The History of the Brazilian Telecommunications Society

Author

de Alencar, M.S. ; de Alencar, R.T. ; Lopes, Waslon T. A. ; Madeiro, F.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Adv. Studies in Commun., Fed. Univ. of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

5-7 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The Brazilian Telecommunications Society (SBrT - Sociedade Brasileira de Telecomunicacoes) was founded in 1983 and it is the first sister-society of the IEEE Communications Society (IEEE Comsoc). Since 1983, the SBrT has annually promoted the most important national conference on telecommunications and the four-annual International Telecommunications Symposium (ITS). Recently, the SBrT has contributed in the specification of the Brazilian Digital Television System (SBTVD). This paper presents some interesting points of the history of SBrT, its conferences and its contributions for the evolution of communications in Brazil.

Keywords

telecommunication industry; telecommunication services; Brazilian Digital Television System; Brazilian telecommunications society; IEEE Communications Society; International Telecommunications Symposium; Communications Society; Digital TV; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Helium; History; Merging; South America; Telecommunications; Telegraphy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

History of Technical Societies, 2009 IEEE Conference on the

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5119-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HTS.2009.5337863

Filename

5337863