by Fikret KASUMAGIC, CRA B

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by Fikret KASUMAGIC, CRA - BH
fkasumagic_at_cra.ba

The 2nd Conference on Disaster Communications
Tampere, 28-30 May 2001
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• return to Normal.
• TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM
• OF
• BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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return to Normal . . .
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM
OF
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

• Topics
• 1 AIM OF PRESENTATION
• 2 DISASTER SITUATION
• 3 TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS
• 4 RECOVERY AND EVOLUTION
• 5 CONCLUSION

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1 AIM OF PRESENTATION

• human disaster
• Reasons and consequences
• Way of search the solutions
• Renewal and return to normal...
• What to do, in order to repeat never again ?

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2 DISASTER SITUATION (1/5)

• Reason of Disaster Situation
• May 1992, Recognition of the Independence of
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
• The Beginning of the War / D i s a s t
  e r

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2 DISASTER SITUATION (2/5)
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2 DISASTER SITUATION (3/5)

• Consequences
• Communication Break
• Destruction of the Telecommunication System
• Big Damages (Capacities reduced to less than
  30)
• Telecom and Media Blockade

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2 DISASTER SITUATION (4/5)

• Who can communicate ?
• Newspapers Agencies
• Humanitarian Organisations
• International Forces (IFOR)

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2 DISASTER SITUATION (5/5)

• Situation Assessment
• All State Organisations have not been ready
• All Humanitarian Organisations have not been
  ready

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3 TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS (1/3)

• Satellite Communications
• Land mobile terminal (Inmarsat,Stand.A,C)
• VSAT -satellite links
• Mobile Communications
• NMT mobile phone

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3 TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS (2/3)

• Communication Blockade Break
• with help of SWISSCOM
• Satellite link, d1m, 2 Mb/s
• (3 September 1993)
• Multiplex DCME 30/150 ch
• (13 April 1994)

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3 TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS (3/3)

• Initial Solutions
• Satellite Connections - only
• - Schwitzerland
• - Italy
• - Sweden
• - Turkey
• - USA

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4 RECOVERY / EVOLUTION (1/5)

• ITU - PP 94 - Resolution 33
• Bilateral Agreements -
• CH, USA, S, N, TR, D
• International Community - Dayton (12/95)
• WB ---gt EBRD
• Donors Conferences
• Own approach

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4 RECOVERY /EVOLUTIONS (2/5)

• EBRD -Work Groups
• Technical - Economic
• Strategy - Policy

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4 RECOVERY / EVOLUTIONS (3/5)

• Donors Conferences
• Mobilisation - Necessary funds
• Procedure, Credit conditions
• Implementation

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4 RECOVERY /EVOLUTIONS (4/5)

• Own Approach
• Revenues from International Traffic
• International Lines Establishing
• (cables, RR, satellites)
• Local Network Connection
• Launching of Mobile Telephony

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4 RECOVERY /EVOLUTIONS (5/5)

• Other factors
• Political Stability
• State, Entities (Federation, R. Srpska), Cantons
• Jurisdiction
• Current (Modern) Solutions
• Fiber - Optic Network SDH - ATM
• 20 of Satellite Links
• Distributions of International and Main
  Capacities
• Mobile Telephony (GSM - GPCS)
• ISDN - Internet

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5 CONCLUSION (1/3)

• What is very important . . .
• Personnel
• Experts
• Managers
• Privatisation
• Planned
• Gradually
• Open Market
• Competition

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5 CONCLUSION (2/3)

• What is important . . .
• To make Sector Policy Document
• Mobilisation of Financial Funds

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5 CONCLUSION (3/3)

• What is very important . . .
• Integration in the European Telecommunication
  System
• Enrollment in Multinational Organisation
• Transfer of Technologies
• Bilateral Connection on a Long-Term Basis

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at the END...

• return to Normal . . .
• 4 - 5 years to achieve previous
• status
• Sector Policy Document
• To follow European trends

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• THANK YOU
• FOR YOUR
• ATTENTION

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F i k r e t KASUMAGIC (1946, Zenica,Bosnia and
Herzegovina)
SELFINTRODUCTION
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• EDUCATION BACKGROUND
• Graduated from the University of Sarajevo, School
  of Electrical Engineering
• Postgraduate studies at the University of Zagreb,
  
• School of Electrical Engineering
• WORK EXPERIENCE 30 years
• EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
• Maintenance and designing of information and
  Telecommunication systems
• 1978, telecommunication and managing activities
  of PTT system of BH
• manager of PTT organisation for Zenica region
• member of Business board of PTT Company of BiH
• 1988 to 1992, Gen. manager of PTT Company of BiH
• 1994 to 1996, Adviser of the Minister
• 1996 to 2001, Assistant Minister-Telecommunicat
  ions sector
• 2001 Director of Telecom Division of CRA-BH
  
• OTHER ACTIVITIES
• 1996 - National Project Coordinator for BH
  (NPPP)
• 1996 - Lecturer at the University of Sarajevo