{"id":50,"date":"2025-10-07T05:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:25:20","slug":"august","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/august\/","title":{"rendered":"August"},"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\/july\/\">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\/september\/\">Next month<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Regulation for digital sustainability<\/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\">The latest edition of our <em>United Nations Activities on AI <\/em>report counted 729&nbsp;projects across 53&nbsp;UN entities working with <strong>artificial intelligence (AI)<\/strong> for the good of humanity, up from 408&nbsp;projects and 46&nbsp;entities the previous&nbsp;year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Support for governments to connect schools continued picking up steam, with a call for <strong>open-source innovations<\/strong> encouraging scalable and affordable models through our Giga Accelerator Programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In our spectrum coordination wheelhouse, we updated our online <strong>Radio Regulations Navigation Tool <\/strong>(RRNavTool) with the full, latest ITU spectrum management rules and related texts, improved cross-referencing across legal and technical content, and widely usable open-source architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our new global network of <strong>women digital leaders <\/strong>creates a platform for collaboration and influence across governments, industry and civil society.<\/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=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Mar_Tower-Space.png\" alt=\"Telecommunication tower and Satellite\" class=\"wp-image-487\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Mar_Tower-Space.png 700w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Mar_Tower-Space-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/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\"><strong>3.1m terrestrial <\/strong>&amp; <strong>4.1m space <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>frequency assignments<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">currently managed via ITU\u2019s Radiocommunication Bureau<\/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\/August_NoW-54643507464_be4988f665_k-1.jpg\" alt=\"Network of women\" class=\"wp-image-679\" style=\"width:610px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/August_NoW-54643507464_be4988f665_k-1.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/August_NoW-54643507464_be4988f665_k-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Network of Women Ministers and Leaders in ICT<\/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\/RAG-2025.jpg\" alt=\"RAG-2025\" class=\"wp-image-711\" style=\"width:610px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/RAG-2025.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/RAG-2025-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Radiocommunication Advisory Group 2025<\/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\/july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">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 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class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/landlocked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, Awaza, Turkmenistan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/hub\/publication\/s-gen-unact-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN Activities on AI Report 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadbandcommission.org\/publication\/the-state-of-satellite-broadband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The State of Satellite Broadband<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/hub\/publication\/r-reg-rrx-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Regulations Navigation Tool<\/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\/08\/stronger-together-why-we-created-a-global-network-of-women-digital-leaders\/                                \" target=_blank>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/August_ITU-NoW-Ministers_54642438852_5fd0d347e0_k-16-9.jpg\" 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class=\"label\">News<\/p>\n                                                <p class=\"title\">Generation Connect Youth Leadership Programme showcases digital solutions<\/p>\n                          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"addInfo\">\n                          <p class=\"\">12 Aug 2025<\/p>\n                                          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n \n      \n  \n\n                                            \n<a class=\"ituCard anim event-overflow\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"               https:\/\/www.itu.int\/hub\/2025\/08\/space-connect-space-technologies-boost-humanitarian-impact\/                                \" target=_blank>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/August_AdobeStock_1429818149.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"content\">\n          <div class=\"main\">\n                                <p class=\"label\">News<\/p>\n                                                <p class=\"title\">Space Connect: Space technologies boost humanitarian impact<\/p>\n                          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"addInfo\">\n                          <p class=\"\">18 Aug 2025<\/p>\n                                          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n \n      \n  \n\n                                            \n<a class=\"ituCard anim event-overflow\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"               https:\/\/www.itu.int\/hub\/2025\/08\/giga-accelerator-seeks-open-source-solutions-to-connect-schools\/                                \" target=_blank>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/August_Giga-Accelerator-image-16-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"content\">\n          <div class=\"main\">\n                                <p class=\"label\">News<\/p>\n                                                <p class=\"title\">Giga Accelerator seeks open-source 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