The inaugural cohort of the Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) fellows has completed their development week in Switzerland. The GCYLP, an initiative launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with Huawei, supports 30 [c]
Delegates at the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) have called for increased global collaboration in broadening digital inclusion in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in a joint push to promote better connectivity and greater [c]
Huawei has joined a global digital alliance led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to bring more than 120 million people living in unconnected rural areas to the Internet. Known as Partner2Connect, the international digital [c]
Kenya has been re-elected to the Council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the 2022 Plenipotential Conference held in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1865, the ITU is the UN specialized agency responsible for matters [c]
The ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has ratified the first multi-stakeholder study aimed at creating practical tools and actions that could enable nearly 3 billion more people to access and use the internet through [c]
The ITU has, through the Connect2Recover initiative, organized the “Connect2Recover Research Competition” to identify promising research proposals that will accelerate digital inclusion during the COVID-19 recovery globally. For the contest, ITU partnered with and received support [c]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published Connecting Humanity – Assessing investment needs of connecting humanity to the Internet by 2030, a comprehensive new study that estimates the investment needed to achieve universal, affordable broadband connectivity [c]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has opened applications for the ITU Digital World SME Virtual Awards 2020, which will take place online for the first time this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The awards [c]
The ITU has announced a new Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard that advances the state of the art of video compression and has unprecedented application versatility. It has the flexibility to enable emerging applications such [c]
About 53.6 million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21 percent in just 5 years, according to the latest UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020. The new report also predicts [c]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched its new 2020 Guidelines on Child Online Protection (COP), a comprehensive set of recommendations for children, parents and educators, industry and policymakers on how to contribute to the [c]
On average, prices for mobile-voice, mobile-data and fixed-broadband services are decreasing steadily around the world, and in some countries even dramatically. The reduction in price relative to income is even more dramatic, suggesting that, globally, [c]
In the face of the global coronavirus crisis, as in any other emergency, the speed and efficiency of the global response is proportional to the level of preparedness. To help countries better manage disaster response [c]
Given the global COVID-19 outbreak, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and its partners have decided to postpone the dates for the upcoming World Information Society (WSIS) Forum (originally in April and now from August 31 to September [c]
A new ITU standard states that compliance with the Paris Agreement will require the ICT industry to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45 per cent from 2020 to 2030. The standard will support ICT [c]
Huawei’s Green 5G Power solution won the Global Industry Award for Sustainable Impact at this year’s ITU Telecom World Awards Ceremony in Budapest. In acknowledgment of the telecom company’s consistent efforts in enabling green, digital [c]
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