National and International Regulatory Forces

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International Telecommunication Union

• United Nations specialized agency

• Based in Geneva, Switzerland

• 189 Member nations

• Over 650 sector members

• History…goes back to the beginning of interconnecting telegraph across international borders; then sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic

• http://www.itu.int

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ITU

• International telecom agreements • Technical standards for telecom network• Telecom development • Radio Regulations – treaty status document

international Table of Frequency Allocations• International frequency and satellite position

registration• Coordinate efforts to eliminate harmful

interference between different countries• Develop technical standards & operational

procedures for radio

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ITUOrganization

SecretaryGeneral

CoordinationCommittee

RadiocommunicationSector

(R-Sector)

TelecommunicationStandardization

Sector(T-Sector)

TelecommunicationDevelopment

Sector(D-Sector)

W orld Conferenceon

InternationalTelecommunications

AdministrativeCouncil

PlenipotentiaryConference

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ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE

• Oversees the activities of the ITU• Meets every four years• Amends the Constitution and Convention of the

ITU• Elects ITU officers, establishes organization

structure, operating rules/policies and financial budgets

• All ITU Members participate and must ratify the results of the Conference to remain a Member

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ITU TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR (ITU-T)

• Studies technical, operational and tariff issues – mostly wireline related

• Adopts recommendations standardizing telecommunications on a worldwide basis such as modems and interconnection arrangements

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ITU DEVELOPMENT SECTOR (ITU-D)

• Fosters telecommunications development, broadly

• Can also study spectrum management and radio issues as they affect developing countries

• Last meeting was in Istanbul, Turkey, 2002

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ITU RADIOCOMMUNICATION SECTOR (ITU-R)

• International Radio Regulations

• International Table of Frequency Allocations

• International frequency Registration

• Recommendations on spectrum use and management

• Technical standards

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U.S. Delegation

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U.S. DELEGATION

There are three types of U.S. delegations:

• Non-Certified

• Certified

• Formal

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U.S. Non-Certified Delegation

U.S. Head of Delegation

U.S. Issue Spokesman

Industry Participants

FCC Participant(s)

NTIA Participant(s)

Government Participants

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U.S. Certified DelegationU.S. State Department /

Government Head of Delegation

U.S. Issue Spokesman (Government Only)

Industry Participants

FCC Participant(s)

NTIA Participant(s)

Government Participants

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U.S. Formal Delegation(WRC)

Ambassador

Outreach Coordinator Executive Director

State Vice Chair NTIA Vice Chair FCC Vice Chair

Spokesperson

GT Plenary

Spokesperson

Committee 1

Steering

Spokesperson

Committee 2

Credentials

Spokesperson

Committee 3

Budget

Spokesperson

Committee 4

Regulatory

Spokesperson

Committee 5

Allocations

Spokesperson

Committee 6

Editorial

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U.S. Preparatory Structure & Process

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U.S. WRC PREPARATION & COORDINATION

U.S. International Radiocommunications

Objectives

Government Domestic

Objectives (NTIA)

Non-Government Objectives (FCC)

Industry Other Gov Agency

Objectives

DoD Objectives

State Department

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NTIA FCC

STATE

U.S. National Committee

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U.S. ITU Meeting Preparations

National Committee

Industry Representative

Government Representative

U.S. Preparatory Group

e.g. USWP 8B

ITAC-R Chairman

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U.S. Proposal & Position Preparations

STATE DEPARTMENT

Government Agency

Representatives

RCS

IRAC

NTIA

Industry Representatives

IWG

WAC

FCC Reconciliation

RCS WG

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Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC)

Radio Conference Subcommittee (RCS)

WG1 - Radionavigation, Radiolocation & Mobile

WG2 - Mobile Satellite & Radionavigation Satellite

WG3 - Fixed Satellite

WG4 - Space Science

WG5 - Broadcasting & Broadcasting Satellite

WG6 - Maritime Mobile

WG7 - Other Matters

WG8 - Strategy

Working GroupsWorking Groups

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Federal Communications Commission WRC Advisory Committee (WAC)

IWG-1 - IMT-2000 & Multimedia

IWG-2 - Mobile Satellite

IWG-3 - Fixed Satellite and Broadcasting Satellite

IWG-4 - Fixed & Fixed Satellite Sharing

IWG-5 - Radiolocation & Maritime

IWG-6 - Other Issues

IWG-7 - Regulatory

Informal Working GroupsInformal Working Groups

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U.S. Inputs to International Fora

