Anniversaries and Celebrations
CCIR / ITU-R Study Groups celebrate 90 years
2017 marks the 90th anniversary of the CCIR*/ITU-R Study Groups’, a testimony of global collaboration to produce universally applied regulations, standards and best practices and enable the sustainable development of the wireless ecosystem.
110th anniversary of the ITU Radio Regulations (1906-2016) – #RR110
The ITU is celebrating this year the 110th anniversary of the Radio Regulations, a success story of international cooperation among Members States with the inestimable support of telecommunication industry partners.
WARC-79 – 30 years and still significant!
30 years ago – 147 Delegations of the ITU Member States deliberated for ten weeks (24 September to 6 December 1979) under the chairmanship of Mr. Roberto Severini (Argentina) at the CICG Center in Geneva.
100 Years of ITU Radio Regulations, 1906-2006
In 2006, ITU’s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ITU Radio Regulations. In 1906, the first International Radiotelegraph Convention was signed in Berlin, establishing the principle of compulsory intercommunication between vessels at sea and the land.