The Association of the National Radio Frequency Resource Users - NATIONAL RADIO ASSOCIATION was founded in November 1997 under support of the State Commission for Radio Frequencies (GKRCH), the State Commission of the Russian Federation for Communication and Information Technology (GOSCOMSVYAZ) and the General State Supervisory Department for Communications in the Russian Federation (GLAVGOSSVYAZNADZOR).

The National Radio Association is aimed at integration of efforts of telecommunications operators and manufacturers for resolution of the spectrum issues and implementation of new radio technology in the Russian Federation.

On the 15th of December 2000, Valery V. Butenko, Director General of GEYSER Scientific & Production Co., was elected as President of National Radio Association.

National Radio Association is a nonprofit organization, which is aimed at information, legal and legislative, financial support and other kinds of assistance for members of the Association at implementation of new radio technologies as well as resolution of spectrum issues.

THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL RADIO ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

• representation and protection of common interests of members of the Association in federal legislative and executive bodies for telecommunications as well as international organizations involved in regulation and supervision of radio spectrum use;

• drafting the proposals on development and further improvement of legislative acts and directives of the Russian Federation in the field of radio spectrum use; participation in development and consideration of draft normative documents of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; discussion of these drafts at the general meetings of the Association;

• development of coordinated strategy of the Association that would take into consideration common interests of the members and aimed to the rational use of the radio spectrum and effective implementation of new technology and equipment;

• building a national policy regarding radio spectrum use, development of relevant normative documents;

• protection of frequency allocations and orbital positions for the satellite-based services in concerned international organizations as well as scientific and technical support of the procedures of international coordination in relation to the frequency allocations and the satellite orbital positions;

• legal support of members of the National Radio Association when resolving vexed questions and complicated problems on spectrum use, a seeking of mutually acceptable solutions together with the State Commission for Radio Frequency Management (GKRCh), the State Commission for Telecommunications (GKES), the State Supervisory Department for Communications (Glavgossvyaznadzor) and frequency management bodies within power ministries and agencies of Russia;

• establishing, jointly with governmental bodies, expert commissions and panels aimed to reasonable implementation of new radio technology consistently with national policy in relation to spectrum use.

2. Information support:

• generation and maintenance of databases, timely distribution among the NRA members governmental decrees, GKRCh directives, and other directive and normative documents of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Glavgossviaznadzor and other federal legislative and executive bodies relevant to communications and concerned to NRA members activity;

• publication, on a regular basis, of analytical reviews on activity of ITU, CEPT, ETSI etc., and reports on activity of NRA, maintenance of the NRA web-site;

• publishing activities in the interests of the NRA members;

• assistance to the NRA members in organization of domestic and international conferences, seminars, exhibitions.