A third of the global population still without internet: UN study
Around 100 million more people are able to access the internet since last year's census by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency for information and communication technologies.
UN wants $100 billion to boost digitalization in poor nations
"Tech is at the top of the global agenda, but the benefits of digital technology are still out of reach for too many people," ITU chief Doreen Bogdan-Martin said in a statement. "If we are serious about digitalizing the world in a way that is meaningful and sustainable, we must...Satellites could beam poorest nations out of digital desert
At the moment just 36 percent of the 1.25 billion people in the world's 46 poorest countries can plug into the internet, the International Telecommunication Union said. By comparison, more than 90 percent have access in the European Union. The ITU condemned the "staggering international connectivity gap".Saudi hosts preparatory meet for ITU’s conference in Bucharest
International delegates are meeting in Riyadh from August 28-31 to discuss the future of global digital communications ahead of International Telecommunications Union’s 2022 Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest Romania from 26 September-14 October. Hosted by Saudi Arabia’s digital regulator, the Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC), the Preparatory Meeting will help...
Saudi Arabia awarded G5 status by ITU
The kingdom achieves the G5 regulator classification two years ahead of the targeted date of 2023 ITU’s G5 classification is reserved for the world’s most advanced and high-performing ICT regulators Saudi Arabia has been upgraded to the status of fifth-generation (G5) regulator by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU),...
