Is Copper the Future of Fibre? G.Fast and the Battle of Bandwidth
By Oliver Johnson Attendees at the recent Fixed Access Networks Summit in Berlin contributed to a lively conference. In focus was the upcoming and innovative ITU-T G.fast standard and its potential, in...
View ArticleIPv6 Development and Infrastructure essential for continued growth of the...
By Houlin Zhao We are living in an increasingly connected world, where technology is becoming ever-more pervasive in daily life and the next generation of networks and services are bringing...
View ArticleThe Statistical Analysis of Targets: Measuring the Connect 2020 Agenda
By Brahima Sanou In order to drive the global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) agenda, we need to set ambitious and achievable targets. The Connect 2020 agenda details such a vision to...
View ArticleWhy AirPods may be pivotal to Apple’s AI push
By Carolyn Mathas: The iPhone 7’s AirPods wireless headphones have divided analyst opinion: Is the W1 chipset – Apple’s first-ever wireless chip – a game changer or does it lack originality? “The new...
View ArticleCan investing in connectivity help combat climate change?
By Houlin Zhao: In Benin, regional supervisors used to monitor their village’s water supply mostly by instinct. But in 2007, a Senegalese software company introduced water supply managers in Benin, and...
View ArticleITU releases 2017 global information and communication technology facts and...
By ITU New data released by ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), show that 830 million young people are online, representing 80 per cent of...
View ArticleContribute to open-source ITU speech coding tools on GitHub
By ITU News The ITU-T Software Tool Library for speech and audio coding has been introduced to GitHub to open access to the library’s development. Find the library at https://github.com/openitu/STL....
View ArticleHow Saudi Arabia harnessed ICTs to ensure a successful Hajj
By ITU News The Hajj. For many of the world’s more than 1.6 billion Muslims, the chance to join the annual holy pilgrimage to Mecca marks one of the most special moments of their lives. It’s a time of...
View ArticleCTOs meet in Korea to discuss how AI will shape 5G network standards
By ITU News Twenty industry executives met Sunday with senior ITU management for the ninth invitation-only CTO Meeting, which was held in Busan, Republic of Korea on the eve of the annual ITU Telecom...
View ArticleWebinar, Thursday 28 September, 15:45 CEST: New ITU standards for quality of...
By ITU News A webinar tomorrow at 15:45 CEST will offer insight into new ITU standards to assess the user-experienced quality of video games, streamed media and speech quality. The webinar will also...
View ArticleFIGI Symposium: Trust in digital finance will demand major improvements in...
Innovation in policy and regulation, women’s empowerment, the imperative of reliable ID systems, incentives for electronic payment – all are critical issues in expanding financial inclusion, but...
View ArticleIndependent towercos inaugurate an era of infrastructure sharing
By Kieron Osmotherly Founder and CEO, TowerXchange In a little over 20 years, a new breed of independent telecom tower companies (towercos) have created a new USD 300 billion infrastructure asset class...
View Article8 March: Symposium on the Future Networked Car within the Geneva Motor Show
By ITU News The Symposium on the Future Networked Car within the 88th Geneva International Motor Show, 8 March 2018, will bring together the automotive and ICT industries to explore advances in the...
View ArticleITU workshop highlights data demands of Machine Learning for 5G
By ITU News “ML techniques, so far, are more or less related to prediction, classification and decision-making in the networking area,” says Qiang Cheng of the Artificial Intelligence Industry...
View ArticleMachine Learning for 5G: New ITU Focus Group sets agenda
By ITU News A new ITU Focus Group will propose standardization strategies to assist Machine Learning in contributing to the efficiency of emerging IMT-2020 (5G) systems. The group will define the...
View ArticleNew ITU standards for video gaming experience (WEBINAR)
By ITU News A webinar on Thursday will offer insight into a new ITU standard providing a subjective test methodology for gaming applications. The standard follows the October 2017 approval of ITU...
View ArticleCombating counterfeit and stolen ICT devices: ITU workshop renews...
By ITU News Today concludes the 18-27 July meeting of the ITU standardization expert group for ‘protocols, test specifications and combating counterfeit’, ITU-T Study Group 11. The meeting has shone a...
View ArticleApp security, quantum cryptography, smart cities, 5G investment: Industry...
By ITU News The increasing importance of over-the-top (OTT) services calls for greater application security. The impending arrival of quantum computing demands innovation in cryptography to guard...
View ArticleListen responsibly: New ITU standard to prevent audio devices from causing...
By ITU News Music lovers are set to benefit from a new ITU standard designed to ensure that their appreciation of music lasts for years to come. The standard offers guidelines for the safe listening of...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence for Health: ITU and WHO call for proposals
By ITU News The ITU Focus Group on ‘AI for Health’ (FG-AI4H), created in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has issued a Call for Proposals to identify compelling use cases of...
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