Castries, Saint Lucia, March 8th 2013 -- The Council of Ministers of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) will hold it twenty-seventh regular meeting in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday March 12th 2013.
The Council will receive updates on the operations of ECTEL. Two special items on the Agenda are the final recommendation on the draft Electronic Communications Bill, and the framework for the development of a broadband policy and plan for the sub-region.
The Members of Council, who are the Ministers with responsibility for Telecommunications and ICT in the ECTEL Member States, will also participate in a seminar on current emerging issues in the telecommunications and ICT sector.
Presentations will be made on broadband expansion in the Caribbean, the implementation of Universal Service programmes, and roaming services in the Member States.
Resource persons for the seminar will include representatives of telecommunications service providers, the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organisations (CANTO), the Caribbean Office of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Council of Ministers was established following the signing of the ECTEL Treaty in May 2000. Its main functions are to promote the effective implementation of the Treaty, and to give policy directions to the ECTEL Board of Directors.
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