SDN Resolution to boost Internet’s agility
A weekend full of concentrated work in ad-hoc and drafting groups has resulted in the adoption of new Resolutions, the latest targeting Software-defined Networking (see earlier article on an e-waste...
View ArticleNew ITU-T work to give end-users the tools to test Internet access speed
ITU experts are discussing ways to meet user and operator demand for a standardized methodology for measuring Internet access speeds. The establishment of such a framework would inspire greater...
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Latest Technology Watch report: Spatial standards for the Internet of Things
ITU-T’s latest Technology Watch report introduces readers to location (spatial) standards and their role in enabling the Internet of Things, describing how communications infrastructure has increased...
View ArticleVisionary Keynote at ITU Telecom World 2013 focuses on Internet for All
Telenor Group CEO to give keynote speech on inclusive digital future, CNN’s John Defterios to moderate MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN Bangkok, 12 November 2013 – Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO of...
View ArticleQuestionnaire to Member States from the Council Working Group on...
Following the third meeting of the Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet), held on 11,12 November 2013 at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva,...
View ArticleWorkshop on the Internet of Things
ITU will host a workshop “Internet of Things – Trends and Challenges in Standardization”, 18 February 2014 in Geneva. The event is free-of-charge and open to all. Bringing together managers and...
View ArticleInteractive workshop on latest ‘Internet of Things’ trends
Spotlight on emerging next steps for standards developers Geneva, 05 February 2014 – ITU invites media to attend a full-day workshop on Internet of Things – Trends and Challenges in Standardization,...
View ArticleSafer Internet Day: 11 February 2014
Celebrating Safer Internet Day 2014 – ITU’s Child Online Protection initiative in action! In line with this year’s theme “Let’s create a better internet together”, ITU is joining with a host of...
View ArticleITU celebrates global Safer Internet Day, 11 February
Focus on keeping today’s ‘digital natives’ safer online Geneva, 11 February 2014 – ITU is joining with other UN agencies, NGOs, governments and tech companies around the world today to celebrate Safer...
View ArticleITU to join Brazil Internet governance gathering
Secretary-General Touré will represent UN on High Level Multistakeholder Committee Geneva, 20 February 2014 – ITU will participate in Brazil’s ‘Netmundial’ Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future...
View ArticleStandards to usher in autonomous networked driving
ITU debate focused on Innovative ICT for the Future Car Geneva, 11 March 2014 – Willing to hand over your keys and entrust your car to drive you from A to B? Participants at ITU’s Future Networked Car...
View ArticlePublic Consultation of the Council Working Group on international...
Following its fourth meeting, held on 3, 4 March 2014 at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet) is...
View ArticleStatement from ITU Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun I. Touré
Geneva, 17 March 2014 – I welcome the announcement from the National Telecommunication and Information Administration of the United States Department of Commerce, of 14 March, 2014, regarding its...
View ArticleReliable ICTs key to socio-economic development of Small Island States
ITU meeting in Dubai focuses on connectivity for Small Island States Dubai, 29 March 2014 – At a forum held in Dubai today, ITU presented its satellite project to connect Pacific Island States and...
View ArticleWTDC-14 Highlights, Issue N°1, 29 March 2014 : High-Level Dialogue
The Imminence of the “Internet of Things” Delegates attending ITU’s sixth quadrennial World Telecommunications Development Conference now in session in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates have been given...
View ArticlePress release: ITU releases 2014 ICT figures
Mobile-broadband penetration approaching 32 per cent Three billion Internet users by end of this year Geneva, 5 May 2014 – New figures released by ITU today indicate that, by end 2014, there will be...
View ArticleITU Distributes Symantec Internet Security Threat Report 2014
As part of its agreement with Symantec and with a view to facilitate sharing of relevant cybersecurity material, ITU presents the 2014 edition of Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report. This...
View ArticlePress Release: ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition: New challenge on...
4th challenge in 2014 series launched in partnership with IEEE Internet of Things Initiative Geneva, 25 September 2014 – ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition has launched its fourth challenge in...
View ArticleITU Blog: Full Digital Inclusion by 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
By Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, ITU Secretary-General “The internet is for everyone and therefore needs to be available for everyone,” Kathy Brown, President and CEO of the Internet Society, said when...
View ArticlePress release: ITU and Internet Society collaborate to combat spam
Spam accounts for 80 per cent of global e-mail traffic Busan, 06 November 2014 – ITU and the Internet Society today signed a letter of agreement to collaborate on combating the global problem of spam....
