WRC-19 Issues: Agenda Item 1.15 and the Use of 275-450 GHz

In this column we focus on Agenda Item 1.15. Future columns will deal with other agenda items. Agenda Item 1.15 will “consider identification of frequency bands for use by administrations for the land-mobile and fixed services applications operating in the frequency range 275-450 GHz, in accordance with Resolution 767(WRC-15)” This item was adopted at WRC-15 as a compromise between two multinational initiatives. The first was an initiative from Japan that was adopted by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, a regional intergovernmental/indistry organization that “operates in conjunction with telecom service providers, manufacturers of communications equipment, and research and development organizations active in the field of communication, information and innovation technologies”.