CITEL PCC II

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CITEL PCC II

• Update on CITEL Preparation for WRC-07
• TIA Wireless Communications Division
• September 8, 2005

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What is CITEL PCC II?

• CITEL, the Inter-American Telecommunication
  Commission, works under the Organization of
  American States (OAS) to facilitate and promote
  the development of telecommunications in the
  Americas
• CITELs Permanent Consultative Committee II (PCC
  II) handles standards issues related to spectrum
  use, spectrum coordination and harmonization, and
  broadcasting issues

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Division of Work within PCC II

• Terrestrial Fixed and Mobile Radiocommunication
  Services Working Group
• Satellite Systems to Provide Fixed and Mobile
  Services Working Group
• Broadcasting Working Group
• Preparation of Regional and World
  Radiocommunications Conferences

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CITELs WRC Working Group

• CITELs WRC Working Group has made significant
  progress on preliminary views (PV) on a number of
  items and is moving towards drafting
  Inter-American Proposals (IAPs) for the WRC-07
• Reports on the most recent CITEL meetings can be
  found on the FCCs WRC-07 website at
  http//www.fcc.gov/wrc-07 under WAC documents

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CITELs WRC WG Timeline

• The next CITEL PCC II meeting is October 25-28 in
  Costa Rica
• The deadline for contributions to the CPM Report
  is September 15, 2006 and the deadline for WRC-07
  proposals is July 9, 2007
• At most, this will mean 3 or 4 meetings before
  July 2007
• 2 meeting limit rule

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CITEL WRC WG

• Agenda Item 1.4 US, Brazil and Canada have
  provided preliminary views that they support
  ongoing ITU-R studies on spectrum for IMT-2000
  and beyond
• Agenda Item 1.9 The US, Argentina, Brazil,
  Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, the DR, and Uruguay
  are of the preliminary view that terrestrial
  services in the 2500-2690 MHz band should be
  protected and there is a need to consider
  elimination of the MSS allocation in this band