View ArticlePress release: ITU releases annual global ICT data and ICT Development Index...
Denmark ranks in first place in global ICT Development Index (IDI) Geneva, 24 November 2014 – Over three billion people are now online and information and communication technology (ICT) growth remains...
View ArticleITU Blog: Let’s Create a Better Internet Together
COP Partners’ Initiatives for a Safer Internet Every year, as information and communication technologies (ICTs) become more readily available and widespread, more young people are growing up surrounded...
View ArticleITU Supports Safer Internet Day
ITU SG Houlin Zhao leads global call to promote safety online, particularly for our youngest, most vulnerable users. Read the statement Check out the ITU blog by our Child Online Protection partners on...
View ArticleITU Talks: Emerging Trends towards Connect2020 – Internet of Things
Monday, 18 May 2015, from 12.30 to 14.30, Geneva’s time (live webcast will be available) The world where “everything is connected“ could become a reality sooner than expected as the rapid advancement...
View ArticlePress release: ITU standards to integrate Internet of Things in Smart Cities
New expert group to specialize in Internet of Things and its applications Geneva, 10 June 2015 – ITU members have established a new ITU-T Study Group to address the standardization requirements of...
View ArticleITU Distributes Symantec Internet Security Threat Report 2015
Cyber incidents are becoming more sophisticated by the day which makes detection much more difficult. The rise of the Internet of Things has also brought about many new potential targets. As part of...
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Accelerating innovation at ITU Telecom World 2015
Technology and innovation have always gone hand in hand – but perhaps never more so than today, where anyone who is connected anywhere in the world can create, design, programme, and implement tools,...
View ArticleITU Distributes Trend Micro 2014 Annual Security Roundup and more
In line with the collaboration between ITU and Trend Micro to enhance cybersecurity awareness of Member States, three documents produced by Trend Micro are being shared namely the 2014 Annual Security...
View ArticleCWG-INTERNET LAUNCHES ONLINE OPEN CONSULTATION ON IXPs
The 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference instructed the ITU Council to revise Resolution 1344 to direct the Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet),...
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The role of ICTs in sustainable financial development
Gary Fowlie speaking at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Thank you Mr. President – Excellences. On behalf of the International...
View ArticlePress Release: New edition of ITU’s flagship global ICT regulatory report
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2015 tracks increasingly complex ICT ecosystem of traditional and new-generation players Geneva, 17 July, 2015 – The latest edition of ITU’s comprehensive report on...
View ArticleITU Blog: Always-on Internet and the importance of traffic management to 5G...
Enabling free and open exchange of information was one of the founding principles of the Internet. Upholding this principle calls for constant innovation, with the ICT community always in search of...
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ITU150 in August: Innovation to bridge the digital divide
Innovating with Mirian: How do we close the digital divide? Although 3 billion people worldwide were online and using the Internet by the end of 2014, at least 4.3 billion people were still not...
View ArticleITU CWG-Internet launches Open Consultation on the “Access to the Internet...
ITU’s Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet) agreed on 2 October 2015 to conduct online and physical open consultations on the following topic:...
View ArticleNew ITU-T standard for 10 Gbit/s symmetric fibre to the home
ITU-T members have achieved first-stage approval (“consent”) of a new international standard for optical access at the rate of 10 Gbit/s both downstream and upstream. The new standard will be...
View ArticleITU-T achieves industry first with new standards for 40 Gbit/s fibre to the home
ITU-T members have followed the recent approval of the ITU-T G.989 series of standards for 40-Gigabit-capable passive optical networks (NG-PON2) with the first-stage approval (“consent”) of ITU-T...
View ArticleITU-T experts boost Optical Transport Network beyond 100G
ITU-T members have achieved first-stage approval (“consent”) of a revision to a key ITU-T standard underlying the Optical Transport Network (OTN), signalling the provisional conclusion of a three-year...
View ArticleITU CWG-Internet launches Open Consultation on “Building an enabling...
ITU’s Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet) has launched an open consultation- both online and physical- on the following topic: “Building an...
View ArticleITU CWG-Internet launches Open Consultation on the “Developmental Aspects of...
ITU’s Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet) has launched an open consultation- both online and physical- on the following topic: Developmental...
View ArticleITU CWG-Internet launches Open Consultation on the topic of “Public Policy...
ITU’s Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet) has launched an open consultation- both online and physical- on the following topic: “Public Policy...
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