World radiocommunication conference – 2015: Reflections on Africa international spectrum policy

Mohamed El-Moghazi, Jason Whalley and James Irvine

Telecommunications Policy, 2017, vol. 41, issue 7, 631-641

Abstract: The WRC-15 was the peak of African participation and contributions in the ITU-R with the first African to chair a WRC. However, there have been different elements within the international radio regulations that did have a restrictive influence on the African international spectrum policy during WRC-15. In particular, the discussion within ITU-R Region 1 highlighted different requirements between the African countries and other countries in Region 1 and also within the African continent per se with some of the African countries’ proposals not progressing. Moreover, a majority of the African countries opposed global IMT identification in the lower UHF band (470–694 MHz) although most of them have limited broadcasting needs.

Keywords: Africa; WRC; Spectrum; Policy; ITU-R (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2017.05.005

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