, regulators, users, researchers, academics, and providers of equipment, software and content;
To promote the general awareness of the varied telecommunication requirements of the Pacific area;
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PTC Objectives – 2
To organize conferences and seminars to promote the free flow and interchange of the varied views and requirements of the Pacific area and to address specific telecommunication issues to assist in solving near-term and future issues; and
To communicate viewpoints and recommendations of the Council to the established national, regional, and international organizations responsible for policies in telecommunications.
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PTC conferences
PTC Annual Conference – January
PTC2002 (Hawaii) – “Next Generation Communications: Making IT Work”
PTC2003 – “Global Broadband – Global Challenges”
PTC mid-year 2002 – “Building Strong Partnerships”
WWW2002 & WWW2003 conferences
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Summary
Asia-Pacific region organisations:
APT – vigorous involvement
RAFCAP – new
PTC – unique and general
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