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17 CommLaw Conspectus 377 (2008-2009)
Lessons Learned from the Spectrum Wars: Views on the United States' Effort Going Into and Coming Out of a World Radiocommunication Conference

handle is hein.journals/cconsp17 and id is 405 raw text is: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SPECTRUM WARS: VIEWS ON THE UNITED STATES' EFFORT GOING INTO AND COMING OUT OF A WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE Donna Coleman Greggt I. INTRODUCTION Every three to four years, nations assemble for the World Radiocommunica- tion Conference (WRC or Conference) to consider important measures that ensure the effective and orderly worldwide use of the radiofrequency spec- trum needed for myriad forms of wireless communication.' The WRC reviews and revises international administrative regulations, which contain detailed provisions governing the use of both the finite amount of available radiofre- quency spectrum and the limited number of satellite orbital slots.' The most recent gathering, known as WRC-07, took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 22, 2007 to November 16, 2007. There, under the auspices of the In- I Donna Coleman Gregg served in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President as the Senior Policy Advisor to the United States Ambas- sador to the 2007 World Radio Communication (WRC-07) and was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference. Prior to her work on WRC-07, she was Chief of the FCC Media Bureau. Before entering public service, Ms. Gregg served as Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and also as a communications attorney in private law practice. She currently is a Visiting Profes- sor in the Institute for Communications Law Studies at the The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. INT'L TELECOMM. UNION CONST. art. 13, §§ 1-2, available at http://www.itu.int/net/about/basic-texts/constitution/chapterii.aspx. 2 Id. § 1; see JAMES G. SAVAGE, THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION 16 (1989). 3 Hamadoun I. Tour6, Editorial, Sharing Finite Resources, ITU NEWS, Oct. 2007, available at http://www.itu.int/itunews/manager/display.asp?lang-en&year-2007&issue= 08&ipage= editorial&ext-html. 377

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