Preparations underway for WRC-12

Approximately 200 participants came together in an ITU preliminary meeting that ended September 16 in Geneva, Switzerland in preparation for the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12)

Six regional telecommunications organizations - APT (Asia-Pacific), ASMG (Arab States), ATU (Africa), CEPT (Europe), CITEL (the Americas) and RCC (independent states of the former Soviet Union) - were represented at the meeting.

This meeting was part of a series of ongoing international and regional preparatory meetings to allow government and industry to address the far-reaching and complex agendaof WRC-12.

ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Jonathan Siverling, WB3ERA, and IARU Region 1 Vice President Tafa Diop, 6W1KI, were among the participants.

WRC-12, which will be held in Geneva from January 23-February 17, 2012, will review the international treaty that governs radiocommunications - the ITU Radio Regulations. The conference will be preceded by the Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-12), also to be held in Geneva, January 16-20, 2012.

Read the full ARRL report at
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/09/22/11086/