World Radiocommunication Conference
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World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is organized by ITU
to review, and, as necessary, revise the Radio Regulations
, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits. It is held every three to four years. Prior to 1993 it was called the World administrative radio conference
WARC; in 1992 at a Additional Plenipotentiary Conference in Geneva
the ITU was restructured and later conferences became the WRC.
International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
to review, and, as necessary, revise the Radio Regulations
Radio Regulations
The Radio Regulations is an intergovernmental treaty text of the International Telecommunication Union , the Geneva-based specialised agency of the United Nations which coordinates and standardises the operation of telecommunication networks and services and advances the development of...
, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits. It is held every three to four years. Prior to 1993 it was called the World administrative radio conference
World Administrative Radio Conference
The World Administrative Radio Conference was a technical conference of the International Telecommunications Union where delegates from member nations of the ITU met to revise or amend the entire international Radio Regulations pertaining to all telecommunication services throughout the world...
WARC; in 1992 at a Additional Plenipotentiary Conference in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
the ITU was restructured and later conferences became the WRC.
Conferences list
- World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland, 23 January-17 February 2012)
- World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (Geneva, Switzerland, 22 October-16 November 2007)
- World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (Geneva, Switzerland, 9 June-4 July 2003)
- World Radiocommunication Conference 2000 (Istanbul, Turkey 8 May-2 June 2000)
- World Radiocommunication Conference 1997 (Geneva, Switzerland, 27 October-21 November 1997)
- World Radiocommunication Conference 1995 (Geneva, Switzerland, 23 October-17 November 1995)
- World Radiocommunication Conference 1993 (Geneva, Switzerland, November 1993)