 Welcome to the Radio Communication Assembly 2023, RA-23, just prior to the World Radio Communication Conference, WRC 23, being held here in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. I'm very pleased to be joined in the studio today by Donna Bateh-Murthy, who is the Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory for ViASAT. Donna, welcome to the studio. Thank you for having me. No stranger to ITU Studio. We've chatted many times before. So Donna, tell me what's the significance of the ITU Radio Communication Assembly for you? The Radio Communications Assembly is the culmination of four years of technical studies, reports, recommendations, and it will now set the priority for the next four years, including the leadership that will get us there. Personally, I'm honored to have been chosen to be the Vice President of Working Party 4B and will lead the efforts on 5G and 6G for satellites. What do you think the biggest issues are going to be faced here? I think that the biggest issue is just setting the priority for the next four years, but with respect to specific issues, IMT 2030, which is 6G, is hot topic as well as increasing the capability and capacity of broadband and the hot topic of the day of space sustainability, as well as gender neutrality in ITU leadership. What advice has the biggest issue here at R823? As an international telecommunications operator, all the issues here are important to us. But if I had to pick one, it would be space sustainability. We're a global satellite operator, which means we have expertise and experience in space technology and operation, and we recognize that it is important for the rules of the road to allow for everyone to be able to benefit from the space economy. This includes access to shared, finite spectrum and orbital resources for everyone. And finally, let me ask you, how have you found the tone and the spirit of this three years radio communication assembly? That's a really important question, because not only does that impact this meeting, but the tone and spirit could set the stage for next week's treaty conference. As you know, in today's geopolitical climate, things are complex and they're difficult, especially to reach a global agreement on something, but that makes it a bigger necessity to work together. Not that I'm biased, but I think the fact that the ITU at its core is driven by inputs by engineer means that, for the most part, we're heading towards a technical truth, and that helps all around for us to get to a positive outcome. And finally, the tone really does matter. The fact that the UAE, the host nation, has done such a wonderful job at this meeting, making sure everything's organized and people feel welcome for that. I thank them and that's going to have a huge impact next week. Well done. Thank you very much for joining us in this studio. It's always a pleasure to have you here and look forward to catching up with you again very soon. Thank you. It's always a pleasure to be here. Thank you. Thank you. And if you've enjoyed this interview, then do tune into the ITU YouTube channel as well as our SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcasts from for further interesting interviews and for further information, please check out our website at www.itu.int. Thanks for tuning in.