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The following ICT infrastructure will be made available to the delegates
during the Plenipotentiary Conference:
Conference documents
Cybercafé with service desk support
Printers
Wireless LAN
Wired Ethernet LAN
Communications centre
Electricity
Support
Conference documents
In order to facilitate electronic access to documentation, the following
provisions have been made:
All Plenipotentiary Conference documents will be posted on the ITU
website as soon as they are available and will be accessible through a TIES
registered user account. The Conference documents are at
www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/ (left menu "Documents and proposals")
or directly at
www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/docs-proposals/index.html
Participants to the Conference, not having a registered TIES user
account, will be able to use a temporary TIES account. For this purpose,
registered participants will receive a generic TIES user name and password,
which will be valid until 31 December 2006.
Cybercafé with service desk support
The cybercafé is located in the basement floor of the Vega Convention
Centre, below the Mira rooms. There are thirty-six PCs with multilingual
keyboard support, twenty wired connections for laptops and six network
printers.
There is an ICT service desk inside the cybercafé to assist Delegates on IT
related issues.
Printers
Connections to the printers can be done:
- via the network (wired/wireless) through a printer server. Printers
have the server name and share name marked on them;
- via USB;
- via parallel cable.
Wireless LAN
Delegates equipped with 802.11a/b/g cards will be able to take advantage
of the wireless LAN facility installed throughout the Sungate Hotel,
enabling them to connect to the temporary ITU Orange_LAN at the Vega
Convention Centre to access meeting documents, TIES and benefit from
Internet connectivity.
The following number of simultaneous 802.11a/b/g wireless connections have
been planned in the following locations:
| Meeting room |
Number of
connections |
| Tuncay Cavdar |
800 |
| Atlas |
300 |
| Spica |
200 |
| Atria |
100 |
| Maia 1, 2, 3, 4 |
50 each |
| Mira 3 |
25 |
| Cybercafé |
25 |
| Cinema Carina |
50 |
Please note that the installation and use of non-ITU wireless access
points without prior authorization from the ITU/IS Department is prohibited.
Wireless LAN cards
Delegates are advised to procure a Wi-Fi certified card before travelling to
the Conference. Before buying a card, it is advisable to check that it has
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo. For details, please see:
Accessing
PP-06 Wireless Facilities.
Wireless LAN configuration
parameters
Please follow the installation instructions delivered with the card.
You may need to log in with administrator privileges depending on
your PC’s operating system and the card purchased.
The following parameters should be set in order to connect
to the ITU wireless network:
Important: Laptops with wireless cards configured in Ad-Hoc mode
will not be able to connect to ITU’s wireless LAN – furthermore, they will
create confusion and instability for other wireless users. Please ensure
that the wireless cards are configured in Infrastructure mode only.
For details, please see:
Accessing
PP-06 Wireless Facilities
Common LAN configuration parameters
- Enable DHCP so that your laptop will obtain the IP address and other
network parameters automatically.
- Web-proxy: Ensure that your Internet browser’s proxy setting is
removed.
- SOCKS: Disable any SOCKS configurations.
- Outgoing e-mail: If you want to use your own email
application (e.g. Outlook) on your laptop for sending emails, please
check with the service desk at the cybercafé for the name of the
outgoing SMTP server to be used.
Security
Please be aware that network communication can be intercepted,
either wired or wireless. As such end-to-end encryption is recommended for
confidentiality. Please use VPN or end-to-end encryption solutions and
personal firewall software to protect your system.
It should be noted that some firewall software configurations may prevent
access to local resources (e.g. network shares and printers). In case of
problems, please consult our support staff at the service desk.
Wired Ethernet LAN
Ethernet connections (RJ45) 10/100 Mbps are provided to connect laptops
to the Internet:
- Cybercafé: 20 connections in the basement level of the convention centre
- NOT available in the meeting rooms except on the podium.
Common LAN configuration parameters
- Enable DHCP so that your laptop will obtain the IP address and other
network parameters automatically.
- Web-proxy: Ensure that your Internet browser’s proxy setting is
removed.
- SOCKS: Disable any SOCKS configurations.
- Outgoing e-mail: If you want to use your own email
application (e.g. Outlook) on your laptop for sending emails, please
check with the service desk at the cybercafé for the name of the
outgoing SMTP server to be used.
Security
Please be aware that network communication can be intercepted,
either wired or wireless. As such end-to-end encryption is recommended for
confidentiality. Please use VPN or end-to-end encryption solutions and
personal firewall software to protect your system.
It should be noted that some firewall software configurations may prevent
access to local resources (e.g. network shares and printers). In case of
problems, please consult our support staff at the service desk.
Communications centre
The communications centre will provide the following services:
- incoming and outgoing telephone services, fax, modem;
- Pay phones.
Telephone directory services
Available at the Communication centre and on the Internet, see links below.
For Switzerland
For Turkey
Mobile telephone and SIM cards
- Participants may continue using their own GSM mobile phones and/or
SIM cards in Turkey. Services are available according to international
roaming agreements as usual.
- All mobile phones in Turkey have to be registered with the Turkish
Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) when it is used with a
Turkish SIM card. If Participants want to purchase SIM card from a local
shop in Turkey for using with their own phones, they must ensure that
the shop registers the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identifier)
of their mobile phones with the Turkish CEIR. If this is not done
properly, the phone with the Turkish SIM card may work for maximum one
week, after that it will be blocked by the Turkish mobile operators. The
phone will work again if the original foreign SIM card is reinserted.
- The Host Country will make available pre-paid SIM cards at the PP06
conference venue which participants may purchase for using with their
own mobile phones. The operators who sell pre-paid cards at the
Conference site will ensure the Participants' phones are registered
properly.
- Unless explicitly stated otherwise, mobile phones bought through
proper retail channels in Turkey will work properly with both foreign
and Turkish SIM cards.
Electricity
230V 50 Hz Type F power sockets
Support
Delegates can obtain support from the ServiceDesk in the Cybercafé at the
basement of the Vega Convention Centre
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