SATRC Working Group on Spectrum (WG SPEC) is dealing with issues related to spectrum that are common in SATRC Members.  

Working Procedures:
SATRC WG SPEC maintains the following working procedure:

•  Working Group will be chaired by nominee from one of the regulators 
• There should be at least one expert from each member regulator in each Working Group
•  Regulators may nominate and encourage experts on relevant work from the  industry  sector of their country
• Working Group will work on a number of work items relevant to the need of the SATRC region
• Work items will be proposed by the regulators, working group experts and SATRC consultant considering the needs of the regulators and the industry 
• Working Group will have one physical meeting in a year. Beside physical meetings Working Group should conduct online activities through email reflector. 
• For attending the Working Group meeting one fellowship per SATRC Member will be granted 
• Working Group will decide the scopes of work of each working items 
• The output of each work items could be a SATRC Report or Guideline or Opinion as decided by the Working Group. All the outputs of the Working Group must have to be approved by the next immediate meeting of the SATRC.

Leadership:

• Chair: Mr. S. T. Abbas, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
• Vice-Chairs: Mr. Sonam Phuntsho, Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) and Mr. Adib Kamrani, Communications Regulatory Authority of Islamic Republic of Iran (CRA)
• WG Experts: Click here to download the complete list of the Experts of the WG SPEC.

Assgined Work Items:
The Work Items of WG SPEC during the implementation of SATRC Action Plan Phase VIII (2022-2023) are as follows:

• Work Item 1: Approaches towards spectrum harmonization for 5G bands
• Work Item 2: Evaluation of spectrum utilization in SATRC Member countries
• Work Item 3: Regulatory approaches for sharing, trading and leasing of spectrum
• Work Item 4: Cross-border coordination for interference in SATRC countries
• Work Item 5: SATRC action plans for the development of spectrum management infrastructure, procedure and tools 

Action Plan Phase VIII:

• SATRC Action Plan Phase VIII
• Meeting of the SATRC Working Group on Spectrum, 21-23 June 2022, New Delhi, India
• Questionnaire on Work Item 1
• Questionnaire on Work Item 2
• Questionnaire on Work Item 3
• Questionnaire on Work Item 4
• Questionnaire on Work Item 5

Action Plan Phase VII:

• SATRC Action Plan Phase VII
• Workplan of SATRC WG Spectrum
• Questionnaire on Work Item 1
• Questionnaire on Work Item 2
• Questionnaire on Work Item 3
• The Meeting of the SATRC WG on Spectrum (SATVII-WGSPEC3), 20 September 2021, Virtual/Online Meeting
• The Meeting of the SATRC WG on Spectrum (SATVII-WGSPEC2), 7 October 2020, Virtual/Online Meeting
• SATRC Workshop on Spectrum Management, 18-20 December 2019, Goa, India
• The Meeting of the SATRC WG on Spectrum (SAPVII-WGSPEC1), 11-12 June 2019 Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran