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The World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) was a 1979 technical conference of the
International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)In the other common languages of the ITU: * * is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information ...
(ITU) where delegates from member nations of the ITU met to revise or amend the entire international
radio regulations Radio regulation refers to the regulation and licensing of radio in international law, by individual governments, and by municipalities. International regulation The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized agency of the Unit ...
pertaining to all telecommunication services throughout the world. The conference was held in
Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...
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Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
, with preparatory conferences held in
Panama City, Panama Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province ...
. One outcome of the 1979 meeting was the allocation of three new amateur radio bands. In 1992, at an ''Additional Plenipotentiary Conference'' in Geneva, the ITU was restructured and as a result from 1993 the conference became known as the
World Radiocommunication Conference The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a conference organized by the ITU to review and, as necessary, revise the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum as well as geostationary an ...
or WRC.ITU.int
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Conferences list

*ITU Preparatory to World Administrative Radio Conference Panama 1979 *ITU World Administrative Radio Conference Geneva 1979 (WARC-79) *ITU World Administrative Radio Conference Geneva 1984 (WARC-84) *ITU World Administrative Radio Conference Geneva 1992 (WARC-92)


See also

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Amateur radio Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency radio spectrum, spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emer ...
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Radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3  hertz (Hz) and 300  gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...
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Telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...


References

Telecommunication conferences International broadcasting Recurring events disestablished in 1992 1992 disestablishments in Switzerland 1979 establishments in Switzerland Recurring events established in 1979 {{amateur-radio-org-stub