ICTS REGION II REPORT By Mr. Jean-Claude Ghnassia France For the Region II (the Americas) Coordinator: Mr. Mikel R. Ryan Patuxent River Maryland, United States of America European Test and Telemetry Conference th Meeting of the International Consortium for Telemetry Spectrum Toulouse France, 10 June 2015

United States of America  Mr. Ken Keane represented the Test Ranges in successful USA effort to secure Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunica- ciones (CITEL) support for protection of Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) allocation in L-Band ( MHz). In return, USA agreed to support identification of MHz for IMT in the Americas. USA also secured CITEL support for “No Change” to the ITU Radio Regulation (5.343) giving AMT priority over other mobile services like Long Term Evolution (LTE) in the Americas. USA is on record stating that it has no intention of implementing IMT in the L-Band notwithstanding Region 2 identification.

 Represented (with Mr. Ken Keane & Dr. Dan Jablonski) U.S. AMT interests (civil and Federal) at International Telemetry Union meetings charged with development of report for delegates to the World Radiocommunication Conference on feasibility of IMT spectrum sharing with AMT in MHz. Helped secure approval of U.S. study demonstrating that IMT is not compatible with AMT given the risk of interference to sensitive flight test telemetry, a safety-of-life application.  Upcoming activity includes protection of AMT spectrum (e.g MHz, MHz and MHz) vis-a- vis mobile broadband communications at the November 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference; work with delegates from other administrations in support of USA objectives. United States of America

 Representation of a USA aerospace industry group, the Aerospace & Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council, are negotiatiing with a large USA commercial carrier looking toward coordination agreement for protection of Department of Defense (DOD) and aerospace industry flight test telemetry in MHz as against LTE out-of-band emissions from MHz  Work with DOD senior spectrum personnel concerning possible future allocations in AMT spectrum test range, and conditions for same to protect AMT  Future coordination agreement for implementation of secondary medical telemetry operations in MHz United States of America

INTERNATIONAL Mexico & Columbia  A ity, State of Yucatan, Mexico.  At

INTERNATIONAL Mexico & Columbia  A ity, State of Yucatan, Mexico.  At

INTERNATIONAL Mexico & Columbia  A Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (CITEL) Meeting (XXIV Meeting of Permanent Consultative Committee II: Radiocommunications) took place from 29 SEP to 3 OCT 2014 in Merida City, State of Yucatan, Mexico.  At this Meeting, Mexico and Colombia offered specific regulatory text; i.e. a new footnote identifying MHz for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT): “World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) Agenda Item 1.1: to consider additional spectrum allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis and identification of additional frequency bands for IMT and related regulatory provisions, to facilitate the development of terrestrial mobile broadband applications, in accordance with Resolution 233 (WRC-12).”

 As the meeting progressed, other administrations indicated support for Colombia and Mexico, such as Brazil, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Peru, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. This would be enough for an Inter-American Proposal (“IAP”). Brazil has also proposed identification of the band MHz for IMT. Lastly, Canada proposes to identify MHz for IMT and to exclude itself from Footnote RR 5.343, which gives Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) priority over other uses of the mobile service involving the L-Band ( MHz) in ITU Region II.  As a result there could be changes to RR A decision on this may be taken at the next CITEL Meeting in FEB 2015, or the one after that in AUG INTERNATIONAL Canada, Brazil & Others

 L-Band: has been operating AMT in the MHz band since 2005, BUT:  Anatel (the Brazilian Telecommunication Agency) identified the MHz band as suitable to implement IMT in accordance with WRC-2015 Agenda Item 1.1.  The 20 MHz Brazilian AMT band shall remain inside the MHz range, but chances are that it will be shifted from MHz in order to accommodate the supplementary downlink of the IMT.  S-Band: This band is temporarily allocated in the and MHz ranges. These are now the most heavily- used AMT bands in Brazil. INTERNATIONAL Brazil: AMT L-/S-Band Status

 C-Band: Brazil’s MHz is closer to France’s C-Band than the USA’s C-Band. Some AMT C-Band flight testing has begun, but we are still developing the ground segment.  WRC-2015 Agenda Item 1.7: “To review the use of the band MHz by the fixed-satellite service (Earth-to-Space) (limited to feeder links of the non- geostationary mobile-satellite systems in the mobile-satellite service) in accordance with Resolution 114 (Rev.WRC-12).”  At the last CITEL meeting, Brazil and three other countries voted to remove the limitation imposed to satellite feeder-links in C-Band use to 2018 without any harm to AMT. INTERNATIONAL Brazil: AMT C-Band Status