#### WRC-03 Preparatory Timeline

(June 26, 2001)

### Jan. 30, 2001 Initial Meeting of the WRC-03 Advisory Committee

##### Feb.1, 2001 NTIA Radio Conference Subcommittee (RCS) Meeting

##### Feb. 13 - 15, 2001 CEPT/ERO/CPG-03-1 Meeting (Paris)

*Feb. 21 - 27, 2001 ITU-R WP 8F, IMT-2000 and beyond (Rabat, Morocco)*

*Mar*. *1, 2001 RCS*

**Mar. 5 - 9, 2001 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting (Panama)**

*Mar.13 -- 16, 2001 RAG meeting*

*Mar. 22-30, 2001 ITU-R WP 4-9S, Sharing between Fixed-Satellite and
Fixed Service*

*April 2 -- 6, 2001 ITU Working Group on Reform*

*April 5, 2001 RCS*

####### April 20, 2001 WAC Meeting (finalize Industry Preliminary View's to CITEL Meeting), 10 am to 12 noon

*April 23 -- May 2, 2001 ITU-R WP 4A, Fixed-Satellite Service*

*May 3, 2001 RCS*

*May 21 -- June 1, 2001 ITU-R WP 8D, Mobile-Satellite Services and GPS*

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###### **May 24, 2001 WAC Meeting, 10 am to 12 noon** 

*May 28 -- June 1, 2001 ITU-R JTG 4-7-8 on Sharing in the 13.75-14 GHz
band*

**June 4 - 8, 2001 2^nd^ APT CPG Meeting (Bangkok, Thailand)**

*June 4 -- 8, 2001 ITU-R JTG 4-7-8-9 on 5 GHz band allocations*

*June 7, 2001 RCS*

**June 11 - 15, 2001 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting (Ottawa, Canada)**

*June 18 -- 29, 2001 ITU Council*

*June 27 - July 3, 2001 ITU-R WP 8F, IMT-2000 and beyond (Stockholm,
Sweden)*

*July 12, 2001 RCS*

*Aug. 2, 2001 RCS*

*Aug. 20 -- 24, 2001 CITEL Steering Committee*

**August 28, 2001 WAC Meeting, 10am to 12**

**Deadline for 1^st^ tier Industry Proposals on Uncontroversial Issues**

*Sept. 4 - 6, 2001 CEPT/ERO/CPG-03-2 Meeting*

*Sept. 6, 2001 RCS*

*Sept. 19 -- 28, 2001 ITU-R WP 6S, Satellite Broadcasting*

####### Sept. 25, 2001 WAC Meeting (finalize input to CITEL November Meeting), 2-4pm 

*Oct. 3 --12, 2001 ITU-R WP4A, Fixed-Satellite Service*

*Oct. 4, 2001 RCS*

*Oct. 10 - 16, 2001 ITU-R WP 8F, IMT-2000 and beyond (Tokyo, Japan)*

*Oct. 15 -- 23, 2001 ITU-R WP 4-9S, Sharing between Fixed-Satellite and
Fixed Service*

*Oct. 15 -- 17, 2001 CITEL WG on plenipot*

*Oct. 23 -- Nov. 2, 2001 ITU-R WP 8D, Mobile-Satellite Services and GPS*

*Oct. 24 -- Nov. 2, 2001 ITU-R WP 8B, Maritime Mobile Service including
GMDSS; Aeronautical Mobile Service and Radiodetermination Service*

*Nov. 1, 2001 RCS*

*Nov. 1 -- 7, 2001 ITU-R JTG 1-6-8-9 on Terrestrial Wireless Multimedia*

**Nov. 5 -- 9, 2001 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting (Guatemala)**

####### \[Nov. 15, 2001\] WAC Meeting, 10 am to 12 noon\]

**Nov. 26 - 30, 2001 CITEL PCC II (Washington, DC)**

*Dec. 6, 2001 RCS*

*Dec 10 -- 14, 2001 COM/CITEL*

*Jan. 3, 2002 RCS*

### \[January 24, 2002\] WAC Meeting, 10 am to 12 noon

### Feb. \[4 -- 8\], 2002 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting, TBD

*Feb. 7, 2002 RCS*

*Feb. 18 -- 22, 2002 ITU-R JTG 4-7-8 on Sharing in the 13.75-14 GHz
band*

*Feb. 19 - 22, 2002 CEPT/ERO/CPG-03-3 Meeting*

####### \[Feb.28, 2002\] WAC Meeting, 10 am to 12 noon 

*Mar. 7, 2002 RCS*

####### \[March 26, 2002\] WAC Meeting (Final WRC-03 Advisory Committee recommendations), 2 to 4 pm 

**April 1 -- 5, 2002 or 3^rd^ APT CPG Meeting**

**April 8 -- 12, 2002**

*April 4, 2002 RCS*

*\[April 17 -- 19, 2002\] CEPT Radio Conference*

*April 30 -- May 8, 2002 ITU-R JTG 4-7-8-9 on 5 GHz band allocations*

*May 2, 2002 RCS*

*May 15 -- 21, 2002 ITU-R WP 8B, Maritime Mobile Service including
GMDSS; Aeronautical Mobile Service and Radiodetermination Service*

*May 16 --22, 2002 ITU-R WP 8D, Mobile-Satellite Services and GPS*

### May 31, 2002 ITU Deadline for SG contributions

### June 3 - 7, 2002 Drafting of CPM Report

**June \[3 -- 7\], 2002 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting, TBD**

*June 24-28, 2002 CEPT/ERO/CPG-3-4 Meeting (UK)*

*July17 -- 26, 2002 Meeting of the Special Committee on Regulatory and
Procedural Matters*

**Aug. 28 -- Sept. 3, 2002 4^th^ APT CPG Meeting**

### Aug. 30, 2002 Distribution of the Draft CPM Report 

**Sept. \[9 -- 13\], 2002 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting, TBD**

\[September 2002\] Tentative Due Date for U.S. CPM contributions to
Department of State.

*Sept. 23 -- Oct. 18, 2002 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh,
Morocco)*

*Nov. 4-8, 2002 CEPT/ERO/CPG-3-5 Meeting*

**Dec. 2 -- 6, 2002 2^nd^ Meeting of CPM (CPM02-2) for WRC-03
(Geneva).**

**\[December 2002\] Tentative due date for FCC-NTIA agreed proposals to
Department of State.**

### January \[6 -- 10\], 2003 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting, TBD---Decision Meeting

**\[January 2003\] U.S. WRC-03 Proposals due to the ITU**

**\[January 2003\] Final CPM report sent to all administrations**

*Feb.10-14, 2003 CEPT/ERO/CPG-03-6 Meeting (Sweden)*

**Feb. 5-11, 2003 or 5^th^ APT CPG Meeting**

### Feb. 12-18, 2003

### April \[14 -- 18\[, 2003 CITEL PCC III WRC-WG Meeting

*Apr. 28-May2, 2003 CEPT/ERO/CPG-03-7 Meeting*

**June 2003 WRC-03 (Caracas, Venezuela)**

(The dates in brackets are tentative.)