ITU News: bringing global issues to a global audience

ITU News: bringing global issues to a global audience

MARRAKESH
World telecommunication leaders gather in Marrakesh
Prime Minister Abderrahman Youssoufi of the Kingdom of Morocco opens 16th Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union
Conference structure

THE MOBILE REVOLUTION
WORLD TRENDS
Internet for a Mobile Generation
A new major ITU Report
Mobile messaging
Mobile subscribers
Billing in mobile

BROADCASTING
A presidential honour for the Dean of television standards

POLICY AND STRATEGY TRENDS
JULY - AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2002
Internet for a Mobile Generation

WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY 2002
FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS
Information and communication technologies for all: Empowering people to cross the digital divide
A snapshot of celebrations from around the world on the Day’s theme

REGULATION
Botswana Telecommunications Authority may develop as a world model
The information society in Latin America: Effective regulation and private investment

PUBLICATIONS

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

DIARY

THE MOBILE REVOLUTION
WORLD TRENDS

No. 8
OCTOBER 2002

Cover photos: Courtesy of Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo and Siemens.

ITU News is the official magazine of the International Telecommunication Union published 10 times a year in English, French and Spanish. First published in 1869 as the Journal télégraphique, ITU News renders a first-hand account of the Union’s activities and the global issues of concern to people from all areas of the telecommunications industry. The magazine carries between 32 and 46 pages, and is read in the 189 Member States of the Union.