2nd Meeting of SATRC Working Group on Policy, Regulation and Services 4-6 July 2023, Maafushi, Maldives

4-6 July 2023, Maafushi, Maldives: APT organized the 2nd Meeting of the SATRC Working Group on Policy, Regulation and Services from 4 to 6 July 2023 in Maafushi, Maldives. The meeting was hosted by Communications Authority of Maldives (CAM), and attended by 38 delegates including the enlisted experts of this Working Group from 9 SATRC Members and 7 Affiliate Members of APT.

This Meeting of SATRC Working Group on Policy, Regulation and Services is a part of the activities of SATRC Action Plan Phase VIII (SAP-VIII) which was adopted by the 22nd Meeting of SATRC (SATRC-22) held virtually in 2021. It was the 2nd Meeting of the Working Group under SATRC Action Plan Phase VIII.

The Work Items of WG PRS under the SATRC Action Plan Phase VIII (2022-2023) are as follows:

Work Item 1: Development of enabling policy and regulatory environments, in the context of   SATRC, to embrace the new ecosystem brought by 5G

Work Item 2: Telecom active infrastructure sharing

Work Item 3: Regulatory issues related to OTT services and applications

Work Item 4: NGSO satellite constellations: Requirements, challenges and impact in South Asia

The meeting discussed and adopted the draft Work Item reports assigned to the Working Group by the Council.