As radio amateurs, we may think that the ITU's functioning is only devoted to WRCs (World Radio Conferences), which in turn discuss frequency allocations and regulations which affect our functioning. However, its responsibilities result in many conferences on a wide-ranging series of topics, the latter in turn being grouped under headings which include the Radiocommunications Sector, Telecommunication Standardisation Sector and Telecommunication Development Sector. ITU News is the source of this information, showing that the first of these three Sectors has amongst its topics at 17 meetings between May and the end of 2002: All mobile satellite services and radiodetermination satellite service, Land mobile service excluding IMT-2000 amateur and amateur satellite service, Terrestrial wireless interactive multimedia applications, Propagation fundamentals.
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