CITEL - Inter-American Telecommunication Commission

The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission was established under the auspices of the Organization of American States. It has 35 Member States and over 200 Associate Members. It has been entrusted by the Heads of State at the Summits of the Americas with specific mandates. CITEL has technical autonomy to perform its functions within the limits prescribed by the OAS Charter, its statutes and the mandates of the General Assembly. Its objectives include facilitating and promoting the continuous development of telecommunications.

• CITEL has a Permanent Executive Committee (COM/CITEL) consisting of eleven members, three Permanent Consultative Committees and one working group.  The Committees are:
• Permanent Consultative Committee I (PCC I) which deals with telecommunication standardization;
• Permanent Consultative Committee II (PCC II) dealing with radiocommunications including broadcasting;
• A steering committee; and,
• A conference preparatory working group whose members are all Member States of the Organization, Associate Members that represent various private telecommunication associations or companies, and Permanent Observers and regional and international organizations.

For more detail, see: www.citel.oas.org/