APT Frequency Information System (AFIS)

When the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Wireless forum (AWF) was established, one of its foreseen tasks was to “Construct and maintain a database of major radiocommunications systems including operators and IMT-2000 in APT member countries”. This database, once developed, would be a very useful tool for APT Members, especially those who are considering the introduction of new services and systems and who would like to benefit from the experience of other Members who are at a more advanced stage of development of their radiocommunication systems. Other entities, such as industry and operators, would also be able to benefit from this work. This database would also help to the goal of developing a common or harmonized approach to future spectrum usage in the region.

Accessing AFIS via the web could allow for consultation of either one Frequency Allocation Table in isolation or two Tables simultaneously for comparison. These Tables could be the Region 3 Table or national Allocation Tables of APT members. Thus it would be possible to look at one Table at a time, whether this was the Region 3 Table or a national Table, or to look at two Tables at once and these could be the Region 3 Table and a national Table or two national Tables. Hyperlinks are proposed to link the allocation information in the Tables with details of usage in the countries concerned. This would cover such aspects as the associated policy on band usage, licensing information and technical requirements.

The extent of preparation and treatment of the data provided by administrations to the APT Secretariat prior to its inclusion in the database is yet to be established. The AWF is developing guidelines to develop the database so that it adequately satisfies the needs of Members. In order to facilitate the development of ARFAD, it would be necessary to seek the relevant information from Members. Members are requested to take part on the development process in the database.

You are invited to send your comments and suggestions to afis@apt.int .

As the first stage of the development process it is necessary to provide the link to National Frequency Allocation Tables of the APT Member Administrations. Following table shows a list of the National Freaquency Allocation Tables of the APT Members Administrations.

Links To The National Frequency Allocation Table