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International Teletraffic Congress (ITC)

I.Missing Part (Under construction)

II. Workshop "Developing Countries"

During ITC 15, Washington, 24& 26 June 1997

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The Themes of the Workshop will emphasize on teletraffic subjects that are of practical nature and relate to subjects of particular interest to developing countries.

Sessions

1. Data acquisition Tuesday 24 June 1997 (1400 - 1530)
   Methods of obtaining, statistical or measured, data required for preparation of forecasts, network optimizations, maintenance and operational controles, QOS, etc.
2. Forecasting Tuesday 24 June 1997 (1600 - 1730)
   Methods of forecasting will be presented including use of computerized models for this purpose. The experiences from the ITU-T (CCITT) GAS 10 Handbook will be of interest. Other methods developed are expected to be presented
3. Network planning & optimization Thursday 26 June 1997 (1400-1530)
   Network planning tools have been developed by many and the porpose of this session is to present such tools to the participants. ITU has developed the important tool PLANITU, which is being used by many developing countries in the world. Other countries/Administrations have also developed such tools and the session aims at having such tools briefly introduced. Eventual additional time for demonstrations may be avilable for speakers wishing to make such demonstrations (To be requested in good time !)
4. 4 New Services and cost-effective ways of providing teleservices (in particular in rural and isolated areas) Thursday 26 June 1997 (1600-1730)
   The many new services that have rapidly become available to urban and fast developing areas are also demanded in rural areas. ITU-D is devoting much attention to this in their Study Groups 1 & 2. The introduction of community teleservice centres, or similar services, in developing countries are now beeing tested in many of the developing countries. This session will aim at bringing the latest experiences from field operation/plans on this to the participants of this Workshop.

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Each Session will be chaired by a wellknown specialist in this field who will guide the session speakers and discussions.

Papers:
Max 6 A4 pages typed
Master copy of paper + diskette with text(if possible) 1 March 1997 (latest)
Paper approval confirmed 1 April 1997 (latest)


Technical Committee for the Workshop
The Technical Committee for the Workshop , who will assist with the study of proposed papers and approval of the papers to be presented are :
The Chairman of ITC-IAC Prof Paul Kuhn, University of Stuttgart, Germany and the two chairmen of IAC Committees 1 and 2, i.e Steven Katz and Charles Pack, as well as the members of Committee 3 :