Improving the protection of ICT equipment against lightning strikes

A new international standard aims to protect telecommunications equipment installed in customer premises from the effects of lightning strikes...

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​Resilient pathways: the adaptation of the ICT sector to climate change

The main objective of this report is to explore the impacts of climate change on the ICT sector and the potential for adaptation, while emphasizing the need for resilient pathways of action, enabling environments and new standards to foster the sector’s approach to adaptation...

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ITU Telecom World 2014

Radical change is transforming the ICT industry, ecosystem and our world. ITU Telecom World 2014 is your opportunity to gain expert insight into the new realities, debate the implications for our businesses, societies and lives, and understand future scenarios.

Join us for the one conversation that matters in Doha, Qatar, 7 - 10 December.

GEM-TECH Awards 2014

Women’s digital empowerment and their full participation in the information society is one of ITU’s key objectives. ITU has launched the annual GEM-TECH Awards in partnership with UN Women to be conferred for the first time at the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) in Busan and will inter alia commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and its impending implementation review in 2015.The first ITU-UN Women GEM-TECH Awards will be awarded in seven categories and are open to all stakeholders. Please nominate individuals and organizations here