Montville resident at Geneva conference with State Department
Joe Ciaudelli of Montville is a member of the U.S. State Department delegation to the World Radio Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, which is looking into re-allocating radio frequencies to accommodate greater use of mobile devices.
Ambassador S. Decker Anstrom is leading the delegation for the month-long conference at the headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union.
Ciaudelli is a private sector advisor who provides industry expertise in the areas of Services Ancillary to Broadcasting (SAB) and Services Ancillary to Program making (SAP), also known as Program Making & Special Events (PMSE).
“Basically, this is the creation of film, TV shows, sporting events, concerts, and other performing arts. Wireless microphones are a primary device used in these activities,” he said in a prepared statement.”
This year’s conference is largely centered around finding additional frequencies to meet increasing demands of mobile broadband. It is being facilitated in part by re-allocating frequencies from traditional free, over-the-air TV, he said, which will cause ripple effects that impact wireless microphones.
“More people are watching content, such as movies, by streaming it over the internet from services such as Netflix onto their laptops, tablets, and smartphones. So the United States and other countries are re-assigning frequencies, specifically ultra-high frequency (UHF) channels to mobile broadband,’ he said.
The definition of wireless microphones includes a variety of productions devices such as monitoring systems and intercom systems. A regular season NFL football game, for example, will routinely use over 100 wireless microphones. About 1,000 are used for the Super Bowl, he said. They all have to be on unique frequencies.
“It doesn’t matter if you access news, entertainment, or a live event via TV, computer, tablet, or a phone, if it has audio then inevitably wireless microphones were used to create that content or make the event possible,” Ciaudelli said.
Ciaudelli is also the president and founder of Rayvel, Inc. A company that specializes in holographic technology.
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