The second meeting of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) was held on 19 September in Brussels, where the director general of the Danish regulatory body (Danish National IT and Telecom Agency), Mr J. A. Andersen, was elected chairperson, while the director of international spectrum policy of the Radiocommunications Agency (United Kingdom), Mr M. Goddard, was elected vice chairperson.
The meeting saw agreement on the group?s working plan, which should begin with adoption of opinions on two matters that are currently of extreme importance for Europe: the secondary market for spectrum use rights and spectrum implications deriving from the transition to digital television - the so-called switchover.
This work should also be concluded by November 2004; two working groups have been set up for that purpose. During the groups? work consultations are expected so that all interested parties have an opportunity to contribute to the said opinions.
The RSPG was established by decision 2002/622/EC of the European Commission, deriving from the new regulatory package for electronic communications.
The group?s next meeting has been scheduled for 13 February 2004.
See: Electronic Communications: The New Radio Spectrum Policy Group agrees work programme to meet challenges aheadhttp://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/03/1275|0|RAPID&lg=EN
