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ITU International Satellite Symposium discusses
interference-free satellite services
Efforts to curb radio jamming to safeguard global communications
Geneva, 15 June 2016 – A two-day International Satellite
Communication Symposium was held at ITU in Geneva, 13 - 14 June 2016. This
followed the first ITU International Workshop on Preventing Harmful Interference
to Satellite Systems held in Geneva in June 2013. More than 140 participants,
including satellite operators and regulators, broadcasters, scientists and
experts from the satellite industry attended the symposium to interact, share
experience and discuss the effectiveness of existing and promising measures to
combat satellite interference.
“Harmful interference, including malign, intentional interference involving
satellite communications in particular is detrimental to the concept of an open
information society,” said ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao. “Numerous
solutions exist – both regulatory and technical – to remedy this issue. ITU is
committed to enhance and strengthen international cooperation amongst ITU Member
States, the satellite communications industry, the user community, as well as
academia to develop innovative approaches in order to ensure that ITU procedures
related to avoiding radio jamming are respected and applied by all countries at
all times.”
Discussions centred on the current situation regarding satellite services,
content delivery and interference as well as on innovative technologies
developed by the industry to detect, identify, locate and mitigate harmful
interference. Participants also focused on new challenges in space monitoring,
sharing spectrum and issues concerning interference with the advent of a new
generation of satellites, including CubeSats, large non-geostationary
constellations, radionavigation-satellite and space sciences satellite systems.
“ITU’s work focuses on ensuring a stable regulatory and operational framework
for the sustainable development of all radiocommunication services, in
particular by managing spectrum and orbit resources so that these resources can
be used without risk of harmful interference,” said François Rancy, Director of
the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau in his opening address. “This is what permits
billions of dollars of new investments to be made every year by the satellite
industry, which contributes enormously towards shaping the information society.”
For more information, please contact:
Sanjay Acharya
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information, ITU
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Grace Petrin
Communication Officer,
ITU Radiocommunication Bureau
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