INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
	
	Geneva,  24 March 1998 	
	No.  243-8	

The Virtual Training Center		

This CD contains a presentation of the ITU/BDT activities in the area of Information Technologies in Training.
In particular, it contains information about :
·	the TeleProject
·	the VTC – Virtual Training Center
·	the GTU/GTTI – Global Telecommunication University/Global Telecommunication Training
	Institute

Date of publication:	March 1998	
Language:	English only	
Hardware & software
requirements	System requirements 
Minimum configuration required:
486DX2 66
Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95 or NT
VGA or SVGA (640  480 in 256 colors)
16 Mb RAM
Audio card and CD-ROM drive.	
Format:	CD-ROM	
Article number:	12513	
ISBN number:	92-61-07131-7	
Price in Swiss Francs:	Catalogue price			30.–
Member States and Sector Members:  25.–
Least developed countries:  6.–	

Price multiplier for multi-users at the same site:	
Number of authorized users	2-10	11-25	26-50	51-100	> 100	
Price multiplier	2	4	6	9	on request	

The Virtual Training Center

The ITU Virtual Training Center is a training center offering its services on-line, or in other words a training center on the Information Highway.
This service is developed by ITU in the framework of its activities aimed at fostering the use of information technologies in the telecommunication training sector, mainly in developing countries.
Services offered include distance tutoring and participation in virtual classes, access to information – for example about commercial material and courses available or service provides – access to training material, distance consultancy services, etc.
The ITU Virtual Training Center originated from a world-wide activity called “TeleProject”. It is the pilot activity of the ITU Global Telecommunication University/Global Telecommunication Training Institute – an ITU activity in its early phase of development which will further diversify training opportunities for developing countries implementing modern teaching technologies.

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Article number:  12513	No.  243-8  	
The Virtual Training Center

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