Member of the Communications Commission Advisory Council, Professor Sergo Shavgulidze, has been elected Deputy Chair of Study Group 7 of the International Telecommunication Union’s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R SG7) for a four-year term. 

ITU-R SG7 is tasked with producing recommendations, reports and manuals on topics such as space operations, space research, terrestrial research and meteorological systems (including the appropriate use of links in satellite services), remote sensing systems, passive and active sensor systems operating on ground and space platforms, radio astronomy and radar astronomy, as well as worldwide distribution, reception and coordination of standard frequency and time signal services, including the use of satellite technologies. 

The International Telecommunication Union is a specialised sub-organisation of the United Nations, where Sergo Shavgulidze is the only Georgian representative.