{"id":44,"date":"2025-10-07T05:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:35:12","slug":"february","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/february\/","title":{"rendered":"February"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/monthly-highlights\/january\/\">Previous month<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/\">Return to home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/monthly-highlights\/march\/\">Next month<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Safeguarding digital resilience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Together with France and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), we launched the inspiring new <strong>Coalition for Sustainable&nbsp;AI <\/strong>during the high-profile AI Action Summit in Paris,&nbsp;France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our first<strong> International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit<\/strong>, hosted in Abuja, Nigeria, underscored the vulnerability of undersea telecommunication cables and the need for robust cooperation between governments and industry players to safeguard this critical digital backbone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> In the realm of space-based radiocommunication services, meanwhile, we expanded our <strong>global monitoring capabilities<\/strong> through a new cooperation agreement with Qatar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Starting in February, our six-part <strong>Regional Development Forum<\/strong> series briefed governments, regulators and development partners on key priorities ahead of our World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC\u201125) later in the year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_SubmarineCable.png\" alt=\"Submarine Cable\" class=\"wp-image-469\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_SubmarineCable.png 600w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_SubmarineCable-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_SubmarineCable-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:300px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"469\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-389\" alt=\"background\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/numberbackground.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/numberbackground.jpg 833w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/numberbackground-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/numberbackground-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#0083b3\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\">Over <strong>1.4m kilometres<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:30px\">of <strong>submarine telecom cables<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">supporting digital communications worldwide<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_AI-ActionSummit_Screenshot-1784.jpg\" alt=\"AI Action Summit, Paris\" class=\"wp-image-394\" style=\"width:610px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_AI-ActionSummit_Screenshot-1784.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_AI-ActionSummit_Screenshot-1784-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>In Paris, we advanced global efforts to ensure AI benefits everyone.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_SubmarineCableResilience_54354354186_1656bc1f46_k.jpg\" alt=\"Submarine Cable Resilience\" class=\"wp-image-396\" style=\"width:610px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_SubmarineCableResilience_54354354186_1656bc1f46_k.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Feb_SubmarineCableResilience_54354354186_1656bc1f46_k-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>In Abuja, we stepped up global coordination to safeguard submarine cables.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/monthly-highlights\/january\/\">Previous month<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/\">Return to home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/monthly-highlights\/march\/\">Next month<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/arb\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regional Development Forum for Arab States (RDF-ARB), Amman, Jordan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/eur\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regional Development Forum for Europe (RDF-EUR) 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/digital-resilience\/submarine-cables\/events\/about-nigeria-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit, co-hosted by ITU in Abuja, Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Publication<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/Statistics\/Pages\/ICTprices\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Measuring digital development: The affordability of ICT services 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key announcement<\/h2>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/mediacentre\/Pages\/PR-2025-02-27-submarine-cables-summit-nigeria.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International summit outlines steps to improve resilience of submarine telecommunications cables worldwide<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News stories<\/h2>\n<\/div>                                <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid fullWidthCards\">\n            \n                                            \n<a class=\"ituCard anim event-overflow\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"               https:\/\/www.itu.int\/hub\/2025\/02\/citizen-centric-services-digital-public-infrastructure\/                                \" target=_blank>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Feb_DPI-Education_AdobeStock_970246815.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"content\">\n          <div class=\"main\">\n                                <p class=\"label\">News<\/p>\n               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