DUSHANBE, November 17, 2015, Asia-Plus – The 2nd international conference on “Telecommunications, Broadcast and Tajikistan’s Obligations in the Framework of the WTO” kicked off in Dushanbe today.
The conference is organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan.
During two days, the conference participants will discuss a survey regarding the possibility of establishing a single agency responsible for telecommunications and broadcast. The survey was reportedly created by a working group supported by the OSCE Office at request of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.
The conference participants will also discuss structural and financial requirements for independent telecommunications regulator, independent broadcast regulator and convergent regulator.
The role of the internet has changed from its original use as a communication tool to provide easier and faster access to information, mainly through a broadband connection. The television, radio and newspapers were the world”s mediums for accessing news and entertainment; now, all three mediums have converged into one, and people all over the world can read and hear news and other information on the Internet. The convergence of the internet and conventional TV become popular in the 2010s, through smart TV, also sometimes referred to as “Connected TV” or “Hybrid TV.”
