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VTS 75th Anniversary

​So why are cellphones ‘vehicular technology’? Simple: early mobile phones used to need a vehicle to carry them about. When IEEE Vehicular Technology Society started, as the sixth professional group of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1949, it was the ‘Vehicular and Railroad Communications Group’. Broadcast radio dispatch to police vehicles started in Detroit […]

The most value from membership

By: Fred Schindler

I’ve found great value in my IEEE membership. Yet I frequently hear the complaint that members don’t get much in return from joining. Sure, Spectrum and The Institute are included with membership, and they are great. But is that all?