News: ITU, ADB and the World Bank

Heike Deggim, Director; Javier Yasnikouski, Head, Operational Safety; and Cafer Ozkan Istanbullu, Technical OfficerMaritime Safety Division, International Maritime Organization (IMO) Maritime transport is a vital component of international trade, handling over 80 per cent of world trade by volume, amounting to approximately 11 billion tonnes per year. The COVID‑19 pandemic was a powerful reminder of how vital maritime transport is to […]

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Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), addresses questions on young innovators as a driving force for sustainable development. What inspires you most, as Secretary-General of the United Nations agency for digital technologies, when considering technology and innovation opportunities on the African continent? Across Africa, many young innovators are finding local solutions to […]

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Per Hovstad, Principal Spectrum Engineer, AsiaSat With interest in unmanned aircraft increasing, foreseen innovations include cargo planes, crop dusters, surveillance planes, and other uses. Like any other airplane, the flight of such planes needs to be controlled in a safe and reliable manner. For long-haul flights over areas with low traffic density and over oceans, building […]

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By Mario Maniewicz, Director, ITU Radiocommunication Bureau Oceans cover over 70 per cent of the surface of our planet. Clean, healthy oceans are crucial to maintaining the ecological balance and regulating the climate. They also support biodiversity and sustain human livelihoods. Protecting and preserving the world’s oceans is a shared responsibility for all of us. […]

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Manuel García Martín, Chief, Spanish Air Navigation (ENAIRE) Communications Division Space-based very high frequency (VHF) communications would enable aircraft to communicate with air traffic control (ATC) via satellite radio links operated in the aeronautical mobile-satellite (route) service (AMS(R)S). The concept is expected to support flight operations in many areas of the world, particularly in oceanic and […]

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Joseph Cramer, Director, Federal Legislative Affairs, Global Spectrum Management, Boeing The upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference, WRC‑23, will consider a topic that could impact passenger travel for generations — how to regulate the communications, navigation and surveillance systems of platforms flying for a short time in space. Agenda item 1.6 considers what regulatory provisions, if any, are needed to facilitate radiocommunications for […]

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Darko Ratkaj, Senior Project Manager, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Agenda item 1.5 of the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference, WRC‑23, follows WRC‑07 and WRC‑12 decisions to add a primary mobile allocation in the 800 megahertz (MHz) and 700 MHz frequency bands, respectively. As a result, those bands have, in most countries, now been re-purposed from broadcasting to International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT). Perhaps this is […]

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ITU News Digital technologies are transforming governments, economies, and societies. A new collaborative publication outlines the policies and approaches needed to make this happen faster and better – especially after the setbacks of the COVID‑19 pandemic, recent geopolitical turbulence, and rising food insecurity. The SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda was shaped by the International Telecommunication Union […]

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By Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU The pace of tech adoption has reached new heights. Last year, total mobile subscriptions outnumbered people worldwide, with forecasts of smartphone connections alone reaching 9 billion by 2030. Now, generative artificial intelligence (AI) promises to shake up industries and jobs like nothing before. As we started to absorb the implications, our […]

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ITU News On 17 September, during the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the top officials of two key UN organizations welcomed leaders, innovators, and representatives of governments, the private sector, financial institutions, civil society, youth, and the UN system to SDG Digital in New York. In joint opening remarks, ITU Secretary-General Doreen […]

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