International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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e& has made a pledge to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Partner2Connect Digital Coalition (P2C) to invest US$6 billion in regional connectivity.
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Bharat 6G Alliance will find use cases for 6G and bring industry participants together
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The GSMA has published a report on how to maximise the benefits of mobile spectrum for billions of people worldwide.
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The new head of the International Telecommunication Union is putting connectivity at the heart of the world’s sustainability goals.
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The price of internet access is going down, but 2.7 billion people – roughly one-third of the global population – remain unconnected to the internet.
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Former Veon executive is ITU deputy secretary-general
Forthcoming events
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has elected an American, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, as its secretary-general by an overwhelming majority.
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An American and a Russian will be competing against each other next month for the role of the next secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency that is almost, but not quite, a global regulator.
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An enhanced version of 5G is expected to be put into large-scale commercial use by 2025 to speed up green and intelligent transformations, according to an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) expert.
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Inmarsat is donating satellite airtime worth US$1.2 million to the ITU's Partner2Connect Coalition (P2C).
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An industry group promoting low-power networks is claiming a breakthrough after its technology received approval as an international standard.
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New standards are required to stimulate the deployment of "cyber-physical systems" in agtech to feed a fast-growing global population.
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Vodafone Group Plc and the International Telecommunication Union are to address the global digital divide through a new working group.
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Four neighbouring west African countries — Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal — are linking the fibre infrastructure that is provided by an energy management company.
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NJFX has become an official member of the UN's ITU Development (ITU-D) Sector, helping to bring connectivity to underserved areas.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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A new year requires new thinking and reflection on the past. Natalie Bannerman speaks to the ITU’s deputy secretary-general, Malcolm Johnson, about where we’re headed.
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Japanese incumbent telco NTT and vendor NEC are working together to compete with US-based internet giants in future wireless and optical networks, and to wrest control away from largely English-speaking companies.
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Saudi Arabia’s communications commission has outlined plans to transition into a digital regulator.
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Investments of up to US$428 billion are required from both the public and private sector, to achieve universal, affordable broadband connectivity by the end of the decade.
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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Telecommunication operators could see up to a 10% “annual negative revenue impact” as a result of the Covid-19 recession, with some services requiring 18 to 24 months to return to pre-Covid levels.
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The International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has approved the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G technology as International Mobile Telecommunications-2020 (IMT-2020) 5G standard at the ITU-R Working Party 5D meeting.
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A new International Centre of Digital Innovation, known as I-CoDI, is to open in Geneva, Switzerland, following a partnership between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates.
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Technological literacy and a lack of relevant content are muting global internet penetration rates, despite the cost of services reducing across the board.
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The International Telecoms Union (ITU, the UN agency for information and communication technology) has released details of its Innovation Challenges 2020, an open global competition platform for innovators and ecosystem builders to present their ideas and projects, empowering them to transform their communities into thriving digital societies.
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The UN’s International Telecommunication Union has called on the public and private sector to create a Global Network Resiliency Platform, to keep the world connected during the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic.
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Nigeria is to start testing spectrum for 5G services in the country, the regulator has announced – but isn’t yet planning services.
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The mobile industry is attacking the space industry over the use of millimetre wave frequencies for 5G, ahead of a four-week spectrum conference in five months.
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The US government has taken the first steps in a move to increase the amount of radio spectrum available for satellite communications and other space applications.