The Meeting of SATRC Working Group on Spectrum

The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) organized the Meeting of the SATRC Working Group on Spectrum (WG SPEC) from 20 to 21 May 2026 Thimphu, Bhutan. The meeting was hosted by Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA), and attended by 59 delegates including the experts of the Working Group from 8 SATRC Members and 6 Affiliate Members of APT.

The meeting of SATRC WG Spectrum ,one of the activities of the SATRC Action Plan Phase X (SAP-X)  for a period of 2026 to 2025, was approved by the 26th Meeting of SATRC (SATRC-26) held in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2025.

The meeting discussed the Work Items assigned to the Working Group by the Council. The Work Items of WG SPEC under SAP-X are as follows:

• Work Item 1: Use of unlicensed spectrum – Potentials and challenges for SATRC Members 
• Work Item 2: Impact of technological evolution on the price of spectrum for mobile broadband – Case study in the SATRC member countries
• Work Item 3: Regulatory approaches to enable V-band use for high-capacity wireless application 

The key outcomes of the meeting are as follows:

• Appointment of Lead and Co-Lead Experts.
• Finalisation and adoption of Questionnaires on each Work Items to obtain the necessary information from the SATRC member countries.
• Review and adoption of the Work Plan.

The next face-to-face meeting of the WG SPEC is scheduled to be held in Q3, 2027 in Nepal.