National and International Regulatory Forces

3 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

4 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

5 ITU Organization

6 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

7 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

8 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

9 ITU RADIOCOMMUNICATION SECTOR (ITU-R) International Radio Regulations International Table of Frequency Allocations International frequency Registration Recommendations on spectrum use and management Technical standards

10 U.S. Delegation

11 U.S. DELEGATION There are three types of U.S. delegations: Non-Certified Certified Formal

12 U.S. Non-Certified Delegation U.S. Head of Delegation U.S. Issue Spokesman Industry Participants FCC Participant(s) NTIA Participant(s) Government Participants

13 U.S. Certified Delegation U.S. State Department / Government Head of Delegation U.S. Issue Spokesman (Government Only) Industry Participants FCC Participant(s) NTIA Participant(s) Government Participants

14 U.S. Formal Delegation (WRC) Ambassador Outreach CoordinatorExecutive Director State Vice ChairNTIA Vice ChairFCC 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

15 U.S. Preparatory Structure & Process

16 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

17 NTIAFCC STATE U.S. National Committee

18 U.S. ITU Meeting Preparations National Committee Industry Representative Government Representative U.S. Preparatory Group e.g. USWP 8B ITAC-R Chairman

19 U.S. Proposal & Position Preparations STATE DEPARTMENT Government Agency Representatives RCS IRAC NTIA Industry Representatives IWG WAC FCC Reconciliation RCS WG

20 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 Groups

21 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 Groups

22 U.S. Inputs to International Fora

23 Document Preparation Fact Sheet Preparation Technical Submission Preparation CPM Text Submission Preparation Preliminary View Preparation Proposal Preparation Position Paper Preparation Document Progression

24 U.S. ITU-R Meeting Document Preparation ITU-R Meeting Input documents ITU-R SG & WP ITU-R Meeting Document Approval Process

25 Regional Body (CITEL) Proposal & Positions Approval Process U.S. Industry Regulatory Process U.S. Government Regulatory Process Reconciled Proposal & Positions

26 U.S. Document Preparation CITEL CITEL Document Approval Process WRC

27 U.S. Document Preparation Proposals WRC Proposal Approval Process WRC

28 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 Spectrum North Atlantic Treaty Organization (46) Caribbean Telecommunications Union (15)

29 Region 2 Region 1 Region 3 Region 2

30 INTER-AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION (CITEL) COM/CITEL Permanent Executive Committee PCC I Telecommunications PCC II Broadcasting Working Group Wireless Access Working Group Regional & WRC Working Group Fixed B/B Wireless above 20 GHz Working Group FSS/MSS PCC III Radiocommunications CITEL OAS 35 Countries

31 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIONS (CEPT) ECTRA Telecommunications CPG WRC/RA Preparation WG FM Frequency Management WG SE Spectrum Engineering WG RR Radio Regulations TG 1 UMTS Joint ERC/ECTRA ITU Council and Plenitpot ERC Radiocommunications CERP Postal Matters CEPT 43 Countries Numerous Project Teams for Specific Studies

32 ASIA-PACIFIC TELECOMMUNITY (APT) AGTE BSS Replanning Working Party 1 Regulatory & Procedural Matters Working Party 2 MS, MSS & Space Sciences Working Party 3 RN, RNSS & RL Working Party 4 Maritime, Amateur & Broadcast (MF& HF) Working Party 5 (FSS & BSS) Working Party 6 (FS, FSS, & HAPS) APT 31 Countries + 4 Associate & 40 Affiliate Members

33 ITU-R Study Group Structure

34 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

35 EXAMPLE STUDY GROUP STRUCTURE SG 8 Mobile, 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

36 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

37 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 Your Administration must register you