The 4th CIS & CEE Spectrum Management Conference

Mr. Mario Maniewicz was elected Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He took office on 1 January 2019.

Mario Maniewicz is an electronic engineer specialized in telecommunications. He has been with the ITU for over 30 years, where he has held various positions of responsibility in the Radiocommunication and Development Bureaux as well as in ITU Regional Offices.

As Director, Mr. Maniewicz is responsible for the management of the Radiocommunication Bureau, which organizes and co-ordinates the work of the Radiocommunication Sector whose aim is to ensure the rational, equitable, efficient and economical use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits.

Education:

Moscow state Institute of electronics and mathematics (Technical University), Faculty of Informatics and telecommunications,

Speciality: Projecting and technology of radio-electronic means, 2002.

MTUCI postgraduate studies 2003-2007.

Department of Economics of communication

Candidate of economic Sciences (MTUCI, 2007)

Specialty 08.00.05 – Economics and national economy management

Honorary radioman of the Russian Federation (2014)

Participated in the work on following directions as an executing officer:

• The implementation of major infrastructure projects (Federal program “Development of broadcasting in the Russian Federation for 2009 – 2018”, the Program on elimination of digital inequality in Russia, the Creation of an integrated departmental system of radio communications, Conversion events for the development/replacement/upgrade of telecommunications equipment)
• The prospects assessment of Internet of things (IoT) technology development and their frequency support in Russia.
• Execution complex of works aimed for obtaining GKRCH decisions for implementation new/perspective radio technologies (Intelligent transport system-ITS, short range devices-SRD, LTE, DVB-T, etc.)
• The concept development of cellular mobile communication in Russia.
• The concept development of telecommunication market of the Russian Federation.
• The concept development of the radiofrequency spectrum conversion in the Russian Federation.
• Research and development/modernization of radio electronic equipment for military and civilian purposes.
• The development of methods for evaluation of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and conditions of joint use of the radio equipment in different frequency bands
• Implementation of locally-territorial principle of radiofrequency spectrum (RFS) conversion to provide development opportunities in different frequency bands for national digital TV broadcasting in the regions of the Russian Federation.
• Analysis of current and assessment of future frequency bands usage by various radio equipment on the constituent entities territories of the Russian Federation.
• Assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of the cognitive radio systems introduction.
• Development proposals in the position of Russia Administration at the world Radiocommunication conference (WRC-03-07-12-15-19) to protect the interests of domestic users of radio spectrum, in particular a study on the prospects of harmonization of RFS for different systems.

Main tasks are to study scientific-technical and economic-legal problems of management RFS, as well as technical, economic and regulatory issues implementation and development of perspective radio technologies in the Russian market.

Professional skills and research interests:

• Legal regulation and Economics of telecommunications;
• Innovative management technologies and ICT services;
• Strategic analysis of the radio-communication and broadcasting use;
• Quality of service in modern networks and communication systems;
• Planning and efficient use of radio spectrum.

Have extensive experience (including as chair of the meeting) in the international organizations of standardization and regulation in telecommunications, such as ITU, CEPT/ECC, ETSI.

Work experience:
1990-2006 Service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus Official duties and responsibilities: RF planning and provision of the electromagnetic compatibility of radio electronic devices.
2006-2011 Secretary of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. since 2011 The Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulation Department.
Official duties and responsibilities: development and implementation of policy for planning, allocation and effective use of the radio spectrum by radio-electronic devices and services, development of normative legal acts, participation in the maintenance of activity of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, preparation proposals for the international frequency coordination of land and satellite systems, development draft position of the Administration of the Republic of Belarus for WRC of ITU and other international meetings, relationship with BR of ITU.

Mr Istvan Bozsoki joined the ITU in 1997 to work at the Space Department of the Radiocommunication Bureau and he was dealing with coordination and notification of satellite systems. In 2007 he moved to the Telecommunication Development Bureau and is responsible for spectrum management and broadcasting issues. Since April 2013 he is Head of Spectrum Management and Broadcasting Division and since 2017 he is head of Telecommunications Network and Spectrum Management Division.

After obtaining his degree in telecommunication engineering at the Technical University Budapest in 1980 he spent 17 years at the Hungarian Communication Authority and he was dealing with technical and regulatory aspects of the spectrum management. Among others, he was responsible for the development of a computerized spectrum management system and for cross-border frequency
coordination. Later, he was appointed as director of international affairs. He has master degrees in radiocommunications and in broadcasting.

