[Documents de la] Conférence préliminaire concernant la télégraphie sans fil : Berlin, 4-13 août 1903 [print edition] / [Département des Postes de l'Empire d'Allemagne]

[Documents de la] Conférence préliminaire concernant la télégraphie sans fil : Berlin, 4-13 août 1903 [print edition] / [Département des Postes de l'Empire d'Allemagne]

Procès-verbaux et protocole final de la Conférence préliminaire concernant la télégraphie sans fil : Berlin, 4-13 août 1903 [print edition]

French

Berlin : Reichsdruckerei, 1903

87 p.

[Extract from International Telecommunication Union : an experiment in international cooperation / George Arthur Codding. Leiden, 1952, pp. 84-86] "Nine countries, including the United States, attended the meeting in Berlin in 1903 to undertake preliminary studies regarding the international regulation of radio. The aim of the German Government in calling the conference was clear from the beginning. The chief of the German delegation, and president of the Conference, in his opening remarks stated that the development of radio, which was still in its infancy, would be unduly hampered by any attempt to monopolize facilities, and that, therefore, rules should be made to block any attempt to impose one system upon others. His attack was made directly at the Marconi Company, and the Marconi Company's restrictive practices were cited as an example of an attempt to force one system on all the world. The German delegate concluded that only the elimination of a monopoly in radio and the adoption of provisions aimed at the elimination of interference between stations could prevent “une guerre de tous contre tous”. ../.. Great Britain and Italy led the opposition to the German proposal ../.. .Despite the uncompromising attitude of the Italian and British delegates, the conference succeeded in drafting a “Final protocol” to be presented to the interested governments as a basis for an international Convention. ../.. In spite of the elementary state of radio in 1903, the principles laid down in the Final Protocol became the basis for the regulation of radio communications. ..."

This Conference was not organized by the ITU.
Some copies include an analytical table (editor and date unknown).

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