ITU reports
During the ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008 (Bangkok, Thailand, 2-5 September), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched the new Asia-Pacific Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report - “Broadband in Asia-Pacific: Too much, too little?” The Report focuses on broadband connectivity as a vehicle for content to drive development and build a knowledge-based information society.
- Click here for the Asia-Pacific Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report press release
- Download the flyer (pdf format)
- Presentation at ITU Telecom Asia 2008
The ITU has also released its first statistical report on the Use of Information and Communication Technology by the World’s Children and Youth, which the ITU expects to update every four years.
Click here to download [free] report on Use of ICT by the World’s Children and Youth.
Need for this publication also arose from ITU’s recognition of the important relationships between ICT use and young people including the role of ICT in enhancing the development of children, and the contributions that young people can make to the development of an inclusive Information Society (World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis Commitment, articles 24 and 25). These were emphasized by the resolution of, the World Telecommunication Development Conference (Resolution 38, 2006) which called upon ITU to “… promote the interests and capabilities of youth in ICT …” and “… develop and strengthen actions to make ICT s accessible to children and youth, particularly the disadvantaged and marginalized, thereby bridging the digital divide.”
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