By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent
The first ordinary meeting of the Monitoring Group for the Implementation of Solutions to Interference Problems in the 3,625 to 3,700 MHz band (Gaispi) was held on Friday, December 10.
Cyber Era NG understands that one of the most important points of the meeting was the definition that the process of expression of interest by broadcasters who want to continue their open TV transmissions by Banda Ku be carried out through Public Calling, to be operated by the Superintendence of Granting and Resources for Provision from Anatel.
At the meeting, the President of the Group and Anatel’s Advisor, Moisés Moreira, appointed the Superintendent of Grant and Resources for Provision of the Agency, Vinícius Caram, to exercise the function of executive secretary of Gaispi. At the time, in addition to the approval of the Group’s Internal Regulations, full and alternate members were defined, as shown in the table below:
- President of GAISPI, Moisés Queiroz Moreira
- Executive Secretary of GAISPI, Vinícius Oliveira Caram Guimarães
- Representative of the Ministry of Communications, Maximiliano Salvadori, Martinhão William and Ivo Koshevnikoff Zambelli
- Representatives of the Winning Bidders of the Type B Lots, Antônio Oscar de Carvalho Petersen, Monique Pereira Ibitinga de Barros, Camilla Tedeschi from Toledo Tapias, Anderson Emanuel de Azevedo Gonçalves, Mario Girasole, Marcelo Concolato Mejias,
- Broadcasters Representatives, Flavio Ferreira de Lara Resende, Cristiano Reis Lobato Flores, Márcio Silva Novaes, Samir Amando Granja Nobre Maia, Luiz Carlos Abrahão, Carlos Eduardo Neiva Melo,
- Satellite Operator Representatives, Luiz Otavio Vasconcelos Prates, Michelle Machado Caldeira, Fabio Franco Costa de Alencar, Luis Fernando Barros Costa Fernandes, Márcio André Assis Brasil, Rodrigo Soares Campos
- Representatives of the Winning Bidders of Lots C1 to C8 and D1 to D32, José Roberto Nogueira, Katia Pedroso, Cristiene Evaristo, Wagner Barrier, Márcio Tiago Arruda, Mariana Rezende
“We have a relevant mission, the work of cleaning the 3.5 GHz band, the migration of TVROs (open TV signal reception system via satellite dishes) to the Ku band, the challenging project of PAIS (Integrated and Sustainable Amazon Programme ), with the implementation of six highways and more than 10,000 kilometers of sub-fluvial cable, and advance in the creation of the Private Network. Our objective is to successfully advance in this project”, said Vinícius Caram to the Group.
- Representative of the Ministry of Communications at Gaispi, Maximiliano Martinhão said that “we are very confident in the work of Anatel and we hope to repeat the success of Gired (Group for the Implementation of the Process for Redistribution and Digitization of TV and RTV Channels)”.
The President of the Group, Moisés Moreira, highlighted the high level of the members and stated: “we will face this mission as quickly as possible”. In addition, Moreira introduced the coordinators of the Technical Groups.
- Financial Monitoring Technical Group (GT-F)Luiza Giacomin, Hosea Aguilar, Technical Communication Group (GT-Com), Henrique Pinheiro, Guilherme Soares,
- Ku Band Migration Technical Group (GT-Migration),Martin Hon, Rafael Prata, Rogério Fernandes, Frederico Neves,
- 3.5 GHz Eviction and Interference Mitigation Technical Group (GT-Employment), Alex Azevedo, Afonso Ferreira, Kim Mota, Frederico Neves
- Technical Group of the Integrated and Sustainable Amazon Programme – PAIS that makes up the Connected North Programme (GT-PAIS), Sidney Nince, Takeshi Ikeda, Hosea Aguilar
- Technical Group of the Private Communication Network of the Federal Public Administration (GT-Rede), Tawfic Awwad, Takeshi Ikeda
Members of Gaispi are: representatives from Anatel, the Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (Abert), the Brazilian Association of Radio and Television (Abratel), the Brazilian Association of Legislative Television and Radios (Astral), the National Union of Companies of Satellite Telecommunications (Sindisat), of the Brazilian Association of Satellite Telecommunications Companies (Abrasat), of the Ministry of Communications and of companies that won the auction of the 3.5 GHz band.
