• ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 - Heads of State and Government to focus on the global economy
  Editorial by Dr Hamadoun I. Touré ITU Secretary-General

• Mobile applications reach new milestone
  The boom in software designed for mobile phones

• The future Internet
  Can its underlying architecture continue adapting to ever-growing demands?

• Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits ITU
  A laureate of the 2009 World Telecommunication and Information Society Award

• President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation speaks at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum
  New technologies will be key in overcoming the economic crisis

• Belarus to host ITU's Connect the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit

• ITU and Mexico sign agreement to hold Plenipotentiary Conference in Veracruz in 2010

• ITU Secretary-General receives Dominican Republic's highest order

• Africa prepares for WTDC-10
  Regional meeting agrees priorities for ICT development

• Coordinating policy across Africa
  The HIPSSA project

• Communications in Uganda
  A look at one of Africa’s fastest growing markets

• Connect Africa
  The African Development Bank Group's commitment to connecting Africa
  Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank

• Accessibility for all: What the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities says
  Cynthia Waddell, Executive Director of the International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet

• Himalayan villages go online
  The Nepal Wireless Networking Project

• Official announcements

• Meeting with the Secretary-General
  Official visits to ITU

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