WARC 92 setting the agenda for the future / Liching Sung [electronic resource] :

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The landmark decisions made by WARC-92 define the agenda for the future of international spectrum policy. Three directions spelled out at WARC-92 are particularly important. First, WARC-92 was a battlefront for a spectrum war between mobile and fixed radio services. Mobile services emerged as a distinct winner and are likely to dominate the future course of radio communication development. Second, WARC-92 is the first such conference in which commercial rather than governmental services dominated the issues addressed. Industry influence in this primarily governmental meeting was unpredecented. Third, WARC-92 set a precedent for regional bloc voting. While the approach was not first exercised at this conference, it is the first time that the European- Community-led bloc was able to assert predominant influence at a WARC.

The research on which this article is based was supported by the Center for Research on Communication Technology and Society at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Telecommunications Policy. Vol. 16, no. 8(1992) : p. 624-634

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