Telecommunications Management

THE immediate occasion for telecommunications management arises from the nature of the radio spectrum. If two radio stations operate on the same frequency at the same time without proper geographical separation, the interference is such that neither can give satisfactory service. Even the most die-hard opponents of government regulation of business accept the necessity for government regulation of the radio spectrum although they may differ as to the proper extent of that regulation. The advent of the communications satellite adds a dramatic illustration of the necessity for international regulation of radio communication. The extent of that regulation increased enormously in the interval between the 1906 convention signed in Berlin and the 1959 convention signed in Geneva. The international regulation of electrical communication by wire had led to the creation of the International Telegraph Union in 1865. The International Telegraph Conference and the International Radio Conference which met separately but simultaneously in Madrid in 1932 melded the separate radio and telegraph conventions into a single International Telecommunications Convention and created the International Telecommunications Union as the successor to the International Telegraph Union

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