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News

October 17, 2024

The inaugural International Open RAN Symposium (IORS) convened September 17–19, 2024, in Golden, Colorado, United States of America. NTIA welcomed over 250 participants at the inaugural Symposium from over 20 countries.

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April 1, 2024

ITS, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense’s FutureG Office, hosted the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) Forum in Dallas, Texas, from March 26 to 28.

The 2024 RIC Forum brought government, military, telecommunications...

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This Month in ITS History

December 1941: FCC Suspends All Amateur Radio Use During Wartime

On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, decimating the U.S. Pacific fleet. This act brought the United States into World War II. For many, it was a day that the world changed forever. The National Bureau of Standards Radio Section changed forever, too. The day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, the FCC issued a formal order suspending all amateur radio operations for the duration of the war. The Bureau immediately renewed its close ties with the Navy and the Army Signal Corps. By the summer of 1942, the Radio Section was renamed the Interservice Radio Propagation Laboratory (IRPL) and its work was directed by the National Defense Research Council. Radar was a new te ...

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