Press release: Indicators’ symposium recognizes progress made by countries in ICT development
Focus on big data, future of ICT measurement, post-2015 development agenda and quality assurance Government officials and ICT experts recognized the progress made by countries in ICT development and discussed the future of ICT measurement at the ITU indicators symposium (WTIS),…
Press release: ITU releases annual global ICT data and ICT Development Index country rankings
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 buoyant in just about every country worldwide, according to ITU’s flagship…
Press Release: ITU to assist in real-time monitoring of flight data
ITU Membership calls for development of standards for aviation cloud Geneva, 25 June 2014 – ITU has established a new Focus Group on Aviation Applications of Cloud Computing for Flight Data Monitoring. The group will study the requirements for the telecommunication standards…
World leaders call for more timely, harmonized data on global ICT access and affordability
ITU leads efforts to extend ICT data collection capabilities through new partnerships with tech industry, government agencies Mexico City, 6 December, 2013 – Delegates to ITU’s World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS), held this week in Mexico City (4-6 December) endorsed…
Hot topics headline agenda at ITU Telecom World 2013
Key players from across industry share views on network virtualization, Big Data and the future Internet Bangkok, 22 November 2013 – Debates this week at ITU Telecom World 2013 spanned a huge range of topics from social and mobile apps to the…
UN Broadband Commission releases latest country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide
Broadband goes wireless – but poorer countries being left behind New York, 21 September, 2013 – Mobile broadband is the fastest growing technology in human history, according to the 2013 edition of the State of Broadband Report. Released in New York…