Dr Péter Vári attended Széchenyi István Technical College, from 1987 to 1990, majoring as wireless networking technology engineer. He then graduated from the Budapest University of Technology in 1994 as Electrical Engineer in telecommunications. In 2001 he earned the postgraduate certificate at the Budapest University of Economic Studies as an Engineer-economist. In 2003 he completed the postgraduate course at Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE), Budapest as an Engineer-lawyer. He received his Ph.D. in 2017 at Corvinus University of Budapest on the topic of Digital Television and Switchover.
Dr Vári worked as an engineer from 1992 to 1993 for Matáv Rt., the largest telecommunications operator in Hungary. From 1993 to 2004 he worked for Antenna Hungária Rt., the Hungarian Broadcasting and Radio Telecommunications Limited Company, where he started as Head of Unit and worked his way up to become Director of Operational Matters. In 2004-2006 he was Head of Department in the Ministry of Informatics and Communications of Hungary, and in 2006-2008 he was Senior Counsellor of the Government at the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office. In 2009, as a project manager, he began to coordinate the digital switchover at Antenna Hungária Rt., and in 2011 he started working in the National Media and Infocommunications Authority of Hungary (NMHH). Currently, as a Deputy Director General of NMHH, he is responsible for the fields of frequency and identifier management, measurement affairs and technology analysis.
Dr Vári is a forensics expert of electronic communications and broadcasting, and an ITU expert on digital switchover.
Dr Vári is a senior lecturer of the Department of Telecommunications at Széchenyi István University of Győr and gives courses in the field of radio systems and satellite telecommunications .
He is married with two children.

Mr. Poskakukhin is an expert in Russian mobile industry, being involved in many national and international efforts on spectrum harmonization for IMT systems. For almost 15 years he has been working as part of NIIR, a national think-tank for spectrum matters, on mobile communications development in Russia, as well as participating in the activities related to short range devises, PMR and fixed service. He has also a long experience in ITU-R, ECC and RCC on different agenda items and topics related to IMT. Currently, he is working with LTE Union (an association of major Russian MNOs) on a timely deployment of 5G systems in a complex and tricky spectrum landscape of the Russian Federation.

Victor Strelets is member of the ITU Radio Regulation Board (RRB). He was elected to the Radio Regulations Board at the 2010 and 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences (2011 – Vice-Chairman RRB, 2012 – Chairman RRB).
He is today advisor to Director General, at Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Morsviazsputnik” and Consultant to various Russian Satellites Companies.
Victor Strelets has 34 years’ experience of scientific-research and technical and administrative work in the field of spectrum management.
Since 1993, he participated in the ITU-R activities and also in the of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations and Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications.
He has taken part in various sets of negotiations and has headed bilateral and multilateral coordination meetings dealing with frequency planning and coordination issues.
In 2004, Strelets assumed direct responsibility for the Russian Administration’s preparations for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference and 2006 Regional Conference for the planning of digital terrestrial broadcasting, and provided practical leadership for the Russian Administration’s delegations to those events. From 2004 to 2013, he served as Chairman of the State Radio Frequency Committee’s working group handling preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conference.
Victor Strelets has played an active role in the development of a spectrum management system in the Russian Federation. From 2004 to 2008, as an administrative head in the State Radio Frequency Committee.

Dr. Alexandre Kholod is Head of International Frequency Planning at the Swiss Federal Office of Communications OFCOM. Upon joining OFCOM in 2001, he had been managing different national and international tasks related to the analogue switch-off, introduction of digital broadcasting services and implementation of the digital dividend. Since 2012, his responsibilities cover the preparation of the Swiss positions for World Radiocommunication Conferences and international satellite coordination.

Alexandre has assumed various chairing and drafting tasks in both CEPT and ITU. He serves currently as Vice-chairman of CEPT Conference Preparatory Group and Chairman of CPG Project Team D.

Alexandre holds a PhD degree in mathematics and physics from the Belarussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics and a Dr. Habilitation degree from the Aix-Marseille University.

Nikolay Varlamov has worked more than 17 years in the field of Spectrum Management at the National and International levels. He was nominated as ITU-R CPM Chapter Reporter on satellite issues in 2015. He participated at WRC-03, -07, -12, -15 and was responsible for satellite and terrestrial issues. Mr. Varlamov actively participates in RCC preparation to WRCs and spectrum management issues and he is a Vice Chairman of RCC WG WRC-19/AR-19.

