RES749 – 394 – MOD RESOLUTION 749 (REV.WRC-15) Use of the frequency band 790-862 MHz in countries of Region 1 and the Islamic Republic of Iran by mobile applications and by other services The World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2015), considering a) that the favourable propagation characteristics of the frequency band 470-862 MHz are beneficial to provide cost-effective solutions for coverage, including large areas of low population density; b) that the operation of broadcasting stations and base stations of the mobile service in the same geographical area may create incompatibility issues; c) that many communities are particularly underserved compared to urban centres; d) that applications ancillary to broadcasting are sharing the frequency band 470-862 MHz with the broadcasting service in all three Regions, and are expected to continue their operations in this frequency band; e) that it is necessary to adequately protect, inter alia, terrestrial television broadcasting and other systems in this frequency band, recognizing a) that, in Article 5 of the Radio Regulations, the frequency band 790-862 MHz, or parts of that frequency band, is allocated, and is used on a primary basis, for various services including broadcasting; b) that the GE06 Agreement applies in all Region 1 countries except Mongolia and in Iran (Islamic Republic of) in the frequency bands 174-230/470-862 MHz; c) that the transition from analogue to digital television is expected to result in situations where the frequency band 790-862 MHz will be used for both analogue and digital terrestrial transmission; and the demand for spectrum during the transition period may be even greater than the stand-alone usage of analogue broadcasting systems; d) that the switch-over to digital may result in spectrum opportunities for new applications; e) that the timing of the switch-over to digital is likely to vary from country to country; f) that the use of spectrum for different services should take into account the need for sharing studies; g) that the Radio Regulations provide that the identification of a given frequency band for IMT does not preclude the use of that frequency band by any application of the services to which it is allocated and does not establish priority in the Radio Regulations;