Press release: UN Broadband Commission to government leaders: broadband can be your most powerful development catalyst
High-speed networks and services essential to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals Dubai, 14 March 2016 – The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s 13th full meeting, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday, reached consensus on the need for a new…
Press release: Harnessing mobile technology to achieve inclusive, equitable, better quality education
Policy Forum calls for better mobile learning policy environment Geneva, 11 March 2016 – A joint ITU/UNESCO Policy Forum on mobile learning brought together for the first time Ministers of Education and Ministers of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to…
Press release: WSIS Forum welcomes largest-ever gathering of ‘ICT for development’ community
Over 1,700 international delegates gather in Geneva ahead of launch of WSIS+10 Overall Review in New York on 1 June Geneva, 25 May 2015 – Ten years after the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), participants from government, civil society,…
Press release: Broadband the key to bringing ‘education to all’, says UN Broadband Commission
Mobile broadband devices could be the solution to bringing ‘first world’ educational opportunities to planet’s poorest communities Paris, 27 February 2015 – Mobile phones, tablets and e-readers with broadband connectivity could prove the long-sought panacea in the global effort to bring quality,…
Press Release: World Radio Day broadcast focuses on Youth and Innovation
ITU developing new global standards for sustainable growth of radio Geneva, 13 February 2015 – World Radio Day, organized this year by UNESCO, EBU, the United Nations Office in Geneva, and ITU brings attention to the theme: “Youth and Innovation”, looking ahead…
Press Release: Built-in ICT resilience needed to face climate change
Report calls for mainstreaming of climate change adaptation principles Geneva, 28 April 2014 – Adaptive practices for the ICT sector will become part of the ‘new normal’ as climate change impacts increase. This is a key conclusion of a new report produced…
