ITU WRC-27, its agenda heavily laden with space issues, risks setting aside key spectrum and space-conduct policies

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — International Telecommunication Union (ITU) governments may have overloaded the space agenda for the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27), which could further delay radio-spectrum allocation , space-conduct rules and spectrum harmonization, ITU experts said.

The risk is that individual governments will allow their companies to develop without regard for international coordination.

WRC-27 is the 194-nation ITU’s quadrennial meeting to decided spectrum and related issues. Scheduled for Oct. 18- Nov. 11 in Shanghai, an estimated 80% of the conference . . .

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