Friday, October 25, 2019

WRC-19 began in Egypt, with its focus set on 2023 agenda

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) conference will be held until November 22. Discussions will focus on possible allocations to the 5G mobile service and IMT frequency identifications in the millimeter wave bands (above 24 Ghz).

Some 3,000 delegates from 190 countries met yesterday in Sharm el-Sheikh, although debates have been going on for a long time, in a heated scenario prior to the ITU event. The item 1.13 of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) agenda will be a star protagonist, with a high dose of controversy and the confrontation that was already seen in the previous meeting, in 2015, between the mobile and satellite industries. Item 1.13 takes into consideration the spectrum already available for IMT, the one already used, and the need to protect existing services, which runs in parallel with the demand for new 5G services.

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