Tuesday, December 05, 2023

WRC-23: agreement for ESIM alrady exists

It is one of the first achievements achieved at the world radio communications conference. It covers both GEO systems (item 1.15) and Non-GEO systems (item 1.16 of the day's agenda). Looking ahead to WRC-27, the temperature of the debate over the identification of spectrum for MSS, on which the future of Direct-to-device depends, is on the rise.

Having already elapsed 16 of the 26 days the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates will last, as in previous conferences, disagreements are the majority while agreements are counted with the fingers of one hand.

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