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RADIO communication is essentially an international affair, and it is therefore necessary that it shall be conducted according to rules and conventions agreed to by all the principal countries in the world. The necessary regulations are drawn up by international conferences which are held at intervals of about five years and are attended by delegations from the administrations operating the radio services in the various countries. These conferences are organized by the International Telecommunications Union, with headquarters at Berne, Switzerland, the function of which is to co-ordinate telecommunication of all types, telegraph and telephone, cable, wire and radio. At the present time, world radio communication is being conducted under the Madrid Convention which was drawn up at the end of 1932.
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International Telecommunications Conference at Cairo. Nature 141, 195 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141195b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141195b0