The International Telecommunications Conference, which is held every five years, will open at Cairo on January 31. The conference, to which practically all nations throughout the world send delegates, will discuss the Radio and Telegraphs dealing with the allocation of wave-bands to the various kinds of radio services. A meeting was hell at Nice recently of the Union International de Radiodiffusion (the U.LR.) at which delegates representing 21 European states, the Palestine Broad: casting Service, two American systems (Columbia and National), NIROM, of the Netherlands Indies, and others were present, to discùss proposals to be brought up at the Cairo conference. Amony things decided upon were the recommendation of an organization of an international radio exchange of New Year wishes in 1939. The Programme Committee also studied the use of modern methods of broadcasting in the interests of peace; the question of elimination by conventions or other international agreements the obstacles in the way of the greater use of broadcasting as a method of promoting international understanding; and the new possibilities for developing programmes along these lines.
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