Eurovision: Glitz, glam and politics
17 May 2013, 10:51 am - Source: Rhiannon Elston, SBS Political messages of any kind are officially banned from Eurovision, but that hasn't stopped them seeping into the famed song contest. Political messages of any kind are...Read more...
Road Safety In The Eyes Of Today’s ICT, By Kunle Bello
Former MTEL MD, Kunle Bello Like a recurring decimal and without recourse to the state or level of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) acquisition, deployment, application and development, any nation chooses to avail...Read more...
Creating standards for higher-speed networks of tomorrow
The networks of tomorrow will need higher speeds than networks of the past. That’s because new applications are increasing bandwidth needs in fiber optic networks. In addition, cloud computing leads to greater variability in...Read more...
Thailand reaffirms readiness to host ITU Telecom World 2013
May 15, 2013 Picture: Bangkok/3 May 2013 – To mark the commencement of official cooperation between Thailand and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to organize ITU Telecom World 2013 in Bangkok, the Ministry of...Read more...
ABI Research Partners with the ITU for a Global Cybersecurity Index
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ABI Research and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI). The GCI will measure the cybersecurity...Read more...
ABI Research Partners with the ITU for a Global Cybersecurity Index
LONDON --(Business Wire)-- ABI Research and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI ). The GCI will measure the...Read more...
GUEST POST: House Advances Bill to Preserve Internet Freedom
Recent efforts to regulate the Internet could jeopardize not only its vibrancy, but also the benefits it brings to the world. Nations from across the globe met at the December 2012 World Conference on International...Read more...
OPINION: Rep. Greg Walden in the Foundry: House Advances Bill to Preserve Internet Freedom
House Advances Bill to Preserve Internet Freedom By Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) May 15, 2013 Recent efforts to regulate the Internet could jeopardize not only its vibrancy, but also the benefits it brings to the world. Nations from...Read more...
eGA participates in WSIS 2013 in Geneva
Bahrain: eGovernment Authority (eGA) Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mohammad Ali Al Qaed confirmed that the Kingdom of Bahrain, with the support and guidance of its government leadership, is striving to be a regional and global...Read more...
Dame Jonathan partners ITU-IMPACT on online child, youth security
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan weekend expressed willingness to partner with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) to promote online...Read more...
Rwanda wins global award for Digital Media Academy
Jerome Gasana, the WDA Director-GeneralRwanda’s Africa Digital Media Academy has won a coveted award from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Rwanda, alongside 17 other countries,... African Cultural...Read more...
Keep Your Government Hands Off the Internet
By Eli Dourado Eli Dourado is a research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Starting on May 14, the International Telecommunication Union – an agency of the United Nations – is kicking off a meeting for...Read more...
Digital Insertion was awarded by the ITU
In the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) awarded the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society of Ecuador for its digital inclusion program to remote...Read more...
There will be more mobile phones than people by 2014: ITU – Deccan Herald
As global mobile-cellular penetration approaches 100 percent, by 2014, there will be more mobile phones than people on earth, says the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In 2013, there are almost as many...Read more...
Broadband charges: Sri Lanka ranks world’s lowest
Sri Lanka has been ranked No.1 in the world with the lowest entry level fixed broadband charges, according to a report published by the International Telecommunication Union report measuring the Information Society 2012. The...Read more...
New Lantiq VDSL chipset aims to raise CPE performance benchmark
Duncan Macrae Published 14 May 2013 Lantiq launches high performance VDSL chipset family, the XWAY VRX300 Lantiq, a supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies, has introduced what it describes as the...Read more...
New Lantiq VDSL Chipset Sets CPE Performance Benchmarks
All ITU-T standard frequency band plans (Profile 8, 12, 17 and 30MHz) are supported from a single hardware CPE design, and systems can be engineered for the widest possible range of customer premises network...Read more...
via NAF: RELEASE: OTI Endorses Civil Society Statement to ITU Secretary-General
The Statement is Released in Preparation for the World Telecommunications/ICT Policy Forum May 14, 2013 Washington, D.C. - Today, the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute (OTI) endorsed a statement from the “Best...Read more...
RELEASE: OTI Endorses Civil Society Statement to ITU Secretary-General
The Statement is Released in Preparation for the World Telecommunications/ICT Policy Forum May 14, 2013 Washington, D.C. - Today, the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute (OTI) endorsed a statement from the “Best...Read more...
There will be more mobile phones than people by 2014 ITU
As global mobile-cellular penetration approaches 100 percent, by 2014, there will be more mobile phones than people on earth, says the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In 2013, there are almost as many...Read more...
Uganda Most Ugandans Have No Internet Access
Value added services (VAS) such as bulk messaging, games and pranks are on the rise with growing use of data. Information from the International Telecommunications Union indicates that internet usage in Uganda has risen from...Read more...
ICT Symposium Adopts Roadmap on Smart, Sustainable Cities
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are critical in creating smart sustainable cities and addressing climate change, according to participants at the Eighth International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Symposium...Read more...
Rwanda scoops an international award in ICT from ITU
Rwanda received an award from WSIS Project Prizes 2013 organized by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) where the Africa Digital Media Academy was voted as the best project in media category. This has been revealed on...Read more...
UN's ITU pursues Internet control -- again -- this week
Summary: U.S. State Department and global civil society groups prep as U.N. telecommunication arm ITU tackles Internet control at WPTF-13 this week. ("WTPF-13") will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, this week for a duration of 3...Read more...
lindayueh: .@_andvari_ yes inefficient local investment in China is a worry, eg Inner Mongolia...
yes inefficient local investment in China is a worry, eg Inner Mongolia city built 2 bridges but lacks a river Post navigation ← ecb: Euro area securities issues statistics (March 2013) http://t.co/Q7eUUNOe9W Is this a Currency...Read more...
Nigeria's First Lady to champion child online protection
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has appointed the first lady of Nigeria and president of the African First Ladies Peace Mission, Patience Goodluck Jonathan, as the ITU's Child Online Protection champion. The ITU...Read more...
Five Reasons to Keep Government Out of Internet Governance
Expert Commentary Starting on May 14, the International Telecommunication Union – an agency of the United Nations – is kicking off a meeting for governments and telecom companies to discuss "international Internet-related...Read more...
Mobile World
At Read Write Web, Brian S. Hall writes about how “mobile is taking over the world,” as he puts it: Figures published earlier this year from the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU), for example, reveal the amazing...Read more...
Driving message going global
When Lori Hunt began gathering dangerous driving statistics and creating a program to educate the Fort Wayne community about the dangers of texting and driving, she dreamed of the way it might someday change the nation.Read more...
Ecuador Honored for Program to Expand Use of IT
Ecuador’s Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Society was honored Monday by the International Telecommunications Union for a program to bring information technology to the country’s most remote communities.Read more...
