Tag Archives: ITRs
Data Trends in a Transnational World
Trends in Telecommunication Reform is ITU’s flagship regulatory report. Published annually, it is widely recognized as the definitive yearly snapshot of the global regulatory environment. With a focus on ‘Transnational Aspects of Regulation in a Networked Society’, the 2013 report reveals an increasingly complex and interlinked legal and regulatory environment in which decisions taken in […]
WCIT-12 enshrines environmental sustainability in global ICT treaty
Delegates at WCIT-12 have sounded global agreement on the need for the next phase of ICT development to prioritize environmental sustainability, reaching consensus on the inclusion of a provision targeting “energy efficiency and e-waste” in drafts of what will become 2012’s set of International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs). The ITRs provide countries across the world with […]
WCIT-12: New ITRs Article to make ICTs accessible to people with disabilities
Approximately six-hundred and fifty million people around the world live with some form of disability – including both physical and cognitive – with a high percentage of these individuals living in developing countries. This also includes the continuing rise in the number of elderly people living in society today. This accounts for around 10 per […]
Telecoms: the case for transformation
An overview of a video interview with Paul Budde, Independent analyst at #WCIT12 Among the policies being presented and deliberated at WCIT-12 is a concentration on the real issue of the need to connect the whole world in terms of telecommunications and Internet broadband. According to Paul Budde, what has been clear during the first week […]
Telecommunications saves lives: WCIT-12 aims to update Article 5 of the ITR’s
Disasters can happen anywhere and at any time and strike usually with little warning. They disrupt national economies, severely weaken the poor and vulnerable and are recognized as major impediments to sustainable development and reduction of poverty especially in poor countries. The impact is even worse for those living in remote and isolated areas with […]
Report on the eve of WCIT
Hello from Dubai where the WCIT – World Conference on International Telecommunications #WCIT12 – under the auspice of the United Nations agency the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) - is set to get underway. But obviously there is already a buzz around the World Trade Centre in Dubai , where the conference takes place, as there are […]
EU Parliament Resolution on WCIT flawed
As a citizen of Italy and as a person who is familiar with the upcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) and the proposals presented to that body, I must express my deep disappointment at parts of the Resolution on this topic that was adopted by the European Parliament. The EU Resolution seems to be […]
