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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...

Recent Publications

  • Douglas M. Boulware and Anthony W. Romaniello, “An Analysis of Aggregate CBRS SAS Data from April 2021 to July 2024,” Technical Report NTIA TR-25-575, November 2024

    This report presents an analysis of aggregate Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Spectrum Access System (SAS) data reported quarterly from April 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024. The data provide insights into the growth of CBRS, the impact of dynamic s...

  • Frank H. Sanders, “Adventures in Radar Spectrum and Radar Coexistence in Today’s World,” Special Publication NTIA SP-25-576, November 2024

    Of all the radio system types that occupy the electromagnetic spectrum, perhaps none are so important while also being so generally misunderstood, even within technical communities, as radars. Radar technology, the revolutionary innovation that the A...

This Month in ITS History

December 1901: First Radio Transmission Across the Atlantic

On December 11, 1901 Guillermo Marconi demonstrated that radio signals could be sent across the Atlantic. Marconi left a team at Poldhu in Cornwall, England, to transmit the signal, while he made his way to Signal Point in Newfoundland. Marconi set up his receiver and used a kite to raise ...

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