Second General Meeting Held

The second PHS MoU Group General Meeting was held on December 17, 1996 at the Toranomon Pastoral in Tokyo with 65 people in attendance.
Mr. S. Tanaka, Director-General, Japans Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, made a congratulatory speech as an honored guest. The meeting, presided by Dr. H. Ishikawa, PHS MoU Group Chairperson, approved the following agenda:

PHS MoU Technical Specifications:
The specifications, details listed in Elaboration of PHS MoU Technical Specifications from Group News No. 7, have already been published and are available from the PHS MoU Group.
New PHS MoU Group logo:
PHS MoU Group will promote its activities under this new logo.
Document Administration Rules:
Classification of public and non-public documents, approval procedure of technical specifications, etc. of the PHS MoU Group were approved.
Activities of the Group:
Activities of the Group and of the TWG during July - December 1996 were reported by Mr. K. Nakada, Secretary-General and Mr. T. Kashiwamura, Chairperson of the TWG.
PHS Technical standards were approved in Australia. The radio frequency band of PHS was allowed in South Africa as well as DECT. Novembers First Annual PHS World Congress was a successful first international public conference focused on PHS.
Activity plans:
Activity plans of the PHS MoU Group and the TWG for December 1996 - June 1997 were approved. Schedule of the Technical Specifications will be publicly announced.
New Members:
The Group welcomed Symbionics Limited as a new signatory Member and ArrayComm Inc. as a new Steering Committee Member.
Next Meeting:
The next general meeting will be held around June 1997, possibly in Bangkok, Thailand.