Key results of World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07)

1. Key results of World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) Submission Date:June 30, 2008

2. Background to WRC-07 Some key statistics • 22 Oct – 16 Nov 2007 • 30 agenda items addressing almost all radiocommunication services • Terrestrial: FS,MS, BS, Am, RAS, RLS • Space: FSS, BSS, MSS, EESS, SRS, SO, MetSat, AmSat • Applications: IMT, HAPS, HF, GMDSS, HIO • ~2800 delegates • ~3100 proposals • Final Acts ~500 pages • Partial revision of the Radio Regulations • most provisions in force 1 January 2009 • Resolutions with immediate effect

3. Results of WRC-07 (1) International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Additional spectrum identified for IMT ))) 698−862 MHz R2 & R3 (9 countries) 450−470 MHz ((( ))) 790−862 MHz R1 & R3 3.4−3.6 GHz band ((( (no global allocation) ))) 2.3−2.4 GHz - Higher frequencies: to face growth in densely populated areas. - Lower frequencies to provide, at a reasonable cost, high speed mobile services everywhere, in particular in less densely populated areas.

4. Results of WRC-07 (2) • Aeronautical service • new allocations to respond to increasing air traffic, airport surface communications and aeronautical telemetry • Maritime service • regulations brought up-to-date in line with modern maritime communications technology, including GMDSS • Science services • new allocations to EESS and MetSat leading to improved resolution for sensors • better protection to passive services from active services • Space services • decisions affecting FSS, BSS and MSS in various parts of spectrum, allowing improved sharing and harmonization with other services • additional allocation for satellite component of IMT • FSS Plan updated from technical and regulatory standpoints • Emergency communications (Resolution 647 (WRC-07)) • database of available frequencies for use in initial phase of an emergency

5. Challenges following WRC-07 Preparation for WRC-11 • 33 Agenda Items, again addressing almost all Radio Services • CPM11-1 established studies in ITU-R Study Groups Some principal themes of WRC-11 • Safety • aeronautical communications by satellite and data links for air traffic management • digital technologies for improved maritime safety communications • use of amateur service as emergency communications back-up • radars and passive sensors for monitoring weather and environment • “Classic” radiocommunication services • spectrum opportunities for new applications arising from “digital dividend” • satellite component of IMT • high-speed data fixed wireless applications above 70 GHz • HAPS • Electronic News Gathering (ENG) • Regulatory issues • Software-defined and Cognitive Radios • Short-Range Devices (SRDs) • review of International Spectrum Regulatory Framework

6. Expected timetable • November 2007: Agenda for WRC-11 adopted in Resolution 805 (WRC-07) • November 2007: Preparatory studies started by CPM11-1 • Third quarter of 2008: Council approves WRC-11 Agenda • Third quarter of 2010: End of preparatory studies • First quarter of 2011: CPM11-2 • Fourth quarter of 2011: WRC-11

7. Supplementary information

8. Relevant links • WRC-07 website http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?category=conferences&rlink=wrc-07&lang=en • Presentation on results of WRC-07 http://www.itu.int/md/R08-SEM.RAD01-C-0018/en • Presentation on preparations for WRC-11 http://www.itu.int/md/R08-SEM.RAD01-C-0026/en • ITU-R Preparatory Studies for WRC-11 (CPM website) http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?category=study-groups&rlink=rcpm-wrc-11-studies&lang=en