Summary

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Organised in partnership between ITU and Forum Global, this year’s Latin America Spectrum Management Conference once again provided a high-level meeting point for stakeholders across Latin America and beyond to discuss topical issues relating to the management and co-ordination of spectrum policy across the region.

This event was part of a week long series of events in Mexico City, and took place alongside 'The Americas Seminar and Workshop on Digital Broadcasting' (more information can be found here).

Speakers include

Gabriel Contreras Saldívar

President

IFT

Juha Sipilä

Prime Minister of Finland

Fernando Borjón

Director, Promtel

SCT Mexico

Mario Maniewicz

Deputy Director

Radiocommunications Bureau, ITU

Héctor Bude

Chairman, WG for WRC-15 CITEL, Head of Spectrum Management Department

URSEC

Istvan Bozsoki

Head Spectrum Management and Broadcasting Division

ITU

Martha Suarez

Director General

ANE

Mindel De La Torre

Chief International Bureau

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Oscar Leon*

Executive Secretary

CITEL

María Elena Estavillo

Commissioner

IFT

Tarcísio Bakaus

Coordinator of Spectrum Allocation and International Spectrum

ANATEL

Raul Lazcano

Head of Regulatory Policy and Research

Ministry of Telecommunications, Chile

Glenn Fallas

Director, Directorate General of Quality and Spectrum

SUTEL

Mario de la Cruz Sarabia

President

CANIETI

Ricardo Castañeda

Director General of Spectrum Engineering

IFT

Alejandro Navarrete

Head of Radioelectric Spectrum Unit

IFT

Karim Lesina

Vice President, International External Affairs European Union, Caribbean, Central and Latin America, and Trans-Atlantic Relations

AT&T

Jose Luis Ayala

Head of Government and Industry Relations for Latin America

Ericsson

Celedonio von Wuthenau

Director, LAT Government Relations

Nokia

Gabriela Manriquez

Head of Government Affairs

Qualcomm

*via video link

More Information

This year's Latin America edition brought together key stakeholders and policymakers in the region to discuss the following issues and topics:

The conference included sessions on the following topics:

The digital switchover in the region - progress and planning ahead
WRC-15 - next steps and planning ahead to WRC-19
Maximizing the benefits of the 700 MHz band – 2 sessions focussing specifically on the Mexican wholesale network model, and approaches being seen in other countries
What next – is it time to start planning for the 2nd digital dividend in the 600MHz band?
Fuelling the next wave of wireless connectivity: spectrum for 5G, IoT and future wireless technologies
Best practice in auctions, licencing and valuation (including a focus on the Mexican AWS-3 and the US incentive auctions)
Connecting the unconnected: Spectrum policies to help bring affordable connectivity to all
Regulatory Roundtable - Managing spectrum in Caribbean and smaller Central American countries

If you have any questions or require any further information regarding this event, please do not hesitate to contact Lula Howard on on spectrumlatam@forum-global.com or +44 (0) 2920 783 026.