Rural Broadband Evangelist
Okamura chaired IEC SC86C (Fibre Optic Systems and Active Devices) during IEC TC86 meeting (on-line).
Four Working Groups below are under SC86C.
| WG 1 | Fibre optic communications systems and sub-systems |
| WG 2 | Fibre optic sensors |
| WG 3 | Optical amplifiers and dynamic modules |
| WG 4 | Fibre optic active components and devices |
ITU-D SG1 Contribution presented at Q5/SG1, 2020
that share the development of the Solution BIRD
The GP President organized a Panel Discussion during the virtual WSIS 2020 event where the Director of TSB and Senior VP, Internet Growth, Internet Society, and other key persons participated as the Panelists. (Session Recording available)
Mt. Everest Base-Camp Project, using a 43km ITU-T L.110 optical cable, was Kicked Off
GP Inc. submitted Contribution C370 (as Waseda University) to ITU-D SG1 Q5 (Rural connectivity) to share the latest information of Solution BIRD particularly with the developing market; Example of 88% cost reduction in the CAPEX ( cable cost + its installation cost ) is shown here.
Sept. 11, 2019, President of GP as a Panelist at ITU Telecom World 2019, Budapest.
President of GP presented “Broadband Solution & Standards for Connecting the Unconnected” as a guest speaker at UNESCAP, Bangkok
President of GP. presented “Broadband Solution & Standards for Connecting the Unconnected” as a guest speaker at ASTAP 31, Tokyo.
The Inauguration Ceremony of the Solution BIRD was held in the Dullu Municipality office, Dailekh District of Karnali Pradesh in West Nepal.
This is the 1st implementation of the Solution BIRD after the publication of ITU-T L.1700, L.110, and L.163 proposed and edited by the President of GP Inc..
Okamura stated in the ceremony “Let’s make Dullu municipality globally recognized as the birthplace of the broadband rural connectivity, as Lumbini is as the birthplace of Buddha”.
The PJ was conducted as the APT Category II Project funded by extra-budgetary contributions from Japan.
ITU-T Recommendation L.163 (Criteria for optical cable installation with minimal existing infrastructure, edited by H. Okamura ) is identified as “most popular” Recommendation.