The World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) opened in Geneva, Switzerland on 23 January 2012.
At the first plenary session, seven technical working committees were set up:
1. Steering - composed of the chairman and vice chairmen of the conference (plenary sessions) and of the chairmen and vice chairmen of the other six Committees;
2. Credentials - accredits the national delegations attending WRC-12;
3. Budget - controls the budget of the WRC-12;
4. Radiolocation, aeronautical, maritime and amateur;
5. Scientific, satellite, fixed, mobile and broadcasting;
6. General aspects, regulatory updates and future work programme;
7. Editorial - conducts editorial review of the conference's documentation, conducted simultaneously in six languages (French, English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Arabic).
The Portuguese delegation took part in three of these committees (4, 5, and 6), with special emphasis on issues that were assigned high and medium national priority during preparations for WRC-12, issues which can be found on this website.
During the first working sessions of WRC-12, consensus was reached on a number of items on the conference agenda:
- regulatory measures applying to the allocation of spectrum in the 112 -117.975 MHz band to the aeronautical mobile service, including a proposal to study, in the Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), compatibility between digital radio broadcasting below 108 MHz and the aeronautical mobile service in the 112-117.975 MHz band;
- extension of the upper limit of the Radio Regulations to 3000 GHz, promoting use of spectrum by passive services (Earth exploration by satellite, radio astronomy and space research) between 275 GHz and 3000 GHz;
- allocation, on a primary basis, of the 7850-7900 MHz frequency band to the meteorological satellite service, limited to non-geostationary satellites, in the space-Earth direction;
- non-allocation of spectrum between 4 and 16 GHz to the mobile satellite service, since it has been shown in the range studied (5 GHz, 7 / 8 GHz, 10 GHz, 13 GHz and 15 GHz) that such allocation would cause restrictions to existing services.
WRC-12 hopes to find compromise solutions on questions where there appears to be disagreement among the regions, especially regarding the spectrum to be allocated to Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) applications, particularly at 5 GHz, the proposal submitted by Arab and African countries that aims to extend the mobile service allocation to the 694-790 MHz band in Region 1 and the procedures regarding advance publication, coordination and notification of satellites networks, since these entail amendments to the Radio Regulations.
Consult:
- World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1041099
- Preparation of WRC-12 - National Preparation https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=337598
