2007 Review - WRC-07 scores landmark agreements for WiMAX and new mobile spectrum

Four years of research and planning conducted by a variety of ITU study groups and working parties came to fruition in November with the World Radio Conference meeting in Geneva (WRC-07).

There were several important achievements at WRC-07 and its pre-meetings, the first being the admittance of mobile WiMAX to the IMT2000 family of technologies able to use spectrum identified for 3G. This followed a year of meetings in ITU SG8, including a special meeting which had to be called in order for the ratification procedures to be completed before the conference.

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