Regional Workshop for Europe and CIS on "Spectrum Management and Transition to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting", organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and for Information Society of Romania and the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), was held on 21-23 March 2016 in Bucharest, Romania.
This Workshop was organized in the context of the European Regional Initiative approved by WTDC-14 on Spectrum Management and Transition to Digital Broadcasting that seeks to provide a basis for the exchange of best practices encountered on the path of digital terrestrial television broadcasting transition, and works towards the way to maximize the economic and social benefits of the digital dividend. It also consided how to develop further a unified approach in order to enhance the advantages that it would bring to the Europe and CIS regions and how to enhance spectrum management tools and structures. The Seminar discussed, in particular:
- Digital terrestrial television transition;
- National legislation/regulation related to transition;
- Post transition activities;
- Utilization of the digital dividend;
- Spectrum management structure and tools;
- Outcomes of WRC-15.
