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Global Trends and Future Growth. Malcolm Johnson Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU Commonwealth ICT Leaders Summit London, 14 September 2012. Google, ITU team up to deliver free global tech stats. ITU’s ICT price basket. Share of Internet users in the total population.
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Global Trends and Future Growth Malcolm Johnson Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU Commonwealth ICT Leaders Summit London, 14 September 2012
Unique public/private partnership Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations and Dr. H. Touré, Secretary-General of ITU • UN agency for ICTs • Members: • 193 Member States (Governments and regulatory bodies) • 700 Private Sector (Sector Members and Associates) • 37 Academia
ITU: committed to connecting the world ITU-T develops ICT and telecommunication standards ITU-R manages radio spectrum and satellite orbits ITU-D assists developing countries General Secretariat coordinates work of ITU
ITU connects the world… • Without ITU you couldn’t make a telephone call from one side of the world to another. • Without ITU the Internet wouldn’t function.