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Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)
  

The role of the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) is to facilitate and enhance telecommunication development through advice and direct technical assistance. Sector activities range from policy and regulatory advice, advice on the financing of telecommunications and on low-cost technology options, assistance in human resource management, and the development of initiatives targeting rural development and universal access. Throughout all these activities the Telecommunication Development Sector and its executive arm, the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), maintain a strong emphasis on brokering partnerships with the private sector, with a view to harnessing the commercial drive of industry to the needs of developing nations.

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 Recent ITU Publications from Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2013: Transnational aspects of regulation in a networked society
13rd Edition, 2013  New!   Publication Notice with Order Form

The annual Trends in Telecommunication Reform publications are a key part of the dialogue with the world's information and communications technology (ICT) policy-makers and regulators to ensure that all citizens can safely benefit from innovations taking place in the market leading to new applications, services and businesses opportunities brought by a converged digital environment. The 13th edition will examine transnational aspects of regulation in a networked society and provide a sound understanding of the digital ecosystem in place and the role of regulation. To fully participate in today's networked society and be part of tomorrow's hyper-connected digital world, policy makers and regulators need to adopt and implement appropriate policies and means to further safe digital opportunities and inclusion of all. Implementing their digital strategies requires them to cooperate on national, regional and global scales to understand the changes taking place in the market, and adopt innovative regulatory measures and tools. Available: 18 April 2013
Available inCD/DVD   paper   electronic file
 
M-Government - Mobile Technologies for Responsive Governments and Connected Societies
2011   Publication Notice with Order Form

This report aims to foster a better understanding of how to leverage the economic and social impacts of the use of mobile technologies and applications to enable ubiquitous governments, sustain public sector innovation and transform public service delivery. The report is a joint-product of the collaboration between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). The pdf version is free of charge.
Available inpaper   electronic file
Other editions:   2010  
 
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2012: Smart Regulation for a Broadband World
12th Edition, 2012   Publication Notice with Order Form

The annual Trends in Telecommunication Reform publications are a key part of the dialogue with the world's information and communications technology (ICT) policy-makers and regulators to ensure that all citizens can benefit from new applications, services and businesses opportunities brought by a broadband world.
Available inCD/DVD   paper   electronic file
 
Measuring the Information Society
2012   Publication Notice with Order Form

The 2012 edition of Measuring the Information Society features two benchmarking tools to measure the information society: the ICT Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket (IPB). The IDI captures the level of ICT developments in 155 economies worldwide and compares progress made during the past years. The IPB combines fixed-telephone, mobile-cellular and fixed-broadband prices for around 160 economies into one measure and compares these across countries and over time. The Report also highlights the latest global market trends, takes a closer look at recent revenue and investment trends in the ICT sector and presents a new approach, which consists in measuring the information society by looking at telecommunication capacity. The analytical report is complemented by a series of statistical tables providing country-level data for the indicators included in the two indices. Order below the full report, which includes Annex 4's tariff data, not otherwise available.
Available inpaper   electronic file
Other editions:   2011   2010   2009   2007  
 
National eHealth Strategy Toolkit
2012   Publication Notice with Order Form

Worldwide, the application of information and communication technologies to support national health-care services is rapidly expanding and increasingly important. This is especially so at a time when all health systems face stringent economic challenges and greater demands to provide more and better care, especially to those most in need. The National eHealth Strategy Toolkit is an expert, practical guide that provides governments, their ministries and stakeholders with a solid foundation and method for the development and implementation of a national eHealth vision, action plan and monitoring framework. All countries, whatever their level of development, can adapt the Toolkit to suit their own circumstances. Representing one of the most significant collaborations in recent years between the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union, the Toolkit is a landmark in understanding what eHealth is, what it can do, and why and how it should be applied to health care today. NB: pdf version is now posted below, free of charge; the hard-copy version can be purchased separately.
Available inpaper   electronic file
 

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