Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) Objectives

• ​​ITU-R hosted its major events, RA-15 and WRC-15. These were well-attended and successfully brokered a consensus on important issues, including Global Flight Tracking for civil aviation and a number of global allocations to the mobile, fixed-satellite and Earth-exploration satellite services, as well as global identifications for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT).
  
• ITU-R has advanced significantly with preparations for RA-19 and WRC-19 to underpin growth in the mobile, satellite and broadcasting industries. Consensus is being built on IMT allocations/identifications above 24 GHz.
  
• Good results were achieved in multilateral meetings hosted by ITU-R to resolve cases of harmful interference and to coordinate frequencies for the transition to digital television broadcasting and the allocation of the digital dividend.
  
• Through its radiocommunication seminars, insightful workshops, and free online access policy, ITU-R continues to work closely with national administrations, influential policy-makers and leading industry executives in outreach and capacity-building on the application of the Radio Regulations and their significance.
  
• Development of the radio-interface specifications for IMT-2020 has proceeded on schedule towards the timely delivery of the fifth generation (5G) of mobile broadband services. Specifications for UHDTV television with High Dynamic Range (HDR) were also approved in 2017.​
  
• ITU celebrated the 110th anniversary of the Radio Regulations in 2016 and the 90th Anniversary of the CCIR/ITU-R Study Groups in 2017. These celebrations provided an opportunity to showcase the vital role of ITU-R in enabling and shaping the sustainable development of radiocommunications globally​

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