ITU’s World Radiocommunication Meet in October to Tackle High-Altitude Platform Stations, Use of New Technologies in Satellite Apps

Geneva,Switzerland, Feb. 27, 2019 — ​2019 will see one of ITU’s most important meetings: The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19), to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from 28 October to 22 November 2019.

World Radiocommunication Conferences, held every three to four years, are mandated to review and, where necessary, revise the ITU Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum as well as satellite orbits.

At WRC-19, ITU’s 193 Member States will discuss a range of issues, such as the allocation of new frequency bands for 5G (IMT-2020), high-altitude platform stations (HAPS), regulatory actions to support the use of new and enhanced technologies in satellite applications, maritime and aeronautical services, as well as for intelligent transport systems.

To help prepare for the forthcoming WRC-19, the 2nd session of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM19-2) has been meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from 18 to 28 February to collate the technical studies related to each WRC-19 agenda item and clarify the various options for WRC-19 to consider.

Earlier, ITU’s 193 Member States and private sector members have concluded the preparatory studies on the regulatory, technical, operational and procedural aspects of all the topics and issues on the agenda of the WRC-19.