The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference must move this fall t...
The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference must move this fall to protect spectrum-dependent services valued at more than 200 billion euros, the European Commission said in a communication released Monday. The communique, which seeks European Council and EU Parliament endorsement,…
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backs “promotion of competition between alternative infrastructure platforms” and “the development of innovation-friendly conditions for new technologies including via open standards.” The EC is keen to align future terrestrial mobile systems and future demands for spectrum “by upgrading the status of these services in the UHF band (470-862 MHz) and by identifying part of the C band (3.4 to 3.8 GHz) for these systems,” it said, adding that there clearly is demand for more spectrum for these mobile services. Other objectives include “ensuring the effective protection of the EU Earth Exploration” from interference, “satisfying the necessary spectrum requirements for digital radio broadcasting for maritime services in the 4-10 MHz high frequency (HF) band,” “providing enough spectrum for aviation applications” and preparing to support Community policies for the next WRC Conference in 2011. The EC backed removal of undue regulatory controls on use of radio spectrum, meanwhile claiming a larger role for itself. In theory, EU member states each negotiate within WRC or develop common technical positions via the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations, but, as the EC noted, EU member states are bound by the EC Treaty. The EC will “participate” in the WRC as a non-voting sector member, it said.