{"id":8938,"date":"2010-05-05T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T20:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=8938"},"modified":"2010-05-05T16:50:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T22:50:03","slug":"ambrose-george-to-attend-ectel-21st-meeting-in-grenada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/regional\/ambrose-george-to-attend-ectel-21st-meeting-in-grenada\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambrose George to attend ECTEL 21st meeting in Grenada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8939\" style=\"width: 139px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/SWEARING-IN-2010-AMBROSE-GEORGE-ARRIVES.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8939\" title=\"SWEARING-IN-2010-AMBROSE-GEORGE-ARRIVES\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/SWEARING-IN-2010-AMBROSE-GEORGE-ARRIVES.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Castries, 30th April 2010 &#8211;<\/strong> The Eastern Caribbean  Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) will convene the twenty-first  meeting of its Council of Ministers in Grenada on 5th May, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting coincides with activities in observance of the tenth year  of the establishment of the regulatory authority.<\/p>\n<p>Among the main agenda items for the Council Meeting is a report on  the new Price Cap Plan for ECTEL Member States.\u00a0 The new Plan has been  submitted to the NTRCs and would guide the regulation of fixed services  offered by Cable and Wireless (LIME) in the ECTEL Member States.\u00a0 Some  benefits in the new Price Cap Plan includes: the termination on Access  Deficit Charges by LIME to interconnecting providers; and the reduction  in fixed to mobile rates over a period of three years.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the agenda for the twenty first meeting are matters related  to: the regulation of services through Voice over Internet Protocol  (VoIP); and the status of implementation of pilot projects on  Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and Universal Service and  the Draft Electronic Communications Bill.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will be held at the Coyaba Beach Resort on Wednesday 5th  May, 2010.The Council of Ministers comprise: Hon Joseph Gilbert,  Chairman- Grenada, Hon Ambrose George \u2013 Dominica, Hon Glen Phillip \u2013 St.  Kitts and Nevis, Hon Guy Joseph \u2013 Saint Lucia and Hon Jerrol Thompson \u2013  St. Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n<p>The ECTEL Treaty was signed in 2000 in Grenada.\u00a0 The main purposes of  ECTEL include the promotion of open entry, market liberalisation and  competition in the telecommunications sector in the sub region, the  facilitation of fair pricing and the use of cost-based pricing methods,  and the increased penetration of telecommunications services.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8211; Eastern Caribbean  Telecommunications Authority<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Castries, 30th April 2010 &#8211; The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) will convene the twenty-first meeting of its Council of Ministers in Grenada on 5th May, 2010. 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