Mobile Services-The Impact of the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference

The decisions of the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC-79) will have a major impact on the future development of the Mobile services. This paper summarizes the scope and structure of the Conference and details the changes in the allocations, resolutions, and recommendations which are of interest to the Mobile services. Substantial changes were made in the Maritime and Land-Mobile services and to a lesser degree to the Aeronautical-Mobile service. Mobile Satellite also attained footnote allocation status in two Regions (2 and 3) and in two countries of Region 1. In most part, the changes made at WARC-79 are beneficial to the future development of the Mobile services. However, it remains for future specialized conferences to establish the bases for expanding these services in the newly allocated bands.