GSMA LA Position Papers

This document contains the observations and opinions of GSM Latin America (hereinafter GSMLA) regarding the Voice Internet Protocol (hereinafter VoIP) service.

Digital television broadcasting is not new, there are standards that were developed and have been implemented for several years, which have had a varying degree of penetration success, depending on the place in the world where they have been applied.

In the last years mobile communications have grown to a mass market, giving important benefits to the people, to the industry in general and of course to the national economies, and recently also we have seen the apparition of mobile internet services.

Non-enforceability of Unbundling to Mobile Networks: A Latin-American Vision

The universalization of telecommunication access is a key element to promote social inclusion and to foster development across the Region. Indeed it has been recognized as one of the main target approved by OAS members. The successful achievement of this target depends on a variety of factors including a flexible approach by Administrations to better address the solution in each particular case.

One of the GSMLA association purposes is to promote growth of GSM network in Latin America, and its leadership technology superiority in the Region. For that reason it must emphasize and promote the best solutions to all association operators to be enable to drive improvements in their networks.

It is of public knowledge that ITU (International Telecommunication Union) established the radio terrestrial interface UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication Services) as a third generation standard (3G) which fulfills with IMT-2000 specifications (International Mobile Communications 2000) for cellular mobile telephony services. UMTS is the evolution of the current second generation (2G) GSM, which up to date is the most used standard in the world to provide personal mobile telephony, services (PCS).

The outstanding growth and development of telecommunication services experienced during the last years in Latin America, especially in mobile and wireless communication has implied an important step on the economic and social development of the region.