Most in the satellite industry are likely happy with outcomes of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) 2015 World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-15).
Satellite interests were most concerned about preserving use of the C-band frequencies coveted by mobile telecom interests.
To be sure, some 200 MHz from 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz will be allocated for mobile broadband communications, but the rest of the band is preserved for satellite.
Many had feared the spectrum losses would be much worse.
With the exception of Region 2 (Americas), a “no change” position was adopted for the majority of C-band ranging from 3.6 to 4.2, with only a few countries in Region 2 identifying the 3.6 GHz to 3.7 GHz band for mobile use.
The satellite industry also gained some new spectrum at WRC-15 as well. In Ku-band, the industry gained a downlink allocation in the 13.4 to 13.65 GHz band in Region 1 and country-specific allocations in the 14.5 to 14.8 GHz in several nations.
WRC-15 voted not to look at globally harmonized 5G spectrum in C-, Ku- or Ka-band at WRC-19, instead agreeing to evaluate high-frequency bands above 24 GHz for 5G mobile services.
WRC-19 will also include studies on IMT spectrum above 6 GHz.
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