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FCC Seeks Comment on Recommendations for WRC-19

The FCC sought comment on initial recommendations by its World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee. The committee is helping develop a U.S. position headed into the next WRC in 2019. “Based upon an initial review of the draft recommendations forwarded to…

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the Commission, the International Bureau, in coordination with other Commission Bureaus and Offices, tentatively concludes that we can generally support most of the attached WRC-19 Advisory Committee draft recommendations,” said a public notice. “The comments provided by interested parties will assist the FCC in its upcoming consultations with the U.S. Department of State and NTIA in the development of U.S. positions for WRC-19.” The FCC set a comment deadline of Nov. 8 in docket 16-185. The FCC WRC Advisory Committee's initial meeting was Aug. 2, but the real work is done in four informal working groups (see 1608020053). The first big deadline is the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission meeting starting in late November, at which the U.S. will present its preliminary views on the items for the WRC agenda.