CEPT PREPARATIONS FOR RRC-06

1. CEPT PREPARATIONS FOR RRC-06 François RANCY, Vice-Chair CEPT WG RRC-06 Dakar, 27 April 2005

2. 1. CEPT organisation • 46 member countries • information on CEPT/ECC to be found at www.ero.dk • WG RRC-06 to prepare European positions for RRC-06 • Chair : Jan Doeven (HOL) • Vice chairs: M. Johnson (G) and F. Rancy (F) • PT1 (regulatory issues) • PT2 (planning issues) • Open to observers from other telecommunications organisations and industry • Documents publicly available at www.ero.dk

3. 2. Main objectives of WG RRC-06 • In order to facilitate the work of the conference, encourage the submission to ITU of pre-coordinated requirements among CEPT countries; • a draft text for the new agreement and the agreements for the revision of ST61 and GE89 • Develop positions for • IPG, • RPG and • ITU-R meetings (6E, SG6…) • develop European Common Proposals (ECP) for RRC-06, RRC-ST61 and RRC-GE89 • develop Briefs for CEPT members on issues relevant to RRC-06, RRC-ST61 and RRC-GE89

4. 3. Interest in digital broadcasting in Europe • T-DAB and DVB-T implementation • (see maps and information on http://www.ero.dk ) • Relevant actions/communications form EC • RSPG opinion for switch-over (digital dividend) • EC communication on switch-over

5. 4. Policy items • Flexibility in the plan to allow for future technological and commercial developments • Ensuring maximum spectrum efficiency, by not taking into account existing and planned analogue assignments in the planning process, recognising that this does not affect the protection to analogue during the transition period • Coordination with other regional organisations • Opportunities to realise digital dividend • Premature to make decision regarding IMT-2000 in Band IV/V until outcome of RRC-06 is known • Duration of transition period • Majority of CEPT countries expressed initial preference for option 1 (not later than 2015) and none for option 2 (between 2028 and 2038). Some cannot express yet an opinion • Regulatory text needed for analogue stations operating after transition period

6. 5. Pre-coordination activities

7. 6. Preparation of PXT activities • ERO • Participation in PXT on behalf of CEPT • Preparation in a subgroup of PT2 (Project Team 2 – Sub PXT - Intersessional Planning) • Contributions to PXT • Work on software

8. 7.Preparation of draft ECPs • Overall CEPT Objectives for RRC-06 • Planning Principles • Technical Annexes to the Agreement • Annex 1 to the Plan - Content and layout of frequency plans • Annex 2 to the Plan - Technical criteria • Annex 3 to the Plan - Basic characteristics to be submitted for modifications to the Plan in accordance with Article 4 of the Agreement • Annex 4 to the Plan - Limits for determining when agreement with another administration is required • Annex 5 to the Plan - Additional technical criteria for coordination • Administrative declarations for pre-coordinated requirements

9. 8. Other important issues • Administrative declarations resulting from negotiations before and during RRC-06 and treatment of it in planning process • Incorporation of pre-coordinated stations into account in the planning process • Optimising T-DAB planning, compared to CEPT Arrangement WI95 • Indoor reception • Additional networks • Sharing digital broadcasting with other services in some countries • In a considerable number of cases existing primary other services need not to be taken into account in the planning process, because these other services will be phased out in the coming years.

10. 9. Organisation of RRC-06 • CEPT agrees to conference structure as proposed by Informal Group, consisting of representatives from the regional telecommunication organisations in the planning area • CEPT is in favour of a pragmatic split of the planning area during the Conference, as proposed by IPG-SG • Planning process (compatibility analysis ad synthesis process) should be done for whole area.