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Mario Maniewicz, Director, ITU Radiocommunication Bureau Regardless of how you measure it, time is critical to all our daily activities and the orderly functioning of our societies. Defining time has been and continues to be a preoccupation of scientists around the world. After years of using the rotation of the Earth as the basis for determining the […]
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ITU News Amateur radio station 4U1ITU, the station of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), marked World Amateur Radio Day with celebratory messages on its link with QO-100 – the world’s first geostationary satellite for amateur radio. ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin – personal call sign “KD2JTX” – signed on as 4U1ITU on 18 April and exchanged […]
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Timothy Ellam KC(VE6SH), President, International Amateur Radio Union Amateur radio pioneers met in Paris on 18 April 1925 and created the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) to support their activities worldwide. Since its founding, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency allocations for amateur radio. Thanks to the support of enlightened […]
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Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU Secretary-General Time is crucial to our lives on Earth. Our societies have long depended on it. Time is probably one of the most important commodities we have. Without timekeeping, there would be no delimitation of specific days or months, birthdays or anniversaries, precise noons or midnights. Even if we rarely reflect on […]
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ITU News We spoke to Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, about how his government has made digitalization a central aim. What is your vision for Luxembourg to become a digital champion at the European level and beyond? I have been Prime Minister for almost 10 years now. In that time, we have been able […]
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Nouvelles de l’UIT L’Union internationale des télécommunications (UIT) et l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) se sont engagées à coopérer pour promouvoir un développement numérique mondial durable. « La Déclaration de coopération conjointe entre l’UIT et l’OIF intervient à un moment où le numérique prend une place de plus en plus importante sur la scène […]
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ITU News We spoke to Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, about how his government has made digitalization a central aim. What is your vision for Luxembourg to become a digital champion at the European level and beyond? I have been Prime Minister for almost 10 years now. In that time, we have been able […]
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ITU News The Future Radio Exhibition opened at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27 March, with tech companies and industry groups highlighting key uses of radio spectrum to support sustainable development. Exhibitors include the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), mobile telecom industry association GSMA, satellite companies EchoStar and Viasat, and fellow […]
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By ITU News With disasters and crises becoming more frequent and intense, broadcasting services and regulators around the world are looking at how best to bolster early warning systems around the world. Rising human and economic losses due to storms, floods, droughts, and fires, as well as to earthquakes, wars, and pandemics, require unprecedented investments […]
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