Subject: [NEXTEL-1] ITU conference to decide fate of future wireless services

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 04:54:30 -0400

10 June 2003

ITU conference to decide fate of future wireless services

By John Walko
CommsDesign.com
June 9, 2003 (9:06 a.m. EST)

LONDON — The World Radiocommunications Conference, the
tri-annual meeting sponsored by the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) to revise the global radio
regulations and spectrum rules, begins Monday (June 9) in
Geneva. The month-long meeting is seen as a key venue for the
global wireless, satellite broadcasting and national security
sectors.

At issue are the frequencies governments and industries will use
for services such as Wi-Fi, broadband access from the air, digital
broadcasting below 30 MHz and global positioning. Also under
consideration are future spectrum requirements and allocations for
emerging high-mobility wireless networks.

A key issue will be harmonization of the 5 GHz range used for services such as
WLANs and ensuring that these do not interfere with fixed satellite services in different
parts of the world.

Almost all of the 189 countries
affiliated to the ITU have sent
delegations to the conference. Most
will have their national, regional and
global priorities and proposals for
spectrum use. In addition, regional
telecommunications organizations
and standards bodies are all
expected to participate and lobby
behind the scenes.

The conference agenda is the largest
ever. While WRC 1997, held in
Istanbul, Turkey, had 12 agenda
items and WRC 2000 had
approximately 20 items, WRC 2003
will address, and need to resolve, 44
major issues. The conference
organization will have to be very
disciplined in order to complete its
work despite the intense preparatory work that has gone into WRC-03.

The U.S. is expected to have the largest delegation, with over 125 representatives
from the information, communications and aerospace sectors along with numerous
government agencies. An intense preparation period was spearheaded by the Department of
State, the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department's National
Telecommunications and Information Administration. Their guidance was augmented by
input from commercial and federal spectrum users.

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