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Document Preparation

• Fact Sheet Preparation

• Technical Submission Preparation

• CPM Text Submission Preparation

• Preliminary View Preparation

• Proposal Preparation

• Position Paper Preparation

• Document Progression

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U.S. ITU-R Meeting

Document Preparation

ITU-R Meeting Input

documents

ITU-R SG & WP

ITU-R Meeting Document Approval Process

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Regional Body (CITEL)

Proposal & Positions Approval Process

U.S. Industry Regulatory

Process

U.S. Government Regulatory

Process

Reconciled Proposal & Positions

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U.S. Document Preparation

CITEL

CITEL Document Approval Process

WRC

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U.S. Document Preparation

Proposals

WRC Proposal Approval Process

WRC

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REGIONAL SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT FORA

Inter-American Telecommunication

Commission (CITEL)(35)

European Conference of Postal and

Telecommunications Administrations

(CEPT)(43)

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)

(35)

African Telecommunications

Union (ATU)(46)

League of Arab States (LAS)

(22)

Each Nation has Sovereignty Over the Use of its SpectrumEach Nation has Sovereignty Over the Use of its Spectrum

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(46)

Caribbean Telecommunications

Union(15)

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Region 2

Region 1

Region 3

Region 3

Region 2

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INTER-AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION

(CITEL)

COM/CITELPermanent Executive Committee

PCC ITelecommunications

PCC IIBroadcasting

Working GroupWirelessAccess

Working GroupRegional &

WRC

Working GroupFixed B/B Wireless

above 20 GHz

Working GroupFSS/MSS

PCC IIIRadiocommunications

CITEL

OAS35 Countries

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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

ADMINISTRATIONS (CEPT)

ECTRATelecommunications

CPGWRC/RA Preparation

WG FMFrequency Management

WG SESpectrum Engineering

WG RRRadio Regulations

TG 1UMTS

Joint ERC/ECTRAITU Council and Plenitpot

ERCRadiocommunications

CERPPostal Matters

CEPT43 Countries

Numerous Project Teams for Specific Studies

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ASIA-PACIFIC TELECOMMUNITY (APT)

AGTEBSS Replanning

Working Party 1Regulatory &

Procedural Matters

Working Party 2MS, MSS & Space

Sciences

Working Party 3RN, RNSS &

RL

Working Party 4Maritime, Amateur &Broadcast (MF& HF)

Working Party 5(FSS & BSS)

Working Party 6(FS, FSS, & HAPS)

APT31 Countries +

4 Associate &40 Affiliate Members

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ITU-R Study Group Structure

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RADIOCOMMUNICATION STUDY GROUPS

• SG1 – SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT• SG3 – RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION• SG4 – FIXED-SATELLITE SERVICE• SG6 - BROADCASTING• SG7 – SPACE SERVICES• SG8 – MOBILE, MOBILE-SATELLITE,

RADIODETERMINATION, AMATEUR• SG9 – FIXED SERVICE• SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON

REGULATORY/PROCEDURAL MATTERS

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EXAMPLE STUDY GROUP STRUCTURE

SG 8Mobile, radiodetermination, amateur and related satellite services

WP 8A

Land Mobile except IMT-2000; amateur and

amateur-satellite service

WP 8B

Maritime Mobile service including GMDSS;

aeronautical mobile service and radiodetermination

service

WP 8D

All mobile-satellite services and the

radiodetermination-satellite service

WP 8F

IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000

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STUDY GROUP & WORKING PARTY OUTPUT

• CPM TEXT

• DRAFT NEW RECOMMENDATIONS

• DRAFT REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS

• DRAFT NEW QUESTIONS

• DRAFT REVISED QUESTIONS

• REPORTS (being phased out, no longer distributed)

• DRAFT CIRCULAR LETTERS

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ACCESS TO SG INFORMATION

• TIES registered users

• Some information, such as working documents of Study Groups and contributions accessed only by Government Telecommunication Administrations of Member States and Sector Members. These officials are "TIES registered users".

• The TIES service is available without any charge only to persons or companies meeting one or other:

• You are working in a Government Telecommunication Administration in one of the ITU member states

• Your company is a Sector member of the ITU

• More info WWW.ITU.INT/TIES/registration/index

• Your Administration must register you