Management

He is the Director for Spectrum at the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) since 2012. He is renowned for his significant contributions to the remarkable transformation of the institution in all its crucial aspects: membership, technical, financial, administration, legal, IT systems, as well as, partnerships. Key indicators of the said transformation include 13 countries joining as Member States, more than 30 major companies joining as Associate Members, tripling of the annual budget, and even more importantly the delivery of measurable high-value to Membership.

Some of his departmental achievements include: (1) Securing 2477MHz which is the highest amount of spectrum for broadband connectivity among all 6 regions of the world; (2) Recovering high-value satellite orbital resources for Africa benefiting 31 African countries; (3) Protecting Common-Heritage resources worth billions of USD via contention of the ITSO, (4) Adding a Significant number of 18, 326 anew FM broadcasting channels thereby powering FM Radio into the future, and (5) Making our region an equal player in global diplomacy on key digital resource of spectrum.

He has a formidable CV: (1) notably three highly relevant degrees to the digital sector, namely; Bachelor in Telecomms, Master in Broadband and Mobile Comms, and an MBA; (2) many firsts at both ZICTA and ATU giving credence to his innovation prowess and deep understanding of issues; (3) secretary of the last three conferences of ATU supreme organ as evidence of his para legal skill; (4) conception and management of high-value programmes; (5) demonstrated constitutional and legal reform capability; (5) and many other key skills including consensus building aka diplomacy.

Mr. Isaac Boateng is the Director and Head of Standardization at the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), with over twenty-three (23) years of professional working experience in the digital technology and ICT space. He oversees the development and implementation of sector-specific initiatives, projects and programmes, and provides technical support to ATU Members in their preparations for global and regional conferences, including standardization-related engagements within the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the African Union (AU) and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs).

Prior to joining ATU, Mr. Boateng served as Deputy Director in charge of Technical Regulations at the National Communications Authority of Ghana. He has been an ITU standardization expert since 2008, serving as Vice-Chair of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), Vice-Chair of ITU-T Study Group 11 (signalling requirements and protocols), and Chair of the ITU-T SG11 Regional Group for Africa. He has edited several ITU Recommendations and Technical Papers.

Mr Boateng holds an M.Sc. degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering (Brunel University, UK), with specialisation in Wireless Communication Systems, B.Sc. degree in Physics (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, KNUST, GHANA) and former Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Technology, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

He has chaired and also been a member of several national, regional and international committees in standardization development. He chaired the ECOWAS Roaming Committee on Antifraud, a Board Member of the Radiation Protection Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, a member of the Bank of Ghana Payment and Automation Systems Committee, a member of Ghana National ISO/IEC Technical Committee, just to mention a few. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), a member of Ghana Institute of Engineers (GhIE), a member of IEC/ISO/ITU/ILAC Accreditation Programme Task Force and an observer of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).