1. WRC-19 Updates July 23, 2019 CANTO Annual Conference
Thomas Sullivan
chief, International bureau
U.S. Federal Communications commission

2. A Flexible and Technology Neutral Regulatory Framework for Global Harmonization
In the United States, our guiding regulatory principles:
Creating a flexible, technology neural regulatory framework for continued growth of a multi-trillion dollar industry.
Enabling regional and global spectrum harmonization opportunities for all services including broadcasting, mobile technologies and satellites
Ensuring protections for incumbent users to encourage investments in new technologies and deployment
Our approach to World Radiocommunication Conference must ensure flexibility to encourage innovations and investments in our region

3. The Future of Spectrum Needs… How do we enable innovation?
Mobile Health
4G/5G wireless…6G?
Autonomous Vehicles
Drones and Uber Helicopter
Virtual Reality/AI
Enhanced Video and Audio
Live Satellite Imagery
Space Planes

4. Why do we need a WRC?
Create regulatory certainty for the multi-trillion dollar communication industry which plays a increasingly important role in the development of our societies
For fixed, mobile, satellites and broadcasting industries, global spectrum harmonization is essential to create economies of scale, roaming and interoperability
Creating certainty requires consensus amongst ITU Member States in order to achieve stable results. This demands time, effort and patience. 4

5. Successive WRC cycles WRC2019
WRC-19: 17 specific & 6 standing agenda items
Fix. & Mob. BB Apps (24.25 < IMT < 86 GHz, 5 GHz, HAPS, others>275 GHz)
Maritime (GMDSS modernization (+Sat.), VDES Sat component)
Identification for IMT-2020 “5G”
Aeronautical (GADSS needs)
WRC2019
Satellite issues (ES in motion, RR for N-GSO up to 51.4 GHz)
New Transport systems (harmonized bands for ITS, railways)
Regulatory issues (Sat. regulations, harmonization of spectrum use, etc.)
Earth resources & Climate monitoring Weather forecast,
DCS improvement, TT&C for N-GSO Sat. of short duration

6. Regional Preparations… The key to success!6

7. Shared Goal/Closing the Digital Divide:
Regulatory solutions that close the digital divide are our main focus of WRC-19
These solutions will come from terrestrial systems like IMT/5G and WiFi (or known as RLANs in the ITU) and satellite systems using new NGSO constellations and fixed satellite systems (ESIMs) delivering broadband to planes, trains and ships. 7

8. WRC Agenda Items Involving
Main
WRC Agenda Items Involving
Our Shared Goal

9. Agenda Item 1.13 (IMT/5G mobile)
The USA will be supporting the 24 GHz, 40 GHz ( GHz) and 48 GHz tuning ranges at WRC-19
By placing an IMT identification in these ranges, it does not pre-empt or prioritize this spectrum for 5G over other services like satellite, instead giving administrations the flexibility to make those decisions themselves
mmW spectrum sharing is much easier, so international cross border protection is largely not a necessity in most cases
In the case of critical science satellites, it is important to protect their operations with mandatory regulations, but carefully not overprotecting and precluding the operations of new technologies from operating.

10. Agenda Item 1.16 (5 GHz WiFi)
The craving for additional unlicensed spectrum for technologies is ever growing and the USA is looking to harmonize our domestic rules internationally by promoting higher powered outdoor use in the MHz band.
Outdoor Permitted

11. Agenda Item 1.14 (HAPS)
We supports allowing HAPS on a secondary basis to protect incumbent users, like satellite and 5G
Some HAPS providers are interested in deploying in/near suburban and/or urban areas.
This was never studied fully, and our USA studies have shown a strong likelihood for interference unless stringent pfd limits are applied

12. Agenda Item 1.6 (NGSOs)
WRC-19 will consider additional allocations in the frequency bands  GHz,  GHz,  GHz and  GHz for large scale NGSO constellations.
There are currently no regulatory provisions for sharing between non-geostationary-satellite orbit (non-GSO) satellite systems and GSO networks in these frequency bands.
The FCC has been especially supportive of these global broadband connectivity solutions that are being introduced by SpaceX, Boeing, O3B, OneWeb and others.
NGSO operators are interested in providing global broadband connectivity with large satellite constellations.

13. Agenda Item 1.5 (ESIMs)
The USA is supportive of a tuning range approach for enabling satellite earth stations in motion or ESIMS operating with GSO FSS networks in the GHz band and the GHz band. 
While the FCC only authorized portions of these bands domestically for ESIMs, and other portions of this 28 GHz range for 5G, the USA will introduce regulatory protections to ensure ESIM operations don’t cause mobile operations interference

14. Working Together as One-Regional-Voice
Our regional prosperity depends on our regional unity.
Our CITEL region has worked hard to find common cause and advance our shared interests.
WRC-19 will be vital to obtaining access to the spectrum we all need to advance new technologies.
We are off to a great start, with a number of Inter-American Proposals already agreed.
We are looking forward to working with you at the August CITEL meeting to ensure we are facilitating all technology solutions to close the digital divide rapidly.