Market Solution for the C-Band Problem

摘要

People who really know the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) — you can tell them from their gaunt look and thousand-yard stare — will tell you that every World Radiocommunica-tion Conference (WRC) has its Main Event. It's the issue around which the most money is at stake, in support of which the best cocktail receptions will be held, and on which the conference will spend most of its energy. At first glance, this year's Main F,vent seems to pit elements of the terrestrial mobile and satellite communications industries against one another in what has begun to look like a titanic struggle: terrestrial interests want to use C-band frequencies (3.4-4.2 GHz) to bring us new mobile (IMT) services, and satellite companies want to keep that path for current and new transmissions.