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EU telecommunications ministers backed European Commission policy goals for the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC07). Conclusions adopted Monday said that to meet the spectrum demands of mobile systems, the 3.4 to 3.8 GHz band should be used nonexclusively…

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for mobile services, with harmful interference between mobile and fixed satellite services to be avoided. In addition, they said, governments should continue reviewing the regulatory status of UHF band mobile service and try to minimize the risk of interference to international mobile telecommunications networks operating in the EU in the 2.5 to 2.69 GHz band from satellite services. Ministers also supported: (1) Satisfying as much as possible the spectrum requirements for digital radio broadcasting and maritime mobile services in the high frequency band. (2) Adjusting spectrum rules to support satellite systems. (3) Providing enough spectrum for aeronautical telemetry and air-to-ground voice and data communications. WRC07 is Oct. 22 to Nov. 16 in Geneva.