"The importance of the work of ITU-R SG-4 has increased significantly

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On November 20, the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) started in Dubai and will last until December 15. At the Radiocommunication Assembly held on the eve of WRC-23, Viktor Strelets, scientific consultant of the Research Institute of Radio, was re-elected as Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 4 "Satellite Services". He first took up this post in 2019 and has now been re-elected for a second four-year term.

In total, including Russia, the Assembly kenya whatsapp number database appointed chairmen of six study commissions from around the world. The first meetings of these commissions will begin in March 2024.

given the dynamic development of satellite technologies, which has significantly increased the interest of administrations, national regulatory bodies, satellite operators, industry representatives, and international organizations in the work of SG-4, which, in accordance with Resolution ITU-R 4-8, studies topics related to systems and networks in the fixed-satellite service, mobile-satellite service, broadcasting-satellite service, and radiodetermination-satellite service," noted Viktor Strelets.

Viktor Strelets has 40 years of experience in research, technical and administrative work in the field of regulation of the use of the radio frequency spectrum. Since 1993, he has participated in the activities of the working and task parties of ITU-R SG-4 and SG-8, the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) and the Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications (RCC). Since 2000, he has been vice-chairman of ITU-R SG-8, and in 2007 he was appointed vice-chairman of the ITU-R Radiocommunication Advisory Group. From 2011 to 2018, he was elected to the ITU Radio Regulations Board, and in 2012 he became chairman of the RRC.

The re-election of Viktor Strelets is the first success of Russians in the last two years in elective positions in the ITU. "Since February 2022, not a single representative of Russia has been appointed to the governing bodies of the ITU, conferences and Assemblies of the Union - to the Council groups, in the standardization and development sectors," said the specialist, who worked for the ITU in Geneva for many years. In particular, at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest in October 2022, Russia lost all elective positions in the ITU.

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According to ComNews, there was another candidate for the post of head of IK-4 - from another region (the editorial staff was unable to find out who it was and from what country). However, during the negotiations, his candidacy was withdrawn. Despite the election of Viktor Strelets, the final report of the Radiocommunication Assembly included a statement by the representative of Spain, which he made after the vote on behalf of a group of 36 countries, including 27 EU states, Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain and Japan. Condemning Russia's actions on Ukrainian territory, the representative of Spain said: "We do not agree with the decision to reappoint a citizen of the Russian Federation as chairman of IK-4. This is not "business as usual" with Russia. We call on others to do the same."