Press release: Radio spectrum allocated for global flight tracking
ITU World Radiocommunication Conference enables Earth-to-space reception of ADS-B transmissions Geneva, 11 November 2015 – Agreement has been reached at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva on the allocation of radiofrequency spectrum for global flight tracking in civil aviation. The frequency band…
Spectrum for Flight Tracking: agreement reached at WRC-15
This week, the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) reached an agreement to allocate radiofrequency spectrum for the global flight tracking for civil aviation in response to pressing demand for coordinated action by ITU and other relevant organizations for global flight…
PP-14 Highlights: Global flight tracking for civil aviation
Global flight tracking for civil aviation – a new resolution instructing WRC-15 to include this topic on its agenda The loss of Malaysia’s Flight MH370 has spurred worldwide discussions on global flight tracking and the need for ITU and other…
Press release: ITU World Radiocommunication Conference will consider global flight tracking
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference resolution to enhance aviation safety Busan, 31 October 2014 – ITU membership meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea for the Plenipotentiary Conference today passed an important resolution to improve global flight tracking for civil aviation. This follows the disappearance…
Press Release: ITU to assist in real-time monitoring of flight data
ITU Membership calls for development of standards for aviation cloud Geneva, 25 June 2014 – ITU has established a new Focus Group on Aviation Applications of Cloud Computing for Flight Data Monitoring. The group will study the requirements for the telecommunication standards…
Press release: ICT and aviation experts for real-time monitoring of flight data
International standards mooted for ‘aviation data cloud’ to track aircraft Kuala Lumpur, 27 May 2014 – A two-day dialogue between experts on real-time monitoring of flight data took place in Kuala Lumpur, 26-27 May. The meeting was facilitated by ITU and hosted…