WRC–12 Industry Debrief 23 April 2012 Agenda item 1.17 Presenter: Neil Meaney

Agenda Item to consider results of sharing studies between the mobile service and other services in the band 790–862 MHz in Regions 1 and 3, in accordance with Resolution 749 (WRC ‑ 07), to ensure the adequate protection of services to which this frequency band is allocated, and take appropriate action

Australian Position  Primarily a Region 1 issue  Use of the band MHz is a national planning matter for Australia due to its geographic isolation  Australia is not a Contracting Member of the GE-06 Agreement and did not wish to be bound by provisions of that Agreement or similar agreements primarily due to the reasons cited in the first dot point above  Australia supported no change to the RRs except for revision to Res.749.  Consistent with APT Common Position

WRC Outcomes Extension of Region 1 Mobile Service Allocation from 790 MHz to 694 MHz  Unexpected WRC-12 outcome  Advocated by the Arab and African blocks  Europe and RCC initially not supportive  Complex/sensitive issues largely resolved ‘offline’  Extension agreed with an effective from a date in 2015  Arrangements at the lower edge of the mobile allocation being considered during the next study cycle  Agenda Item 1.2.

WRC Outcomes Inter-regional (Regions 1/3) Sharing – Rec [JTG5-6]  Number of inputs proposed the adoption of additional arrangements in new Rec [JTG5-6] between GE-06 and non-GE-06 countries in Region 1 and Region 3.  Advocated by the RCC  Deal reached and held that provided no substantive changes to Res. 224 were made no new Rec [JTG5-6] was required  Agreement held  No new Rec [JTG5-6]

WRC Outcomes Intra-Region 1 Sharing – Revisions to Resolution 749  Major issue of debate was the effect of aggregate versus single entry interference from the mobile service into the broadcasting service  RCC and Iran wanted aggregation addressed, CEPT did not share the concerns  Delicate compromise was reached  Revised Res. 749 acknowledged cumulative effects and noted that studies under Res. 224 need to take into account the cumulative effect of interference.  Scope of Res. 749 recognised as applying to Region 1 and Iran only

WRC Outcomes Revisions to Footnotes 5.296, 5.312, 5.316A & B etc  Revisions to various existing Region 1footnotes considered  Aspects were the subject of considerable debate between Region 1 countries who where attempting (with varying degrees of succuss) to add their names to various footnotes.  Region 1 footnotes:  No outcomes with respect to these footnotes are of concern to Australia.

Outcomes and Follow Up  Australian objectives achieved  Good Region 3 coordination and cooperation (KOR)  No regulatory arrangements were put in place relevant to Australia therefore no specific follow-up action necessary  Initial ‘Follow debate’ position for AI 1.2