Effective regulation of the satellite communications industry is essential to Asian consumers’ ability to receive the thousands of television streams that make up the Asian Pay TV industry.
For over a decade, Casbaa and its Satellite Industry Committee have been active, with other international satellite industry associations, in urging national and international regulatory bodies not to make frequency assignments that will result in fatal interference with TV broadcasts. (Several governments have assigned C-band frequencies to broadband wireless systems, greatly impeding the locals’ ability to receive broadcasts on those frequencies – used for five decades by the satellite and television industries)
Casbaa’s Wireless Action Group monitors Asian developments on this key issue, and energetically defends these key frequencies for the Asian television industry.
30 June, 2018World Broadcasting Unions Position on C-Band
The World Broadcasting Unions have reaffirmed the importance of C-band for satellite transmission of broadcasters’ content. WBU is the coordinating body for broadcasting unions who represent free-to-air broadcaster networks across the globe. Their leadership approved a proposed position “calling on satellite service providers and government regulators to protect the availability of the upper part of the C-Band spectrum, where the…
Casbaa’s response to the Hong Kong Communications Authority regarding the Consultation Paper on Arrangements for Assignment of the Spectrum in the 3.4 – 3.6 GHz Band. Download Here
1 June, 2018Joint Response of APSCC, Casbaa, ESOA, and GVF to Draft of National Digital Communications Policy 2018
A joint response from the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (ASPCC), Casbaa, the EMEA Satellite Operators’ Association (ESOA) and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) on the Draft of National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) released by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications (MoC), and the Government of India (GoI). Download Here
A joint response from the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (ASPCC), Casbaa, the EMEA Satellite Operators’ Association (ESOA) and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) to the Consultation on Spectrum Sharing Framework issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. This submission addresses the associations’ support of the of the regulator in securing the long-term optimal use of spectrum. Download Here
Comments by the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (ASPCC), CASBAA, the EMEA Satellite Operators’ Association (ESOA) and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) on the Government of New Zealand – Radio Spectrum Management’s technical consultation Preparing for 5G in New Zealand. Download Here
1 February, 2018RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION ON UPLINKING AND DOWNLINKING OF TELEVISION CHANNELS IN INDIA (TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA)
Comments by the CASBAA on behalf of its members to the Consultation Paper issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s on uplinking and downlinking of television channels in India. Download
29 January, 2018Response to Inputs for Formulation of National Telecom Policy – 2018 (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)
Comments by the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (ASPCC), CASBAA, the EMEA Satellite Operators’ Association (ESOA) and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) call for inputs for the formulation of its National Telecom Policy 2018. Download
Comments by the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (ASPCC), CASBAA, the EMEA Satellite Operators’ Association (ESOA) and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) on the Communication Authority of Hong Kong’s call for expression of interest on using the spectrum in 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for the provision of 5th generation mobile services. Download
Casbaa response to Plum Consulting’s Consultancy Study on Future Supply of and Demand for Telecommunications Infrastructure Capacity in Hong Kong. On behalf of international satellite and broadcasting industries, this response answers a selection of questions provided by Plum Consulting. Download Here