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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

February 1921: NBS Radio Communication Section Formed

On February 1, 1921, the National Bureau of Standards combined its two radio laboratories—Section 6a, Radio Development and Section 6b, Radio Research and Testing—into one undivided section. The new section was christened Section 6, Radio Communication Section. The move recognized the importance of radio work and consolidated the agency's radio research under the leadership of one person. F.A. Kolster had headed the radio development subsection before 1921; his work included early receivers, wavelength measurement devices, and radio direction finders. Kolster was named chief of the new section, and placed in charge of all cooperative studies with the military, but later that year, when Kolst ...

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