RES553 – 347 – recognizing a) that the “first-come first-served” concept can restrict and sometimes prevents access to and use of certain frequency bands and orbit positions; b) the relative disadvantage for developing countries in coordination negotiations due to various reasons such as a lack of resources and expertise; c) the perceived differences in consistency of application of the Radio Regulations, recognizing further a) that WRC-12 received information provided by the Bureau or the various submissions received by the Bureau which include assignments in the BSS for Regions 1 or 3 in the frequency band 21.4-22 GHz up until December 2011 and that the table below summarizes the data provided by the Bureau and shows the variations for the number of networks at the various stages; Advance publication information Coordination request Notification submission Networks in MIFR Resolution 49 Confirmed brought into use October 2008 605 115 21 2 18 September 2009 599 158 24 9 22 18 March 2010 558 199 22 11 20 19 June 2010 664 229 22 12 23 19 January 2011 703 242 20 7 18 14 December 2011 890 291 13 8* 16 10* * Clarification is awaited for one network. One network is suspended under No. 11.49. b) that the number of submissions made by some administrations as contained in the above table in this frequency band is large, which may not be realistic and may be difficult to implement within the regulatory time-limit under Article 11; c) that the number of submissions as shown in recognizing further a) above, is complicating coordination of BSS systems already submitted or planned to be submitted by other administrations, resolves that as of 18 February 2012, the special procedure outlined in the Attachment to this Resolution for processing of coordination requests for BSS frequency assignments in Regions 1 and 3 in the frequency band 21.4-22 GHz shall be applied in respect of submissions of administrations meeting the specified requirements in the Attachment.