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Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

Abbreviation| APT
Formation| 1 July 1979 (46 years ago) (1979-07-01)
Type| International organization
Purpose| Telecommunications
Headquarters| Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates| 13°53′07″N 100°34′37″E﻿ / ﻿13.8852767°N 100.5768847°E﻿ / 13.8852767; 100.5768847

Area served

| Asia-Pacific
Membership|

* 38 countries
* 4 associate states
* 139 affiliates

Secretary General

| Masanori Kondo
Website| www.apt.int
Stamp of Indonesia, one of the members of the APT.

The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)[1] was founded on the joint initiatives of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The APT was established by an international treaty titled Constitution of the Asia Pacific Telecommunity that was concluded in Bangkok on 27 March 1976 and came into force on 25 February 1979.[2] After the treaty came into force, APT was formally organized on 1 July 1979. The APT is an intergovernmental organization and operates in conjunction with telecom service providers, manufacturers of communications equipment, and research and development organizations active in the field of communication, information and innovation technologies.

APT serves as the organization for information and communications technology (ICT) in the region. The APT covers 38 Members, 4 Associate Members, and 139 Affiliate Members.

Throughout the past years, APT has been able to assist members in the preparation of global conferences such as ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP), World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC), World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA), and the ITU meetings. APT is also involved in promoting regional harmonization of their programmes and activities in the region.

## Publication

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The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity was founded on July 1, 1979 with the joint operations of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the International Telecommunication Union. “Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT).” Cybil, cybilportal.org/actors/asia-pacific-telecommunity-apt/. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

APT serves as the focal organization for ICT in the region. Currently, the APT has a strength of 38 Members, 4 Associate Members and 139 Affiliate Members. Through its various programmes and activities, the APT has made a significant contribution to the development and growth in the ICT sector. “Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT).” Cybil, cybilportal.org/actors/asia-pacific-telecommunity-apt/. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

The Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity was adopted on 27 March 1976 by resolution 163 (XXXII)2 of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific at its thirty-second session, which took place at Bangkok, Thailand, from 24 March 1976 to 2 April 1976.  The Constitution was open for signature at Bangkok from 1 April 1976 to 31 October 1976 and at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York from 1 November 1976 to 24 February 1979. “UN, United Nations, UN Treaties, Treaties.” United Nations, United Nations, treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXV-2&chapter=25&clang=_en. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

What the APT is also known for is the activities it is involved in which are the following:

1) The APT is responsible for the development of telecommunication services and information structure throughout the region.

2) It plays a very crucial role in balancing and synchronizing policies, regulations, and technical standards related to the ICT.

3) The APT conducts various preparatory activities for international conferences including the World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRCs), World Telecommunication Standardization Assemblies (WTSAs), and World Telecommunication Development Conferences (WTDCs).

4) The organization also hosts working groups and forums to address specific issues such as spectrum management, policy, and standardization. “What Is APT (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity).” TELCOMA Training & Certifications, 4 Mar. 2024, telcomatraining.com/what-is-apt-asia-pacific-telecommunity/.

## Membership

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There are currently 38 Members (countries), 4 Associate Members, and 139 Affiliate Members in the APT. Any member of the ESCAP which is within the region is eligible to be part of the APT, while to be an associate member, any territory, part or group of territories within the region which is an associate member of ESCAP is eligible.[3] Associate members are highlighted in green. A state becomes a member of APT by ratifying the founding treaty, the Constitution of the Asia Pacific Telecommunity.

| Member | Date joining APT

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Afghanistan | 1979
Australia | 1979
Bangladesh | 1979
Bhutan | 1998
Brunei Darussalam | 1986
Cambodia | 2007
China | 1979
Cook Islands | 1987
North Korea | 1994
Fiji | 1999
Hong Kong | 2009
India | 1979
Indonesia | 1985
Iran | 1980
Japan | 1979
South Korea | 1979
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1989
Macau | 1993
Malaysia | 1979
Kiribati | 2011
Maldives | 1980
| Member | Date joining APT

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Marshall Islands | 2005
Micronesia | 1994
Mongolia | 1991
Myanmar | 1979
Nauru | 1979
Nepal | 1979
New Zealand | 1993
Niue | 2002
Pakistan | 1979
Palau | 1996
Papua New Guinea | 1993
Philippines | 1979
Samoa | 2000
Singapore | 1979
Solomon Islands | 2010
Sri Lanka | 1979
Thailand | 1979
Tonga | 1992
Tuvalu | 2011
Vanuatu | 2010
Vietnam | 1979

## Objective

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The objective of the Telecommunity shall be to foster the development of telecommunication services and information infrastructure throughout the region with a particular focus on the expansion thereof in less developed areas.[3]

In furtherance thereof, the Telecommunity may:

* Promote the expansion of telecommunication services and information infrastructure and the maximization of the benefits of information and telecommunications technology for the welfare of the people in the region;
* Develop regional cooperation in areas of common interest, including radio communications and standards development;
* Undertake studies relating to developments in telecommunication and information infrastructure technology and policy and regulation in coordination with other international organizations, where pertinent;
* Encourage technology transfer, human resource development and the exchange of information for the balanced development of telecommunication services and information infrastructure within the region; and
* Facilitate coordination within the region with regard to major issues pertaining to telecommunication services and information infrastructure with a view to strengthening the region's international position.

## Structure

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The APT has three major functioning organs: the General Assembly, Management Committee, and General Secretariat. The General Assembly consists of the President and the Vice Presidents; the Management Committee consists of the Chairman and the Vice Chairmen; the General Secretariat consists of the Secretary General, the Deputy Secretary General and other professional staff.

