With over 90 percent of the world’s people now within reach of mobile phones, the challenge today is bringing internet access to the two-thirds of the world’s population that is still offline. This challenge is compounded by the need to ensure connectivity is affordable and safe for all.
If we can achieve this, all the world’s citizens will have the potential to access unlimited knowledge, to express themselves freely, and to contribute to and enjoy the benefits of the knowledge society.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is the United Nations specialized agency charged with coordinating global information and communication technology (ICT) resources such as satellite slots and international wireless spectrum, will host the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) in Dubai next month.
The goal? To review the International
Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) global treaty last
considered in 1988 – and which forms the basis for our
increasingly connected world of communications today. Our world
has changed dramatically in the past 25 years, and nowhere more
dramatically than in the domain of information and communication
technologies.
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