In the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the adoption of technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, and edge computing can bring unprecedented benefits to the sector in order to increase its efficiency, sustainability, and inclusion. The crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic gave concrete examples of these benefits allowing, among others, to continue with (...)

The COVID-19 global pandemic disrupted the way organizations function, just as it disrupted life more generally. As the number of infections increased, governments across the globe closed their borders and shut down physical work sites to reduce the spread of infection caused by the virus. By April 7, 2020, 95 percent of Americans were required to shelter-in-place within their homes, similar to th (...)

ITU organized three virtual Information Sessions on Connect2Recover Research Competition Papers focusing on Africa. The aims of the global Connect2Recover Research Competition are to strengthen research focus, to build a global research community, and to promote knowledge sharing on digital resiliency and digital inclusion to build back better with broadband for pandemic recovery. As a result of t (...)