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WTA Webinar: How to Talk to Regulators About Risks to Your Spectrum

April 14, 2022 UTC-7

Always important, spectrum has become a critical business issue for teleport and satellite operators. Driving the change is re-allocation of portions of C-Band for mobile, the C-Band repack in the US, and preparations among regulators for the WRC 2023 international meeting. Despite the fact that mobile network operators have not fully deployed services on the capacity they have licensed, they will continue to make the case to open more and more satellite bands for terrestrial use, with significant impact on satellite-dependent operators and customers.

Teleport operators often believe that they have little role to play in spectrum negotiations at the international and national level. But this is far from the truth. Because they are licensed at the national level, regulators have a legal obligation to take their needs into account. What regulators need to hear are the economic and business impacts of interference arising from ill-considered spectrum-sharing rules: the critical services that run on teleport networks, the locations from which teleports operate and their experience to date with mobile interference. While international policy is agreed at WRC, its implementation rests with national regulators, and that is where teleport executives can make a difference. In partnership with SES, WTA is making available action-oriented content to keep teleport operators advised on WRC-2023 and other spectrum developments. We leave the regulatory and political details to others and focus on what you, as an executive in the ground segment business, can do to preserve your access to spectrum and manage rising interference from mobile networks.

In this webinar, WTA joins with experts from SES to describe specific steps that teleport operators can take to influence national regulators and preserve their access to the spectrum needed to grow their businesses.

Speakers include:

  • Luis Emiliani, Manager, Spectrum Development, Americas, SES
  • Petra Vorwig, Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, EMEA & APAC, SES
  • Robert Bell, Executive Director, WTA (moderator)
  • Randall Barney, Director of Certification & Membership, WTA (moderator)

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Details

Date:
April 14, 2022
Time:
10:00 am - 11:00 am UTC-7
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Website:
https://worldteleport.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8041ef61c508dee9ec23494f8&id=0e628f6634&e=864f52ac46

Organizer

World Teleport Association
Email
rbarney@worldteleport.org