Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

SATRC Workshop on Spectrum

21 January 2025 - 23 January 2025
Goa, India (Hybrid)

The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) will organize the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC) Workshop on Spectrum from 21 to 23 January 2025 in Goa, India with physical attendance as well as virtual/online participation through Zoom (i.e. hybrid meeting). The workshop will be hosted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The SATRC Workshop on Spectrum is a part of the implementation of SATRC Action Plan Phase IX (SAP-IX) for 2024-2025 which was approved by the 24th SATRC Meeting held in 2023. The workshop will focus on NGSO satellite constellations for space-based communication services, land mobile radio systems particularly in VHF and UHF person-to-person voice communication system, Satellite-IMT integration, spectrum outlook, registration of frequency assignments in MIFR, backhaul infrastructure readiness and requirements for 5G deployment, efficient valuation and pricing of spectrum, 6G/IMT-2030 and prospects of Terahertz spectrum. The objective of this workshop is to share insights, experiences, best practices as well as engage in dialogue to identify the challenges, opportunities and possible way forward on the work items under the SATRC Working Group on Spectrum for SAP-IX in order to have better understanding on those issues. It will also provide an opportunity for the SATRC Members as well as industry to share their experiences and future plan on spectrum management.

For both physical and virtual/online attendance, registration shall be done online at https://www.apt.int/content/online-registration by 7 January 2025 for making necessary arrangements. Please indicate in the registration form about the mode of attendance (physical or virtual). Only the registered participants are entitled to join the workshop. APT Secretariat will provide detailed information to the registered participants prior to the workshop.