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`Committed to connecting the world
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`About ITU
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`TU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.
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`We allocate global radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develop the technical standards that ensure networks and technologies
`seamlessly interconnect, and strive to improve access to ICTs to underserved communities worldwide.
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`ITU is committed to connecting all the world's people – wherever they live and whatever their means. Through our work, we
`protect and support everyone's fundamental right to communicate.
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`MEMBERSHIP: CONTACT. COMMIT. CONNECT. BECOME A MEMBER OF ITU
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`An organization based on public-private partnership since its
`inception, ITU currently has a membership of 193 countries and almost 800 private-sector entities and academic
`institutions. ITU is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has twelve regional and area offices around the world.
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`ITU membership represents a cross-section of the global ICT sector, from the world's largest manufacturers and telecoms
`carriers to small, innovative players working with new and emerging technologies, along with leading R&D institutions and
`academia.
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`Founded on the principle of international cooperation between governments (Member States) and the private sector
`(Sector Members, Associates and Academia), ITU is the premier global forum through which parties work towards
`consensus on a wide range of issues affecting the future direction of the ICT industry.
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`OUR VISION: COMMITTED TO CONNECTING THE WORLD
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`Virtually every facet of modern life – in business, culture or
`entertainment, at work and at home – depends on information and
`communication technologies (ICTs).
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`The global international telecommunications network is the largest
`and most sophisticated engineering feat ever created. You use it
`every time you log on to the web, send an e-mail or SMS, consult
`online navigation systems, listen to the radio, watch television, order
`something online, travel by plane or ship – and of course every time
`you use a mobile phone, smartphone or tablet computer.
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`Today, there are over seven billion mobile phone subscribers, well over 1.4 billion households with access to television, and
`tens of millions of new Internet users every year. Hundreds of millions of people around the world use satellite services –
`whether getting directions from a satellite navigation system, checking the weather forecast or watching TV or surfing the Net
`from isolated areas. Millions more use ITU video compression standards every day via their mobile phones, music players and
`cameras.
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`ITU is at the very heart of the ICT sector, brokering agreement on technologies, services, and allocation of global resources like
`radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbital frequencies, to create a seamless global communications system that's robust,
`reliable, and constantly evolving.
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`Why be a part of ITU?
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`The ICT industry is undergoing rapid change. Strategic cooperation and understanding between all stakeholders is vital
`when decisions can have huge political, social and financial consequences...
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`What does ITU do?
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`ITU has three main areas of activity organized in 'Sectors' which work through conferences and meetings...
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`Radiocommunication Sector
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`About ITU
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`Standardization Sector
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`Development Sector
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`A brief history of ITU
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` ITU was founded in Paris in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union. It took its present name in 1934, and in 1947 became a
`specialized agency of the United Nations.
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