ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2007
October 22, 2007
Source: WRC
Taking place about once every four years,
the World
Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is considered as one of
the most important events for radiocommunication industry
representatives, government’s representatives and observers
from international organizations.
Organized by ITU, WRC 2007 takes place in Geneva from the
22th of October until the 16th of November. It reviews and,
if necessary, revises international Radio Regulations that
govern the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and telecommunication
satellite orbital and frequency allocations.
The long time DRM Consortium members BBC, Deutsche Welle,
Radio Netherlands, TDF and VT Communications, as well as DRM
directly as a Sector Member Dr. H. Donald Messer, are all
attending WRC-07 because of their common interest in Agenda
Item 1.13 and the opportunity it gives for an additional allocation
of HF spectrum to the broadcasting service.
Currently, due to the severe congestion in the 4-10 MHz broadcasting
bands, broadcast reception audibility is
suffering, and this affects both analogue and digital transmissions.
WRC 07 allows for settling this issue, which has never been
adequately addressed over the many years it has appeared on
WRC agendas.
“WRC 07 is the best opportunity for DRM to communicate
what happens since the last three years.” said DRM Chairman
Peter Senger. Since June 2003 the DRM system is ready - developed
and standardized. Nowadays more than 30 broadcasters are using
DRM for regular transmissions with a total of about 800 hours
daily.
Several DRM receivers are already available and with the first
DRM chipsets coming in 2008, mass production of DRM radios
is expected.
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the
leading United Nations agency for information and
communication technology issues, and the global focal point
for governments and the private sector in developing networks
and services. For more than 140 years, ITU has coordinated
shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoted international
cooperation in assisting satellite orbits, worked to improve
telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world,
and established the worldwide standards that assure seamless
interconnection of a vast range of communications systems.
Further information on ITU is available from http://www.itu.int.
About DRM
Digital Radio MondialeTM (DRM) is the digital broadcasting
system for the broadcasting bands below 30MHz (long,
medium and short wave). It has been endorsed by the ITU, and
is standardised as ETSI ES 201 980. While DRM
currently covers the broadcasting bands below 30 MHz, the
DRM consortium is extending the system to the broadcasting
bands up to 120 MHz. This system extension has the internal
project name DRM+.
DRM has near-FM sound quality plus the ease-of-use that comes
from digital transmissions, combined with long range and low
power consumption. A continuously growing number of commercial,
public, international, national and local broadcasters are
already broadcasting DRM transmissions into Europe and North
America, Mexico, Russia, China, India and other regions. Further
information on DRMTM is available from
http://www.drm.org
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