Standardization and New Technologies
Some of the duties under this section of the department include setting technical guidelines for service providers, evaluating and answering queries from different telecommunications vendors, suppliers and users for different technical issues, frequency planning and setting recommendations for technologies used in each spectrum band. As the market grows and competition is introduced in various services it is imperative that network standards are maintained so as to avoid conflict in the technologies adopted. Also keeping apprised of the evolving technologies in the telecommunications industry is essential for a better understanding of the market.
Conditions for the Use of Free Space Optical Communications System (FSOCS)