ABU Expected to Take on Practical Roles at ITU and WRC
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Radiocommunication Conference) and the APT (Asia- Pacific Telecommunity). Reflecting the trend of reaping rich returns through auction of spectrum to radio mobile telecommunication services, government bodies in various countries seem to push pro-communications policies rather than those for broadcasting.
Though broadcasters in each country have their own plans or opinions which may be different from those of the government body, they have no authority to participate in the radio frequency regulating process of ITU, WRC, APT and so on. Because every broadcaster has only the right of observing as a sector member in the international bodies, it has neither a contact point nor a proper channel for the conflicted issues.
The Expected Roles of ABU as the Representative Body
The ABU as the union of the broadcasters of the Asia-Pacific region, similar to the EBU for European broadcasters and the IARU (the International Amateur Radio Union) for the
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Yim Zungkon KBS (Korea Broadcasting System)
Yim Zungkon received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in electronic engineering from Inha University, Korea. He joined KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) in 1996. From 1996 to 2000, he researched the OFDM system and Eureka-147 DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) system in KBS TRI (Technical Research Institute). From 2000 to 2001, he researched the ISDB-T system in NHK STRL (Japan Broadcasting Corporation Science and Technology Research Laboratories) as a visiting researcher sponsored by ABU research award program. Since 2002, he has been working at the KBS TRI and researched the digital mobile service system of T-DMB (terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting). His research issues are MIMO technology, 4k UHDTV transmission and OFDM transmission systems.
He was a member of the Korean national delegation to ITU-R from 2006 to 2009.
amateur radio users throughout the world. The ABU is thus able to participate actively in the international regulatory process, supply background technical results and suggest proper solutions to get over the conflicting issues in its role as a representative body for Asia-Pacific broadcasting organisations. It also takes on many effective roles in ITU and WR and even in ITU research groups.
As mentioned above, with the increasing value of radio spectrum, the governmental bodies of many countries no longer seem friendly to the terrestrial broadcasters. Nevertheless, the Asia-Pacific countries are now facing the issues of digital TV transition including analog-switch-off and will be confronted with the TV White Spaces, both of which include the conflicts between the relevant governmental regulatory bodies and the terrestrial broadcasters.
From now on, there will be many critical issues related to the digital television transition in the Asia-Pacific region. In these the ABU is expected to play its many representative roles, amongst which are standing up and speaking for the Asia-Pacific broadcasters’ positions at international regulatory conferences and studying the status of radio spectrum for broadcast in Asia-Pacific region.
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