RES223 – 280 – MOD RESOLUTION 223 (REV.WRC-15) Additional frequency bands identified for International Mobile Telecommunications The World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2015), considering a) that International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), including IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced, is the ITU vision of global mobile access; b) that IMT systems provide telecommunication services on a worldwide scale regardless of location, network or terminal used; c) that IMT provides access to a wide range of telecommunication services supported by fixed telecommunication networks (e.g. PSTN/ISDN, high bit rate Internet access), and to other services which are specific to mobile users; d) that the technical characteristics of IMT are specified in ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Recommendations, including Recommendations ITU-R M.1457 and ITU-R M.2012, which contain the detailed specifications of the terrestrial radio interfaces of IMT; e) that the evolution of IMT is being studied within ITU-R; f) that the review of IMT-2000 spectrum requirements at WRC-2000 concentrated on the bands below 3 GHz; g) that at WARC-92, 230 MHz of spectrum was identified for IMT-2000 in the frequency bands 1 885-2 025 MHz and 2 110-2 200 MHz, including the frequency bands 1 980-2 010 MHz and 2 170-2 200 MHz for the satellite component of IMT-2000, in No. 5.388 and under the provisions of Resolution 212 (Rev.WRC-15); h) that since WARC-92 there has been a tremendous growth in mobile communications including an increasing demand for broadband multimedia capability; i) that the frequency bands identified for IMT are currently used by mobile systems or applications of other radiocommunication services; j) that Recommendation ITU-R M.1308 addresses the evolution of existing mobile communication systems to IMT-2000, and that Recommendation ITU-R M.1645 addresses the evolution of the IMT systems and maps out their future development; k) that harmonized worldwide bands for IMT are desirable in order to achieve global roaming and the benefits of economies of scale; l) that the frequency bands 1 710-1 885 MHz, 2 500-2 690 MHz and 3 300-3 400 MHz are allocated to a variety of services in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Radio Regulations; m) that the frequency band 2 300-2 400 MHz is allocated to the mobile service on a co-primary basis in the three ITU Regions;