1. WRC agenda item 1.13 - Perspectives from APT -
Hiroyuki Atarashi
NTT DOCOMO, INC.

2. About Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
APT serves as the focal organization for ICT in the region.
38 Members, 4 Associate Members and 134 Affiliate Members.

3. APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19 (APG-19)
The main objective is to organize coordinated regional activities for WRC and RA:
To ensure that the interests of APT Members on Radiocommunication issues are properly represented.
The APG’s activities include but are not limited to:
develop APT Common Proposals for WRCs and on matters related to RAs;
develop APT contributions to CPMs;
assist APT Member countries, especially developing countries, in their preparations for WRCs, RAs and CPMs.
The APG structure for the WRC-19 (APG-19) was established at its 1st meeting held from 26 to 28 July 2016.

4. Dr. Atmadji W. Soewito (INS) Mr. Taghi Shafiee (IRN))
Structure of APG-19
Chairman: Dr. Kyu-Jin Wee (KOR)
Vice Chairman: Mr. Neil Meaney (AUS) & Mr. Xiaoyang Gao (CHN)
Editorial Chairman: Dr. Tommy Chee (NZL)
APG19-1 unanimously appointed Mr. Kavouss Arasteh  as a Special Senior Advisor to the APG. WP
CPM Report Chapter
WRC-19 agenda items
Chairman
WP1
Chapter 1: Land mobile and fixed services
1.11, 1.12,1.14, 1.15
Ms. Zhu Keer (CHN)
WP2
Chapter 2: Broadband applications in the mobile service
1.13, 1.16, 9.1 (issues 9.1.1, 9.1.5, 9.1.8)
Dr. Kyung-Mee Kim (KOR)
WP3
Chapter 3: Satellite services
1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 7, 9.1 (issues 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.9)
Mr. Muneo Abe (J)
WP4
Chapter 4: Science services
1.2, 1.3, 1.7
Dr. Atmadji W. Soewito (INS)
WP5
Chapter 5: Maritime, aeronautical and amateur services
1.1, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 9.1 (issue 9.1.4)
Mr. Bui Ha Long (VTN)
WP6
Chapter 6: General issues
2, 4, 8, 9.1 (issues 9.1.6, 9.1.7), 10
Mr. Taghi Shafiee (IRN))

5. Outcome of the 1st meeting of APG-19
On WRC-19 agenda item 1.13:
Dr. Hiroyuki Atarashi was appointed as the chairman of DG 2-1 (for AI 1.13) and as the APT coordinator to ITU-R Task Group 5/1.
No concrete discussion on this agenda item was conducted.
On provisional objectives of the 2nd meeting (APG19-2) …
to review issues associated with each WRC-19 agenda item
to consider the results of studies of ITU-R Study Groups and any information provided by AWG in relation to WRC-19 agenda items, and take necessary actions as appropriate
to develop, to the extent practicable, preliminary views for each WRC-19 agenda item based on contributions from APT Members

6. Future meeting schedule of APG-19
Additional four meetings are scheduled prior to WRC-19.
2016
2017
2018
2019
APG19-1
APG19-2
APG19-3
APG19-4
APG19-5
26-28 July
Mid. July
[Indonesia]
July-August
Dec.-Jan.
Korea
July-August
APT Common Proposal
31 March
Various WPs
Task Group 5/1
CPM
19-2
WRC-19
10/28
- 11/22
May
Sep.
Jan.
May
Sep.

7. APT Wireless Group (AWG)
AWG is an APT work program:
Conducting work covering various aspects of emerging wireless systems to meet the upcoming digital convergence in the Asia-Pacific region.
For some of the WRC-19 agenda items, AWG is carrying out technical and operational studies to support preparation for WRCs by APG.
On WRC-19 agenda item 1.13, AWG issued a questionnaire on “Usage and future plan of frequency bands in relation to studies on WRC-19 agenda item 1.13 in Asia-Pacific Region”
Currently, IRN, J, KOR, SNG, THL, and VTN provided their responses.
Deadline of the responses is the next meeting of AWG (Mar/Apr 2017).
AWG
APG-19
Request for studies
May perform technical and operational studies to support preparation for WRCs if requested by the APG
Results of studies
Responsible for the development of APT Common Proposals, APT Views and Positions on WRC Agenda Items