Ofcom launches consultation to prepare UK for the WRC-23

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Ofcom has launched a consultation to gather views and comments from industry and interested stakeholders ahead of the next World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) The consultation lays out the key issues that will be considered at the conference and outlines its significance to the UK, particularly in relation to identification and international harmonisation of spectrum bands. Ofcom will be representing the UK at WRC-23, which will take place between late November and early December 2023. Ofcom has set up five separate working groups that are open to all UK stakeholders that have a relevant interest in international spectrum matters and have appointed a UK coordinator for each of the WRC-23 agenda items, assigning each agenda item to one of the five UK working groups. The consultation will close on 29 September 2022.