 Welcome to WRC 19, the world radio communication conference here in Shamash Sheikh in Egypt, where I'm very pleased to be joining the studio today by Cecil McCain, who is the director of post-antelic communications for the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology for Jamaica. Cecil, welcome to the studio. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Now I'd like to start off by just asking you a little bit about WRC 19. What are the kind of topics that are of most interest to you here and what's going to affect you most when you go home? Okay, so the topics of interest to Jamaica, the government of Jamaica, topics relating to IMT of course, the big topic here, and the satellite industry. I believe they present the opportunities and challenges for small island states such as Jamaica as we seek to ensure that what would have we call digital inclusion for the entire island. Jamaica of course is a small island but quite very mountainous in places and so getting the type of telecommunications infrastructure into the interior of the island sometimes can be challenging. So we have to look at all the various technologies that would give support to ensure that all our people can benefit from having digital inclusion through whatever the means are, either wired, wireless, satellite as the case may be. And what do you feel most confident in the moment in terms of the technologies? You know, I'm on the side of what's the most efficient cost effective. So whichever the technologies that I present, currently the majority of the island is covered by a mobile broadband like much of the world. So we hope that that technology in and of itself in terms of mobile broadband would be able to take the technology to as many people as possible. We're also looking at satellite broadband in and of itself to catch that last mile, to catch those persons who go off-road into interior areas where you have no network and so we can look at various, the opportunities that the various technologies present us as it relates to the various technologies. In terms of robustness and affordability as well? Of course, of course, of course. And what about in times of climate emergencies, et cetera? Certainly for small island states. We're in the Caribbean and natural disasters is very regular. We regulars have hurricanes which pass through the Caribbean and they affect Jamaica like every other Caribbean country on a regular basis and their impact can be quite traumatic in an instant. As a result, we are quite vulnerable as a small island state and so the technology itself can assist us not only with early warning but also in terms of recovery and coordination and so we see the work that is being done here as adding to that value, giving opportunities to ensure that we recover and we can mitigate as quickly as possible against these disasters as they occur. We also are in an earthquake zone, not as bad as Southeast Asia but we are also vulnerable to hurricanes as earthquakes as a natural disaster. So the other things that we are concerned about primarily hurricanes, earthquakes, but all natural disasters of course can be, we are concerned about, of course, the common disaster that is sneaking up on us is of course sea level rise and issue that we have to also be concerned because much of the country and certainly the population is at low altitude levels, close to sea level and so any significant sea level rise will certainly have a significant impact on our population and so we have to be concerned about those issues and examine ways in which we can mitigate using of course the technology as it presents us and of course the BRC is going to be looking at various technology support, support those items in particular the studies that are being done on the agenda item 10 which at the end of the day will hopefully 10 years in the future help us to get a greater understanding of this planet that we live on and ways in which we can make it more habitable for all of us. I was going to ask you in terms of the ITU study groups how vital are they to countries such as Jamaica? Very, very, you know one of the things that the ITU through the BRC presents, it presents an opportunity for through the study groups for there to be harmonisation in terms of the technologies for us to discover ways in which we can regulate the technology in a better way and therefore in doing so it allows for small countries, developing countries to use these resources in a different way as we seek to go towards digital inclusion. The cost of technology of course is going to be lowered because of this harmonisation and therefore it is more cost effective for countries that are supposed to implement technology to support our development and so what we now need to do as a country is to focus on the other side of the equation, the demand side. How do we provide our population with the skills, with the knowledge to use broadband technology which is the main driver at this point in time so that we can achieve digital inclusion. So those are where we can focus our technology, ensure that our youth, early childhood, secondary and primary education, even up to the tertiary level, that over the next 10 years we properly phase our educational systems such that the population and the majority of the population in the future would be able to take the opportunities that ICTs present as they come. What outcomes will make the most difference to you at the end of this conference? The harmonisation certainly, the harmonisation of frequencies. The cost of technology is certainly high for us and so being able to ensure that the devices, user devices themselves are cost effective for the everyday user. You know, the internet revolution has pushed services to the edge and so we now have devices at the edge which has to be cost effective for us to use and so it is one of the things that I believe as an outcome that as we look at the future the harmonisation efforts will ensure that devices, the cost of infrastructure are lowered such that it is easy to be introduced into our populations and that we can all benefit to the extent that is possible from what technology presents us, the opportunities that technology presents us. Well Cecil, thank you very much for sharing your insights and your perspectives here at WRC 19 and we wish you the very best and hopefully the very best outcome from this conference too. Thank you for having me. Thank you.