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[GAIL E PETERSON]

press at ntia.doc.gov
BOULDER, CO — The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), a 
division of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, today released
 a collection of online training and educational videos for public 
viewing on ITS’s website.
 These videos cover telecommunications topics ranging from an easily 
understandable review of the fundamentals of radio spectrum—such as 
defining decibels using common logarithms—to in-depth explanations of 
complex engineering issues like resolving signal-interference problems. 
In announcing the public posting of this video collection, Al 
Vincent, Director of ITS, stressed that this is the first of what he 
expects to be a valuable educational series. “The publication of these 
videos reflects ITS’s goal to be not only a technical resource for 
telecommunication standards development, but also a trusted, impartial 
informational resource for industry, students, the general public, and 
other government organizations,” said Vincent. “This unique 
web-published video series represents a significant expansion in the 
accessibility of ITS’s research findings for the public, and we 
certainly hope to continue to make information on additional topics 
available in this way.”
ITS provides a variety of useful information and tools on its 
website, including technical reports, radio propagation data and models,
 and various ITS-developed software tools. Since its founding over 70 
years ago, ITS research has been fundamental to the development of 
realistic and achievable standards for telecommunication protocols and 
equipment.
Video presenter Frank Sanders, a physicist and electrical engineer 
who leads ITS’s Telecommunications Theory Division, regularly authors 
ITS contributions to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 
The ITU is a United Nations agency that deals with telecommunications 
and technology issues.
The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the research and 
engineering laboratory of NTIA, which serves as the executive branch 
agency principally responsible for advising the President on 
communications and information policies. For more information about ITS,
 visit the ITS website. For more information about NTIA, visit the NTIA website.