• More than 25 year experience in spectrum management, EMC analysis, simulation of interference environment for space and terrestrial systems, radio monitoring, automation of frequency coordination and notification process, frequency planning for mobile and fixed services, development of automated spectrum management systems;
• More than 15-year experience in CEPT and ITU activity. Participation in ECC, WG FM, CPG including various PTs, ITU-R SG1 and its Working Parties and Task Groups, ITU-R SG4;
• In ITU was elected as a Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 1 “Spectrum management & Radiomonitoring” (2012-up-to-now) and Chairman of ITU-R Working party 1B “Spectrum management including economic aspects” (2008-2012);
• In CEPT was elected as Chairman of CEPT/WGFM “Frequency management” (2008-2014) and Vice – Chairman of Electronic communications committee (2014-up to now);
• More than 160 papers on spectrum management, EMC analysis, radio network planning, etc. published in Russian scientific and technical journals.

Luciana Camargos is the GSMA’s Senior Director of Future Spectrum. She is responsible for the coordination and application of mobile industry positions on spectrum plans and is the manager of the future spectrum team, which looks after the GSMA’s WRC and ITU-R activity. She is also responsible for the GSMA’s Future Spectrum Group, the global committee of industry experts focused on future spectrum issues for mobile.

She is a specialist with long experience in mobile telecommunications and spectrum policy. In 2012, Luciana joined GSMA Brazil, after having worked in the UK for consulting firm Access Partnership from 2009.

Prior to this, Luciana worked at Brazilian regulator Anatel, in its Technical Advisory Unit on strategic spectrum planning. Luciana is still an active participant in Brazilian planning processes for spectrum and ITU activity and is active in shaping the future of mobile services at international fora such as the ITU, CITEL, CEPT and other multilateral organisations.

Luciana earned an MBA in telecommunications from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Brasilia.

urrently (since 2002) Albert Nalbandian is the Adviser to Minister of Transport, Communications and IT of the Republic of Armenia.

Armenian delegate at ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences (2002, 2006, 2010) and ITU Radiocommunication Conferences (1993 – 2015, at WRC-03 and WRC-07 – as Committee Chairman, WRC-12 – as Vice-Chairman), Chairman of the ITU-R Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-12).

He is actively participating in the RCC work (Council of the Heads of Administrations, Commission on Spectrum management, etc).

From 1985 to 2002, Mr. Nalbandian was a Counsellor of the CCIR and later since 1993 of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau and was responsible for the work of ITU-R Study Group 1 “Spectrum management”, ITU-R Study Group 7 “Science services” and preparation for radiocommunication conferences (CPM) held in 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2003. During the 1985 – 2001 Albert assisted 50 ITU-R Chairmen in preparing, organizing and conducting more than 180 meetings.

Stuart is Director of Spectrum & Industry Affairs at Samsung and chair of the GSA’s Global Spectrum Team. Stuart has enjoyed diverse experience in both corporations and start-ups on the road to 5G, since he entered the industry as part of the UK government’s 3G auction team. Other roles have included: membership of Nokia’s global 3G technology and regulatory team; European regulatory and standards lead for 4G pioneer start up Flarion Technologies; part of Qualcomm’s European management and business development team for 4G, internet services, privacy and wireless power for electric vehicles and business development and marketing lead at wireless energy harvesting start-up Drayson Technologies.

Head of spectrum management department, National Service for the Radio Frequencies Management (Republic of Moldova).

Starting from 2010 worked for National Center for Radio Frequencies of the Republic of Moldova as a telecommunications engineer, currently head of spectrum management department. Main duties and responsibilities: EMC analysis, frequency coordination, activities within ITU, providing expertise for development of national policy for planning, allocation and effective use of the radio spectrum and normative legal acts.

Yulia Klebanova, VP Business Development, Eastern Europe, heads Qualcomm Russia Branch since 2015, driving mobile ecosystem development in the region, LTE-A roll-out and 5G launching at leading MNO’s networks, framing new usage models for wireless services suppliers and subscribers, promoting Qualcomm technologies in corporate and consumer segments. ​

Yulia has over 20 years of experience in telecom industry. In 1997-1999, she was the Head of Telecom Carrier Relations in Russia at Lucent Technologies. In 1999-2001, Yulia worked as a Sales and Marketing Director at NTV-Internet.

In 2002, Yulia joined Intel Corporation as Government Accounts Manager, where she was promoted and served as Regional Enterprise Business Director for Russia/CIS in 2003-2014.

Yulia is a graduate of North-West Polytechnic Institute, St. Petersburg (Russia) with a degree in Radio Engineering and holds an MBA degree in Banking and Finance from Dowling College of Oakdale, New York (USA).

