The 35th Assembly of Parties of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization will conduct a three-day conference that aims to review and set the agenda on the universal access of satellite communications. ITSO was established in 1971 with the mandate of overseeing public service obligations of Intelsat Ltd through inter-governmental relations.
Uganda is one of the 150 ITSO members which help Intelsat ensures it is providing quality public telecommunications services. ITSO states are getting public telecommunication services which include data, voice, and video on a global and non-discriminatory basis.
The term of the current ITSO agreement will be one of the issues to be discussed in the meeting. The United Nations General Assembly of September 2010 calls for the creation of broadband communications infrastructure worldwide in fulfillment of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
President Museveni will be in the opening ceremony. There would be 250 foreign dignitaries that will attend the event, said the Ugandan Communications Commission (UCC).
Uganda is set to become the first African country to be an ITSO host. The event will be an integral part of a medium-term strategy to grow satellite communications technology. Satellite communication plays a key role in implementing broadband services.
UCC said satellite communication is not only a secondary Internet option, it is also the primary means of accessing international network in areas where terrestrial networks are not available.
Major strategic issues will also be addressed in the event, including orbital satellite slots protection, ITSO strategic plan, budget and election. Patrick Masambu, founding executive director of UCC, is the present director for technical services at the Washington DC-based institute.
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