ITU/93-12
19 November 1993
Original: English
Radio conference activity until 1997 planned as the World Radiocommunication Conference closes today
The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC 93) closed today in Geneva with the adoption of the draft agenda for the next two World radiocommunication conferences. The purpose of the World Radiocommunication Conferences of 1995 and 1997 is to update the international radio regulatory processes and to prepare for future requirements. The 1995 WRC is expected to initiate a new and simplified international radio regulatory regime, including new, less complex, processes for coordination and registration of assignments of radio frequencies. WRC 95 is also expected to provide procedures to facilitate the use of frequency bands for satellite services for mobile communications as a follow-up to allocation decisions in 1992. A preliminary draft agenda has also been prepared for a WRC 97. 
WRC 93 was therefore seen as a strategic planning exercise for future radio regulations, and for testing the efficacy of the new bi-annual systems of World Radiocommunication Conferences and related preparatory work. 
The draft agenda for WRC 95 proposed to Council includes items such as:
–	the review of the Report of a group of experts set up in 1990 to consider alternatives to the way in which the radio frequency spectrum is allocated. On the basis of that report, WRC 95 is expected to revise and simplify the Radio Regulations and approve a timetable for implementation
–	the review of the technical constraints associated with allocations and associated provisions for Mobile-satellite services (MSS) below 3 GHz with a view to facilitating the use of those frequency bands
–	the review of the date of entry into force of allocations of certain bands allocated to MSS (1 980–2 010/2 170–2 200 MHz in Regions 1 and 3 as well as 1 970–2 010/2 160–2 200 MHz in Region 2. At present the entry into force for the use of these bands by MSS is 1 January 2005 except in the United States where the date is 1 January 1996 
–	allocations and regulations applicable to feeder links for MSS
–	the review of power limits for earth stations in earth-exploration satellite space research and space operation services in 2 025–2 110 MHz
–	consideration of the study results on e.i.r.p limits for earth stations in the fixed-satellite service in 13.75–14 GHz and on compatibility of primary and secondary allocations in this band
–	consideration of preparatory work carried out in relation to AP30 and 30A (regulatory provisions for the Broadcasting-Satellite Service and BSS feeder links in certain bands) to enable WRC 97 to take action
–	consideration of various space service allocations in bands between 8–35 GHz 
–	the use of HF bands newly allocated to broadcasting
The provisional draft agenda for WRC 97 includes consideration of items such as:
–	the review of propagation information in AP28 used for the determination of coordination area in frequency bands between 1 and 40 GHz when shared by space and terrestrial services 
–	the protection of space services in 2 025–2 110/2 200–2 290 MHz 
–	the earth-exploration satellite service in 401–403 MHz, 13.4–13.75 GHz and above 50 GHz
–	allocation issues of other unplanned space services 
–	spurious emissions, wind profiler radars, multiservice satellite networks
–	examination of the use of the HF bands allocated to broadcasting
–	issues related to implementation of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
–	the use of AP18 (transmitting frequencies for stations in the Maritime Mobile Service) and
–	the revision of AP30/30A for Regions 1 and 3 taking account of the need to ensure that the integrity of the Region 2 Plans and their associated provisions is preserved