U.S. Should Plan Early for WRC, Witnesses Say

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2026 – Preparing early for the World Radiocommunication Conference next year will be important for the U.S. delegation’s effort to secure favorable global policies, witnesses told lawmakers Tuesday.

The conference, where regulators and companies meet every four years to set global goals for spectrum allocation, is being hosted in Shanghai, China from Oct. 18 to Nov. 12, 2027. That will present an additional layer of security concerns, witnesses said.

Lawmakers at the Senate Telecom and Media Subcommittee hearing were largely on the same page in seeing the conference as a venue for ensuring global rules allow expanded market access for U.S. companies, and for attempting to curtail China’s efforts to do the same. The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee is holding a hearing on the same issue Wednesday.

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