Events

by Naoakira Kamiya

Tokyo, Japan, December 15, 2019--The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) held the 55th International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (InterBEE2019) for three days from November 13 to 15 at Makuhari Messe Convention Center located at Chiba City, near Tokyo. Under the slogan of “Conveying the Possibilities of New Media to the World,” a record number of 1,158 companies and organizations including 632 from 37 countries and regions overseas, exhibited at 2,125 booth spaces. JEITA proudly announced that the total visitors marked 40,375.

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 20, 2019​​​--The 38^th ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) has adopted a new innovative milestone-based regulatory approach for the deployment of non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) satellites in specific bands and services.

London, UK, November 19, 2019--The GVF-C21 Partnership has announced details of the opening keynote addresses to be given at the HTS Roundtable: GEOs, MEOs, LEOs – Enabling a Brave New World on 2nd December 2019 at ETC Venues-St Pauls, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD.

Cape Town, South Africa, November 18, 2019 – More than 15 000 visitors, over three content-packed days, attended this year’s AfricaCom, and is a record for the event that turned 22 in 2019.  AfricaCom is the world’s largest and most influential Africa-focused technology, media and telecommunications event and the presence of so many industry heavyweights, emphasised the significance of the role that technology is playing and will continue to effect, on the way the world progresses. 

London, UK,  November 5, 2019--With literally days to go before the world’s most influential Africa-focused technology, media and telecoms event opens its doors on 12^th November 2019, organisers have issued an advisory to inform would-be visitors that only a limited number of complimentary tickets remain, and they encourage registration as soon as possible. 

Cape Town, South Africa, November 1, 2019– AfricaCom 2019 has a strong focus on building gender parity in the technology and telecoms industries this year, with a  number of initiatives that will be launched at the event taking place in Cape Town 12- 14 November 2019.

​​Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt,  October 28, 2019--The World Radiocommunication Conference, the international treaty-making Conference governing the global management of scarce radio-frequency spectrum as well as geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits, opened today in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

London, UK, October 25, 2019-Africa’s vast, untapped human potential is on the verge of incredible technological leaps forward with the rapid spread of digital technologies across the continent, along with the growing accessibly of NextGen technology.

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Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, October 25, 2019--The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19) concluded today charting future directions in radiocommunication systems and information and communication technologies. Chaired by Mr Sergey Pastukh of the Russian Federation, RA-19 set future work programmes for the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and approved a range of radiocommunication standards (ITU-R Recommendations) and Resolutions that will have a global impact on future radiocommunication technologies.​