The Communications Regulatory Authority, under the leadership of Mohammed Ali Al-Mannai, is participating in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s World Radio Communication Conference (WRC) starting today in Geneva.
WRC, organized every four years to review, and revise Radio Regulations, will be in session until November 27. Al-Mannai, President of CRA, is a key part of the Qatar delegation, headed by H.E. Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber, Minister of Information and Communications Technology. The Qatari delegation also includes representatives from the Ministry of Interior, the Qatari Armed Forces, Qatar Media Corporation and Qatar Satellite Company (Es’hailSat) as well as a delegation from the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva.
Besides radio regulations, WRC also reviews, and revises the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits. Revisions are made on the basis of an agenda determined by the ITU Council, which takes into account recommendations made by previous world radiocommunication conferences.
Under the terms of the ITU Constitution, a WRC can revise the Radio Regulations and any associated frequency assignment and allotment plans; address any radiocommunication matter of worldwide character; instruct the Radio Regulations Board and the Radiocommunication Bureau, and review their activities; determine questions for study by the Radiocommunication Assembly and its Study Groups in preparation for future Radiocommunication Conferences.