Mexico will host a preparatory meeting to Connect Americas on 20th April, at the Hotel Intercontinental President, Mexico City. This event will give the opportunity to all stakeholders to discuss and agree upon the Summit main themes and priorities. Read more…
The 5th annual Global Industry-Regulators Dialogue (replacing the former Global Industry Leaders Forum) organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of ITU will take place on 2-3 October 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka in combination with the 12th Global Symposium for Regulators. Read more…
ITU-EC Project – Harmonized ICT Policies in the ACP countries
Yaoundé, 6 December 2011
About a hundred telecommunications experts, legal specialists, parliamentarians, members of security forces and other stakeholders in the cyber-security sector in Central Africa have recommended that member states of ECCAS and CEMAC continue to formulate and implement national policies and strategies for a transition to a sustainable and inclusive knowledge society by creating safe and trustworthy environment for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and to make proposals on the African Union’s draft Convention on the implementation of a legal framework to build confidence in e-transactions on the continent.
The 11th Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR11) & 4th Global Industry Leaders’ Forum took place in Armenia, Colombia from 20th to 23rd September 2011 under the overall theme “Smart regulation for a broadband world”.
The reports of the events are now available on-line for consultation:
Click directly on the above links to get access to the English versions of the reports. For other languages, please follow GSR11 or GILF11.
Ever wished to have appropriate ICT data and indicators on which to base your decisions? The Telecommunication Development Bureau has been at the forefront of ICT data collection for a number of years.
Want an example? Have a look at the interactive infographic tool showcasing the status of broadband deployment worldwide. This provides an up-to-date visual means of checking the situation of various economies worldwide. See more here…
And once you are on our site, don’t hesitate to navigate further and access more ICT data, information, analysis and trends.
The BDT team.
M-Government Report
Mobile phones subscriptions have outnumbered Internet connections in both developed and developing countries, and mobile cellular is becoming the most rapidly adopted technology in history and the most popular and widespread personal technology in the world. Access to mobile networks is available to 90% of the world population, and to 80 % of the population living in rural areas, according to ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database; and among OECD countries mobile subscriptions grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 10 % over the previous two years according to the OECD Communications Outlook 2009.
Job opportunities in the ICT continue to grow, and many countries and regions are predicting a shortage of qualified staff with math, science, engineering and computing skills to meet the growing demand. At the same time, many companies are looking to increase the numbers of women in the sector. This means that highly qualified women in technical fields have significant opportunities available to them. Unfortunately teenage girls and young women often never even consider a career in ICTs. There is a lack of awareness among students, teachers and parents on the opportunities presented by a career in ICT.
Attitudes can change when girls are invited into companies and government agencies to meet ICT professionals and see what life is like on the job. For this reason, ITU members agreed to recognize Girls in ICT Days on the 4th Thursday of every April in ITU Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 (Guadalajara, 2010). ITU is also helping girls find the information they need by developing a Girls in ICT Portal with links to scholarships, training, internships, contests and awards, tech camps, on-line networks and, of course, Girls in ICT Day activities. The Girls in ICT Portal will be unveiled in this Session.
