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The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a conference organized by the
World Radiocommunication Conferences
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The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a conference organized by the ITU
The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Union ...
to review and, as necessary, revise the Radio Regulations
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, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum as well as geostationary and non-geostationary satellite orbits. It is held every three to four years. Prior to 1993, it was called the World Administrative Radio Conference The World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) was a technical conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) where delegates from member nations of the ITU met to revise or amend the entire international radio regulations pertainin ...
(WARC); in 1992, at an ''Additional Plenipotentiary Conference'' in Geneva
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, the ITU was restructured, and later conferences became the WRC.
At the 2015 conference (WRC-15), the ITU deferred their decision on whether to abolish the leap second to 2023.
The last World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) took place from 28 October to 22 November 2019 in Sharm el-Sheikh
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, Egypt.
Past Conferences
*World Radiocommunication Conference 1993 (Geneva, Switzerland, November 1993) *World Radiocommunication Conference 1995 (Geneva, Switzerland, 23 October – 17 November 1995) *World Radiocommunication Conference 1997 (Geneva, Switzerland, 27 October – 21 November 1997) *World Radiocommunication Conference 2000 (Istanbul, Turkey 8 May – 2 June 2000) *World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (Geneva, Switzerland, 9 June – 4 July 2003) *World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (Geneva, Switzerland, 22 October – 16 November 2007) *World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland, 23 January – 17 February 2012) *World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (Geneva, Switzerland, 2–27 November 2015) *World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 28 October – 22 November 2019)Future Conferences
* World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20 November – 15 December 2023)References
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