The World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) was a technical conference of the
International Telecommunication Union
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(ITU) where delegates from member nations of the ITU met to revise or amend the entire international
radio regulations
Radio regulation refers to the regulation and licensing of radio in international law, by individual governments, and by municipalities.
International regulation
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pertaining to all telecommunication services throughout the world. The conference was held in
Geneva
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, with preparatory conferences held in
Panama City, Panama
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.
One outcome of the 1979 meeting was the allocation of
three new amateur radio bands.
In 1992, at an ''Additional Plenipotentiary Conference'' in Geneva, the ITU was restructured and as a result from 1993 the conference became known as the
World Radiocommunication Conference
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or WRC.
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Conferences list
*ITU Preparatory to World Administrative Radio Conference Panama 1979
*ITU World Administrative Radio Conference Geneva 1979 (WARC-79)
*ITU World Administrative Radio Conference Geneva 1984 (WARC-84)
*ITU World Administrative Radio Conference Geneva 1992 (WARC-92)
See also
*Amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communic ...
*Radio
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...
*Telecommunications
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
References
Telecommunication conferences
International broadcasting
Recurring events disestablished in 1992
1992 disestablishments
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