CEO of Russian Inmarsat subsidiary “ISAT Global Xpress” LLC with an office in Moscow.
Mikhail has obtained his engineering degree in telecommunications in the Military Institute of Government Communications and his postgraduate diploma in the Academy of the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation.
Before joining Inmarsat in June 2017 Mikhail was leading Saratov’s subsidiary of Tele2 (Volga region) that he has joint after his work in the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation as the deputy head of the infrastructure department. He has an extensive experience in the mobile telecommunication market in Russia, obtained during his employment in Vimpelcom, MTS and Nokia.

Since joining Aetha in 2015, Kiril has worked on a wide range of strategic projects for telecoms operators around world. These projects have spanned across various topics, including spectrum auction strategy, quantitative modelling, valuation of spectrum portfolios, benchmarking and consultation support.

Notably, Kiril has extensive expertise in auction strategy. He has supported operators to prepare and bid in a number of high-profile spectrum auctions, helping to identify and refine the most appropriate bidding strategy, develop bid tracking and other software tools, running mock auctions, and providing on-site support to clients.

Prior to joining Aetha, Kiril completed a BSc degree in Economics from the University of Warwick.

Meta Pavšek Taškov received her BSEE and MSEE from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1990 and 1993 respectively. First employment was 1989 in mixed research and development laboratory located at Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana as member of industry and employee of Iskra Hipot, Šentjernej. Since 1995 she was employed at AKOS (Agency for communication networks and services of the Republic of Slovenia)
which was at the time named as URST (Slovene Telecommunications Administration) in the RF Spectrum management department. 2012 and 2013 she was leading LTE project and was a Deputy of Tender Commission’s chairperson for 2014 Auction of frequency bands 800/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz. She attended the World Radio Conference WRC- 15 in November 2015 as a Deputy Head of Delegation. Since 2016 she is head of Mobile department in AKOS leading preparation for 700 MHz multiband Auction and 5G initiative project.

Daniel Gueorguiev is a Public Policy Advisor on the European Union and handles the spectrum-related activities in Europe and, in collaboration with the GSMA membership, represents the industry on critical spectrum policy issues with the European institutions. Prior to joining the GSMA, he worked in Brussels as a public affairs consultant representing, among others; Intuit, Bloomberg, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s interest in Europe. Daniel has an Advanced Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy of the EU at the College of Europe (Bruges) and holds a double degree in Psychology and International Relations from McGill University.

• More than 25 year experience in spectrum management, EMC analysis, simulation of interference environment for space and terrestrial systems, radio monitoring, automation of frequency coordination and notification process, frequency planning for mobile and fixed services, development of automated spectrum management systems;
• More than 15-year experience in CEPT and ITU activity. Participation in ECC, WG FM, CPG including various PTs, ITU-R SG1 and its Working Parties and Task Groups, ITU-R SG4;
• In ITU was elected as a Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 1 “Spectrum management & Radiomonitoring” (2012-up-to-now) and Chairman of ITU-R Working party 1B “Spectrum management including economic aspects” (2008-2012);
• In CEPT was elected as Chairman of CEPT/WGFM “Frequency management” (2008-2014) and Vice – Chairman of Electronic communications committee (2014-up to now);
• More than 160 papers on spectrum management, EMC analysis, radio network planning, etc. published in Russian scientific and technical journals.

Jean-Pierre Faisan is spectrum policy advisor for TDF, and has been a Board Member of the association Broadcast Networks Europe since 2013.
A graduate from Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom Paris-Tech, he has more than 29 years of experience in the telecommunications industry where he held a series of engineering then managing positions at Intelsat, CCETT (now Orange Labs), Sofratev and Gobé and TDF. He is also the founder and managing partner of Leader Wave, a consulting company specialized on spectrum policy.

Scott McKenzie is an experienced consultant with over twenty years background in the telecoms and high technology industries. His areas of expertise span: general management, strategic planning, operations, finance and M&A.

Scott started his career at Telstra where he worked in the company’s R&D laboratories as an engineer. He then spent seven years (including four years in the US) working for Ericsson (formerly Raynet) where he was a product manager responsible for a line of fibre access systems.

After business school, he spent several years working for the management consultancy Arthur D. Little servicing clients in the telecom industry primarily on strategy, M&A and due diligence assignments. He then spent six years as an equity analyst in the City covering European telecom operators for various investment banks including Société Générale. He then returned to the telecom industry as the Chief Strategy Officer for the Dutch operator KPN’s international mobile division before becoming the CEO of KPN’s mobile wholesale business. In this latter role, he was responsible for a €1bn business in five European countries dealing with over forty Mobile Virtual Mobile Network Operators (MVNOs) and brand partners hosted on KPN’s networks and platforms. He left KPN in 2008. He is a non-executive director of Edison Investment Research Ltd, a successful equity research boutique he helped found in 2003.

