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Tri-Territory Telecommunications Frequency Co-ordination Meeting to be held in
Anguilla
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admin on 03/26/2010 15:07:00 Etc/GMT+1


(The Valley, Anguilla) - Ministry of Communications, Government of Anguilla will
be hosting the annual Frequency Co-ordination Meeting between the French St.
Martin, Dutch Sint Maarten and Anguilla telecommunications Administrations this
year in Anguilla at the Paradise Cove Resort Hotel from 29th March to 1st April
2010. This will be the 8th such meeting between the Administrations.
With the rapid proliferation of telecommunications services following
liberalization of the market, and the geographical closeness of these islands,
land mobile and other telecommunications services within and between the islands
suffered severe interference due one island’s signals interfering with another
island’s telecommunications services. The situation grew untenable and it
became necessary for the islands to co-ordinate the use of the frequency
spectrum between the islands to minimize and where possible eradicate this
interference. The interference, for example, manifests itself in mobile
telephone service in Anguilla being affected by strong mobile signals from St.
Martin/Sint Maarten drowning out local mobile telephone services in Anguilla.
The problem is further exacerbated by the use of different standards between the
islands. Both Saint Martin/Sint Maarten use the Region 1 European standard of
spectrum allocation and usage whereas Anguilla use the Region 2 standard, common
in the United States. This use of the different standards causes overlap of
frequencies thus worsening the interference problems and making the task of
frequency co-ordination much more difficult hence much more important.
By frequency co-ordination between the islands use of the frequency spectrum is
co-ordinated to reduce this interference and maximize usage of the spectrum.
This results in a win-win situation for all and leads to strengthened cordial
relations between the Administrations.
French Saint Martin (and St. Barths) will be represented by Officials from Paris
France; Dutch Sint Maarten (and Saba and St, Eustatius) will be represented by
Officials from the Kingdom of Holland, and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; and
Anguilla will be represented by Officials from the Ministry of Communications
and the Public Utilities Commission.