The APT is divided into five sectors each managing different aspects of the matter handled by the Telecommunity. These sectors are Policy and Regulations (PRF), Radiocommunication (RF), Standardization, Human Resource Development (HRD), and ICT Development (APTICT).

### Leadership

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The APT is headed by a secretary general who is elected to a three-year term by the Member States at the General Assembly.

#### Executive Directors/Secretaries General

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* Loqman Husain T.Q.A, Leg d’Hon
* Boonchoo Phienpanji
* Chao Thongma
* Hiroyasu Sonoki
* Jong Soon Lee
* Amarendra Narayan
* Toshiyuki Yamada
* Areewan Haorangsi
* Masanori Kondo

## See also

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* Asian-Pacific Postal Union
* African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
* Caribbean Postal Union (CPU)
* Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
* European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)
* Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
* List of telecommunications regulatory bodies

## References

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1. ^ Staff writer (2024). "Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
2. ^ "Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (1979) ATS 4". AustLII. 27 March 1976. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
3. ^ a b How to become a member Asia-Pacific Telecommunity. Retrieved on 2017-05-01.

* “Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT).” Cybil, cybilportal.org/actors/asia-pacific-telecommunity-apt/. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.
* “UN, United Nations, UN Treaties, Treaties.” United Nations, United Nations, treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXV-2&chapter=25&clang=_en. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.
* “What Is APT (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity).” TELCOMA Training & Certifications, 4 Mar. 2024, telcomatraining.com/what-is-apt-asia-pacific-telecommunity/.

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History|

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* image
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* Undersea telegraph line
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* Whistled language
* Wireless revolution

Pioneers|

* Nasir Ahmed
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* Tivadar Puskás
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* Claude Shannon
* Almon Brown Strowger
* Henry Sutton
* Charles Sumner Tainter
* Nikola Tesla
* Camille Tissot
* Alfred Vail
* Thomas A. Watson
* Charles Wheatstone
* Vladimir K. Zworykin
* Internet pioneers

Transmission
media|

* Coaxial cable
* Fiber-optic communication
* optical fiber
* Free-space optical communication
* Molecular communication
* Radio waves
* wireless
* Transmission line
* telecommunication circuit

Network topology
and switching|

* Bandwidth
* Links
* Network switching
* circuit
* packet
* Nodes
* terminal
* Telephone exchange

Multiplexing|

* Space-division
* Frequency-division
* Time-division
* Polarization-division
* Orbital angular-momentum
* Code-division

Concepts|

* Communication protocol
* Computer network
* Data transmission
* Store and forward
* Telecommunications equipment

Types of network|

* Cellular network
* Ethernet
* ISDN
* LAN
* Mobile
* NGN
* Public Switched Telephone
* Radio
* Television
* Telex
* UUCP
* WAN
* Wireless network

Notable networks|

* ARPANET
* BITNET
* CYCLADES
* FidoNet
* Internet
* Internet2
* JANET
* NPL network
* TANet
* Toasternet
* Usenet

Locations|

* Africa
* Americas
* North
* South
* Antarctica
* Asia
* Europe
* Oceania
* Global telecommunications regulation bodies

* Telecommunication portal
* Category
* Outline
* Commons

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Communication studies

* History
* Outline

Topics and
terminology

* Biocommunication
* Broadcasting
* Communication
* Computer-mediated communication
* Conversation
* History of communication
* Information
* Intercultural
* Interpersonal
* Intrapersonal
* Journalism
* Literacy
* Reading
* Writing
* Mass media
* Meaning
* Media
* Media ecology
* Meta-communication
* Models of communication
* New media
* Nonverbal communication
* Nonviolent Communication
* Propaganda
* Public relations
* Speech
* Symbol
* list
* Telecommunications
* Text and conversation theory

Subfields|

* Closed-loop
* Communication design
* Communication theory
* Communicology
* Crisis
* Climate
* Cross-cultural
* Developmental
* Discourse analysis
* Environmental
* Global
* Health
* International
* Mass
* Media studies
* Mediated cross-border
* Organizational
* Political
* Risk
* Science
* Technical
* Visual

Scholars|

* Adorno
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* Innis
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* Marcuse
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* Morgan
* Ong
* Packard
* Peirce
* Postman
* Quebral
* Richards
* Rogers
* Schramm
* Shannon
* Tankard
* Tannen
* Wertheimer

* Category

Telecommunications by region

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Telecommunications in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
* Western Sahara

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Telecommunications in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste (East Timor)
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

States with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan

Dependencies and
other territories|

* British Indian Ocean Territory
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* Hong Kong
* Macau

* Category
* Asia portal

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Telecommunications in Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican City

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Svalbard

Other entities|

* European Union

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Telecommunications in North America

Sovereign states|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

Dependencies and
other territories

* Anguilla
* Aruba
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Curaçao
* Greenland
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Montserrat
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Martin
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* Saba
* Sint Eustatius
* Sint Maarten
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States Virgin Islands

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Telecommunications in Oceania

Sovereign states|

* Australia
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Fiji
* Indonesia
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Timor-Leste
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

Associated states
of New Zealand|

* Cook Islands
* Niue

Dependencies
and other territories|

* American Samoa
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* Easter Island
* French Polynesia
* Guam
* Hawaii
* New Caledonia
* Norfolk Island
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Pitcairn Islands
* Tokelau
* Wallis and Futuna

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Telecommunications in South America

Sovereign states|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Dependencies and
other territories

* Falkland Islands
* French Guiana
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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