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The 2023 International Telecommunication Union World Radiocommunications Conference

Lead Instructor:  Jennifer Manner, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Echostar Corporation, and co-chair of the Commerce Dept. Spectrum Management Advisory Committee.

Format is hybrid:

  • This course will meet on three days for live online classes on the World Radio Conference.
  • There will also be prerecorded videos that provide background on the International Telecommunications Union.

This course will provide an overview of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) 2023 World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23) and delve into the items that will be discussed on the Agenda and the development of the WRC-27 Agenda.   The course will begin with a short overview of the ITU and the WRC, its history.  This includes a description of membership roles, organizational structure and why it is important.  The course will also address the issues on the WRC-23 Agenda, other items that might arise, such as space sustainability, and finally the development of the WRC-27 Agenda.    Issues being considered at this year’s conference including additional spectrum for IMT (5G mobile services), mobile and fixed satellite services, including intersatellite links, protection of spectrum for all services, the allocation of spectrum for scientific and public safety services, and improving the ITU regulatory process for satellite networks including low earth orbit satellite systems.

  • This course is intended for people who wish to understand the upcoming WRC-23 Conference. It will be accessible to those with little prior knowledge of the ITU or the role of the WRC, but after the introductory sections of the course, will delve into material that may interest those with greater knowledge.
  • Upon completing the course, participants will have greater understanding of a variety of the WRC in general, of the upcoming WRC-23 in particular.
  • No prior knowledge of the ITU or the WRC are assumed. We only assume that participants are generally conversant in the kinds of wireless telecommunications policy and spectrum management issues that might come before the WRC.