Participants in the NTN and 5G panel agreed that preparations and discussions around D2D have accelerated over the past 12 months, less than a year and a half ahead of the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27). Elizabeth Sosa Hernández, chair of the Working Group on Satellite and Scientific Services at the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones, CITEL), said the discussion is no longer technological, but one of strategic complementarity.