 Through ITUR, hundreds of experts from around the world study such topics as broadcasting, emergency communications and navigation by ships and planes. You are safer in the air or at sea because of the work of ITUR. ITUR's technical standards include the widely used IMT-2000 or 3G for mobile communications, with IMT advanced for the next generation. World conferences make sure that the use of radio frequency spectrum is fair and efficient and ITUR supervises the use of satellite orbits that are used to monitor Earth and gather, for instance, data for predicting the weather. ITUR helps ensure global harmony in using radio resources and its work can be found everywhere from your TV and radio at home to outer space.