CONFERENCE PREPARATORY REPORT and CPM 19 -2 Draft CPM nearing completion. 2 nd ITU Inter-regional Workshop on WRC-19 Preparation 20 to 22 November 2018 Final deadline for contributions 4 February 2019 CPM 19 -2 will be held in the International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG) 18 to 28 February 2019 3
Commonwealth nations play vital role in Regional preparations 4
Taking into account ITU-R studies Some Study Groups still have meetings before CPM 19 -2 Working Parties of SG 1, 5, 6 and 7 have meetings planned September 18 to February 19 § WP 5 D (IMT Systems) is the last planned ITU-R WP meeting 11 to 15 February 2019 Ø This highlights the importance of IMT – related Agenda Items. 5
Regional Meetings 3 rd APM-19: 17 -21 September 2018, Cairo, Egypt 27 – 30 November 2018, Hilversum, Netherlands 5 th RCC WG WRC-19/RA-19: 1315 March 2018 (video conference) 12 th RCC Commission on RFS and SO: 13 -15 Sep. 2017, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (Republic of) 4 th RCC WG WRC-19/RA-19: 1114 Sep. 2017, Samarkand, Uzbekistan 6
EMERGING PICTURE >20 GHz SPECTRUM MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR IMT-2020 / 5 G AT WRC-19 8
5 G / IMT-2020 and Satellite Services ØNeed sustainable spectrum access for both satellite and terrestrial services. ØSatellite and terrestrial together will make 5 G happen 9
FOR SATELLITE Does IMT-2020 / 5 G terrestrial really need >20 GHz of additional spectrum? 10
Value of satellite communications Vital to continuity and growth of civil and military broadband communications 11