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Radio Pioneer Alexander Popov Honored by ITU

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Oct 5, 2009, News Report

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Russian physicist and radiocommunications pioneer Alexander Stepanovich Popov, was honored today by the ITU in Geneva during ITU Telecom World. Popov was one of the first physicists to demonstrate the practical application of electromagnetic radiation. He continued the experiments of other radio pioneers, such as Heinrich Hertz, and in 1894 built his first radio receiver. Further refined as a lightning detector, it was presented to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society on May 7, 1895, which is now celebrated in Russia as ‘Radio Day.' Joining ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré at the unveiling were Igor O. Shegolev, minister of telecom and mass communication of the Russian Federation, Naum Marder, deputy minister of telecom and mass communication of the Russian Federation, Valery Bugaenko, head of the Federal Communications agency, and other dignitaries. "Without the enormous scientific achievements of Popov," said Touré in a statement, "modern radiocommunication technologies, that have done so much to connect people and assure the development of other sectors, from maritime and air transport to satellite systems, might never have become a reality."

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