The new edition of the Radio Regulations was released in November 2016, incorporating all changes decided by WRC-15. The associated Rules of Procedure, updated by the RRB, were released in 2017. In addition, 180 ITU-R Recommendations, 124 ITU-R reports and seven ITU-R Handbooks were published over the period 2015-17. Given the success of the free online access policy, all ITU-R Handbooks have also been made available for download free of charge since January 2017.

During the period 2014-2017, there were over 5 million downloads of ITU-R Recommendations (18 Series), over 1 million downloads of ITU-R reports (13 Series); 41 000 downloads of ITU-R handbooks, the most popular of which was the Spectrum Monitoring Handbook; 35 000 downloads of the Radio Regulations; and 8 000 downloads of the Rules of Procedure. These documents were downloaded from 190 countries around the world.

The Radio Regulations (2012 edition) sold more than 18 000 copies in 37 months, while the Radio Regulations (2008 edition) sold 15 000 copies over 51 months in the absence of the free download policy. This confirms the positive impact of this policy from both financial and outreach perspectives.

• Support to national spectrum management activities, long-term frequency management, such as the transition to digital broadcasting and allocation of the digital dividend, including the provision of technical assistance and capacity building.
• Individual or group training at ITU headquarters on radio regulatory procedures at the request of interested administrations.
• Support to meetings of the regional groups, in particular for WRC preparations and associated initiatives such as frequency coordination activities in the UHF band in the Caribbean and Central American Region, in cooperation with CITEL, COMTELCA and CTU, in South-East Europe (SEDDIF), and in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea area​

Strong cooperation was maintained with international organizations such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-COPUOS), and regional and subregional organizations (including APT, ASMG, ATU, CEPT, CITEL, RCC, EBU, ABU, ESOA, IEC, GSMA, GSA, GVF, ICTO, ITSO, UNDAC, CTU, PITA, and CTO).

ITU-R maintained close liaison with standards-making bodies through participation in various forums such as Global Standards Collaboration (GSC), World Standards Collaboration (WSC), and 3rd-Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP), and provided support for the work of ITU-D on topics such as spectrum management, IMT, digital broadcasting and emergency communications. Liaison and coordination with ITU-T also took place, particularly in the area of power line telecommunications (PLT) and electromagnetic fields (EMF). Specific activities included:

• Contributions to the ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR).
• Support for BDT in gathering ICT sector metric data, expanding on spectrum regulatory aspects through the ITU's ICT-Eye portal for data and statistics, and development of relevant ICT definitions to measure the information society in areas specific to radiocommunications.
• Cooperation with the World Telecom/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS).
• Participation in the joint BR/BDT project to develop a spectrum management training programme (SMTP)​

With the objective of informing and assisting the ITU membership, in particular developing countries, on radiocommunication-related matters, BR continued to organize spectrum-related workshops, seminars, meetings and capacity-building activities, with the support of the Regional Offices and BDT and in cooperation with the relevant international organizations and national authorities.

As a complement to the traditional biennial world radiocommunication seminars (WRS), BR has implemented, in consultation with RAG, a regional outreach strategy through the organization of yearly cycles of regional radiocommunication seminars (RRS) held in different regions worldwide, fostering human capacity building on the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits, and the application of the ITU Radio Regulations. These seminars are hosted by the entity in charge of spectrum management in the host country, in cooperation with the relevant regional organizations and ITU regional/area offices.

In the 2015-2017 period, 90 partial and 30 full fellowships were granted by BR for RRS participants. A total of 11 seminars gathered more than 1 300 participants from more than 160 countries:

• Four RRSs in 2015: for Eastern Europe and the CIS countries (Kyrgyzstan), Africa (Niger), Asia and the Pacific (Philippines), and the Americas (El Salvador), with a total of 296 participants from 80 countries.
• WRS-16, with 453 participants from 109 countries.
• Two RRSs in 2016: for the Americas (Trinidad and Tobago) and Asia and the Pacific (Samoa), with 104 participants from 21 countries.
• Four RRSs in 2017: for Africa (Senegal), the Americas (Peru), Asia and the Pacific (Cambodia) and the Arab countries (Oman), with 450 participants from 80 countries.​

In 2016 and 2017, ITU celebrated the 110th anniversary of the Radio Regulations and the 90th anniversary of the CCIR/ITU-R Study Groups respectively. These celebrations provided an opportunity to showcase the essential role of ITU-R activities and processes in enabling and shaping the sustainable development of the radiocommunication ecosystem globally. Celebrations included panel discussions with the main spectrum stakeholders. The events were attended respectively by over 540 participants from 106 countries (on 12 December 2016) and by 257 participants from 59 Member States and 47 Sector Members (on 21 November 2017). Current and former officials of the Union, and current and former members of the Radio Regulations Board (RRB), as well as ITU-R and former CCIR study group chairmen, were also present​.