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Spectrum allocation is
an inter-governmental matter. The decisions taken by the ITU in this
area are treaty-level, hence a great deal of attention, time and effort
are allocated to this critical aspect of mobile telecommunications.
Access rights to spectrum are extremely valuable and very high prices
have been paid for these rights. Similarly, these rights are strongly
protected against infringement.
Spectrum aspects
consist of two main parts. The first is the
Radio Regulations
(2008 Edition) which contains the complete texts of the Radio
Regulations as adopted by the World Radiocommunication Conferences from
1995 through 2007, including all Appendices, Resolutions,
Recommendations and ITU-R Recommendations incorporated by reference and
therefore mandatory.
The second aspect is
the allocation to users. While the
Radio Regulations, 2008 Edition
prescribe many aspects relevant to IMT as well as other users of the
radio spectrum, details of licensees, etc., are not included in the
Radio Regulations but need to be obtained from other sources. Two such
commercial resources are:
The next WRC will be in
2012. Getting ready for this event will involve a series of �Conference
Preparatory Meetings.�
ITU-R Preparatory Studies for WRC-12
provides the current list of agenda items and related documents but it
should be noted that this information will change frequently as the work
leading up to
WRC-12
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