World Radiocommunication Conference preparatory meeting opens in Geneva

The second session of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM-07) of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector has opened in Geneva, Switzerland, in the presence of 800 delegates representing 97 countries and over 40 international and industrial organizations. The meeting will continue until 2 March 2007.

CPM-07 is a major step in the final preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) which is scheduled to take place in Geneva, 22 October to 16 November 2007.

CPM-07 addresses 27 separate agenda items with a view to formulating the technical, operational and regulatory information on which WRC-07 will base its decisions. CPM-07 will produce a Report that will address many complex issues arising from the full gamut of studies that have been conducted over the past three and a half years. This, in turn, will allow the World Radiocommunication Conference to work through its agenda as efficiently as possible.

The first session of the Preparatory Meeting, which was held during the week immediately following WRC-2003, organized the necessary conference preparatory studies for WRC-07. A structure for the report to WRC-07 was agreed, together with a preparatory process and its working procedures. Almost all the necessary studies of ITU’s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) identified by that first session of the CPM were completed by the study groups before the agreed deadline of 15 September 2006.

Spectrum priorities

Chairman of the Preparatory Meeting, Mr Kavouss Arasteh noted that the CPM Report will be an indispensable reference for each Member State to prepare itself for the World Radiocommunication Conference.

He outlined the following areas of priority:

• the search for additional spectrum for future mobile communications, particularly for broadband multimedia applications
• the protection of frequencies used by services and systems for the detection and mitigation of natural disasters, in order to streamline emergency communications
• spectrum requirements and associated regulatory issues for advanced aeronautical communication requirements
• operational procedures and requirements for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
• spectrum requirements for global broadband satellite systems, with the aim of bringing internet access to remote and underserved areas

Source: Media Network, ITU

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