radio-frequency spectrum

Submitting to the ITU—a United Nations agency that, among other things, manages the global satellite radio-frequency spectrum—is a preliminary step, as SpaceNews noted.

The money comes from the FCC’s public auction of licenses for access to radio-frequency spectrum, the airwaves used to transmit wireless data to cell phones.

The IMT-Advanced system uses radio-frequency spectrum much more efficiently, and devices built with it will need less bandwidth to access the Internet, stream videos and transfer data.