Born in Edinburgh, UK in 1965, Scott spent many of his formative years in Australia and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Melbourne University. He also holds an MBA degree from the Saïd Business School at Oxford University.

Farid Nakhli received his Master of technical sciences degree in the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics in 2009.

From 2008 to 2015 Farid worked in the system of the Ministry of Communication and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus managing projects on nation-wide ICT strategy and policy analysis, monitoring of ICT infrastructure and e-government development, regulation and standardisation, and development of relevant software.

In 2015 he joined the Corporate Strategy Division of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as Planning and Management Consultant. Since 2016 Farid works as Programme Officer at the ITU Regional Office for CIS based in Moscow, where his responsibilities include ICT strategy and policy advise, management of projects on ICT development and organization of regional events.

Recognized profession credentials include:
• CCNP (Cisco certified network professional) – 2012
• PMP (Project management professional) – 2014

Speaks Russian, English, French and Belarusian.

Work experience:
1990-2006 Service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus Official duties and responsibilities: RF planning and provision of the electromagnetic compatibility of radio electronic devices.
2006-2011 Secretary of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. since 2011 The Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulation Department.
Official duties and responsibilities: development and implementation of policy for planning, allocation and effective use of the radio spectrum by radio-electronic devices and services, development of normative legal acts, participation in the maintenance of activity of the State Radio Frequency Commission under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, preparation proposals for the international frequency coordination of land and satellite systems, development draft position of the Administration of the Republic of Belarus for WRC of ITU and other international meetings, relationship with BR of ITU.

More than 25 years of professional career are dedicated to regulation, development, operation and researches of the latest advances in telecommunication with the emphasis on radiocommunications. The primary area of expertise is spectrum management in government and private sector including socio-economic trends in telecommunications on global, regional and national basis. The comprehensive experience in spectrum management gained through direct participation in development of strategies, implementation of economic aspects in regulation, researches of spectrum re-allocation and re-farming, spectrum sharing as well as spectrum pricing and other related topics.
Experience and Competencies
26 years of professional engagement in telecommunications, radiocommunications and spectrum management, of which twelve years of research and analysis practice with R&D centres, seven years of regulatory practice with the Telecommunication Administration, and seven years of operational spectrum planning with mobile operator company.
More than 18 years of participation in ITU activities resulting in the strong knowledge of spectrum regulatory procedures, allocation methods, legal instruments, software tools and issues at the international level. The qualified ITU’s expert. Six missions on Spectrum Management and ICT Development in developing countries to carry out surveys of national spectrum regulatory institutions, development of spectrum management master-plans.

Deputy General Director on Innovation Technologies of JSC «National Research Institute of Technologies and Communications», Doctor of Economics Science (2003), Ph.D. Degree in Radio engineering (1988), Professor of Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI) and Plekhanov University of Economics (2013). Visit-Professor of Tunisian Telecommunication Institute (IsetCom, Tunisia) (Since 2005) and International Information Technologies University (IITU, Kazakhstan), the Government Prize laureate (2003), published over 330 scientific papers on Economic-legal, QoS – problems of telecommunications, Spectrum Management and EMC issues, author of 14-th books on Economic-legal and Technological issues of 2G/3G/4G/5G and IoT.
More than 35 years conducting research & development works in Research Authority of Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Information Technologies & Communications. Chief Editor of «T-Comm» Journal (Since 2008), Editorial Board Member of ITT Journal (Kazakhstan) and Electrosvyaz, «First Mile», «Mobile Communications» Journals in Russia.Scientific and professional fields of activity:
• Development of IoT, NGN and 2G/3G/4G/5G;
• Efficient utilization and Spectrum reforming of Radio Spectrum;
• Economical and Regulation issues of Radio communications;
• Quality of Service for Mobile communications
• Radio communication systems interference;
ITU Field Expert (ITU-D Seminars: Erevan-2001(Armenia), Sana’a-2005(Yemen)). Actively participated in the work of International regulatory and standardization telecom bodies as representative of the Russian Federation, namely, in ITU (ITU-R SG1), CEPT/ECC (EСC/WG RA, EСC/WG/FM), ETSI (TC/SmartM2M, TC/ERM, TC/STQ), GTI TDD Association and oneM2M Partnership Project.