A National Digital Broadcasting Migration Technical Committee to ensure that Ghana switches off analogue broadcasting services ahead of the international deadline of June 17, 2015, will be inaugurated Wednesday. A statement signed by the Director-General of the NCA, Bernard Forson Jr., said the committee has been established to carry out a number of functions. Among others, the committee is to make policy recommendations to situate the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting networks within the broader context of strengthening and developing Ghana's Information Infrastructure, and to determine how the transition of existing broadcasting services to digital broadcasting transmission networks and the introduction of new services will facilitate national government priorities. The committee is also to recommend appropriate National Standards for Digital Broadcasting in Ghana; propose a switchover timetable for the approval of the Government; develop a framework to ensure a coordinated, cost-effective and environmentally friendly switchover process that ensures universal access to television services within a stipulated timeframe and also to develop a framework for the provision of support to the vulnerable in the switchover process. Ghana has since 2006 been signatory to the Geneva 2006 (GE06) Agreement established during the Regional Radiocommunications Conference (RRC-06) held at Geneva which established the Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Plan. The RRC-06 set 17 June 2015 as the deadline for the cessation of international protection for analogue broadcasting transmissions. The inauguration of the Technical Committee is expected to be performed jointly by the Minister of Communications and the Board Chairman of the National Communications Authority. Myjoyonline.com/Ghana