[wsfii-discuss] [Office] Pre-alert situation in Argentina, please help & advice

Fri Nov 30 16:37:25 UTC 2012

From: NicoEchániz <nicoechaniz at altermundi.net>
Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] [Office] Pre-alert situation in Argentina, please help & advice
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:32:15 -0300
> However, it was by chance that we had the opportunity to solve this in a
> private agreement (one of our community network members is a technology
> provider for this telco). We still would like to make the most out of
> this incident, promoting a review of our national regulations regarding
> license-free bands. We are in contact with different government offices
> so we could try to get the ball rolling on this matter.
> 
> It would be very helpful to asses what are the differences between our
> regulations and those in countries where community networks have really
> flourished.
> 
> Is there a list where it would be more appropriate to initiate a thread
> on this matter? WSFII-discuss? Battlemesh? Interop? some other?
> 
> 
> We could try to model a small set of important variables that should be
> investigated for every case, ie. licence requirements, node
> registration, equipment approval, fees involved if any, etc.
> 
> 
> Would there be any shared interest in pursuing such a task?

Once again, APC has an Open Spectrum research and advocacy line, and
they seem to be active in Argentina:

http://www.apc.org/en/spectrum/country/argentina

As well as many other countries:

http://www.apc.org/en/projects/open-spectrum-development

There is also summary of latinamerica situation:

http://www.apc.org/en/spectrum/pubs/spectrum-use-latin-america-summary-report-case-stu

And there are a lot of reference papers that you can use when approaching the govt.

I can try to see who is the best contact person in APC for this.

maxigas, kiberpunk

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