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11 February 2010, Geneva, Switzerland

World Economic Forum 2010
30 January 2010, Davos, Switzerland
Green Cross International: General Assembly
15 January 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
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Speeches

  • CITEL: High-Level Forum - The future is broadband
    8 March 2010, Mexico City, Mexico- I would like to speak this morning about a subject which is very close to my heart: the future of ICTs, and in particular broadband networks – which to my mind are the future of ICTs. I am absolutely convinced that the second decade of the 21st century – starting right now – will be the decade of broadband...

  • CITEL: High-Level Forum - Opening Remarks
    8 March 2010, Mexico City, Mexico- The first months of the new year have seen two devastating earthquakes strike this region, first in Haiti in January and then just ten days ago in Chile. Our thoughts go out to all of those who have lost loved ones or seen their homes or businesses destroyed by these terrible catastrophes. We cannot stop earthquakes happening, but with ICTs we can hopefully get much better at predicting them and warning people in advance...

  • Digital Bangladesh: Plan of Connecting People
    2 March 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh- With over 50 million mobile cellular subscriptions, Bangladesh is clearly one of the world’s major mobile markets. And there is still tremendous potential for growth, with mobile cellular penetration of around 30% countrywide at the end of 2009, compared to an average of over 50% in developing countries as a whole...

  • ITU Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG)
    24 February 2010, Geneva, Switzerland - 2009 was a very busy and important year for the Telecommunication Development Sector – and 2010 promises to be no different. Indeed, we got off to a very busy start with the terrible earthquake in Haiti six weeks ago, and I think we can all be proud that the Development Sector has been putting such serious efforts into helping with the disaster recovery there...

  • Achieving Ubiquitous Broadband Networks
    22 February 2010, Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain is of course itself one of the world’s greatest ICT success stories – with mobile cellular penetration already close to 200% a year ago, at the beginning of 2009, and over 80% of households with a computer...

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Mobile World Congress 2010
15-18 February, Barcelona, Spain
Executive Insight: Dr Hamadoun I. Touré

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