News and Events

As a consequence of the World Health Organization characterizing COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 and in light of the fast-moving situation relating to the COVID-19, the Director General would like to inform the Parties that as of Monday, 16 March 2020, the ITSO Headquarters will not be accessible to delegates or visitors until further notice. This has been instigated to protect the health of ITSO Parties and staff and to help to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The ITSO Advisory Committee (IAC), established at the Twenty-Seventh Assembly of Parties (AP-27), met at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. during the period 16-17 January 2020. The Agenda, List of Documents and List of Participants are attached as Annexes I, II and III, respectively, to this Report. 

Washington DC, USA, October 29, 2019 – American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) will jointly offer a new session of the online course on Basic Principles of International Communications Regulation and Policy, part of the Program on International Communications Regulation and Policy.

Maputo, Mozambique, June 28, 2019. A training workshop on Satellite Communications, as part of the Capacity Building partnership between the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was held in Maputo, Mozambique, during the period of 24-28 June 2019. The workshop facilitators were Mr. Omar Ka from ITU and Mr. Edward Kasule Musisi from ITSO respectively, bringing together combined expertise and extensive experience in international radio regulation, satellite orbital resource use and coordination and satellite communications.

The TWENTY-SECOND meeting of the ITSO Advisory Committee (IAC-22) was called to order on 30 May 2019 at 0930 Hours by the Director General, Mr. Patrick Masambu. The IAC-22 meeting was attended by 46 delegates representing 17 IAC member Parties. Delegates from the Parties of Angola, Chile, Republic of Congo, France, Malta, South Africa and Turkey also attended the meeting as observers.

Washington, USA, May 3, 2019 – American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) have jointly offered an online course on Basic Principles of International Communications Regulation and Policy, part of the Program on International Communications Regulation and Policy.

Asunción, Paraguay – April 26, 2019. A training workshop on Satellite Communications, as part of the Capacity Building partnership between the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was held in Asunción, Paraguay, during the period of 22 to 26 April 2019. The workshop was hosted by the Commissión Nacional de Telecomunicationes (CONATEL) regulatory agency of the Republic of Paraguay. The facilitators were Mr. Pablo Palacios and Mr. Álvaro de Vega Moreno from the ITU, and Mr. Jesús Rivera from ITSO, bringing together combined expertise and extensive experience in international radio regulation, satellite spectrum use and coordination and satellite communications. The workshop was attended by 48 participants from Argentina, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.