07-F-2496 Action Notes of the 3 JCABI Meeting

Fe: 8!ficial ~so 8::1) ORHNCOMMS 24 Apr ACTION NOTES OFTHB 3"' JCABI MEETING HELD ON24 APR 03 AT ORHA HILTON KUWAIT Attendees: (b)(6 ITEM I MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 1. The amended minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as a true and accurate record. ITEM 2 INFRASTRUCfURE ASSESSMENT STATUS 2. The British assessment teams had conducted significant work in their AOR. All exchanges so far visited with the exception for the AI Faw switch could be repaired and spares although limited do appear to be available for exchanges. Equipment and spares were required to repair and reinstate fibre optic links. There are some 45K lines in Bashra, but no billing process. Users currently pay a fixed $1.5 a month rental fee with no call charges. Once fibre optic line spares were provided much of the infrastructure in the British AOR could be made serviceable within 3-4 weeks. ITEM 3 SOW FOR RECONSTRUCfiON 3. The SOW for reconstruction was discussed. There was a requirement for the priorilisation of work to be removed since many of the work streams would occur in parallel. (Aftemote, the SOW has been amended and is attached as version 1.0). The requirement for a billing system to be installed was noted and was included in the replacement item. ITEM 4 FREQUENCY MANGEMENT 4. The FCC and NTIA were considering providing personnel to man a reach back frequency policy and spectrum management function in the US. They would work either with the Joint Freq Management Office (JFMO) in Tampa and or the Theatre Fre~uency Management Office (TFMO) in CFLCC. The teum would be responsible to Hd Communications through the Policy and Strategy Advisor. Fe: 8fFisial Wne Qnls r .. QAiliallsfu 'Wnl~ ITEM 5 PRN ATE GSM ROLLOUT REPORT 5. The British team hoped to :;ign the contn1ct for services 24 Apr. This would provide 8 cell sites extending from the Kuwait border to just nonh of Basrah. Phones would be provided from a central ordering point to ensure users were allocated the correct class of service. Site surveys had been completed and the first tower should be. in operation within S days of contract signature. 6. CFLCC were progressing MSR coverage a contract was in negotia1i9n. ~o eSlilate at this time for commencement of service. The project officer wasl(b)(6) ion DSNI._ _ '(b_X_>_---' J 7. CFLCC were working the transportation of the MC1 solution into Baghdad and would not expect the flrst tower to be operational much before 12 May 03. 8. It was agreed that: a. Ops Officer 2 Sig Rgt would provide CFLCC with a copy of the contract once agreed in order that the CFLCC contract was aligned. ITEM 9-AOB 9. No issues were raised. ITEM 10 DATE OF NEXT MEETING 10. The next meeting would ffi: held in Baghdad. Time and location were still to be determined. (b)(6) Attachments: l. SOW Version 1.0 Jitn 8ftieiallsfoo 811l;