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RSS itu in newsSatellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News Dr Hamadoun Touré, the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) secretary-general, said satellite comms technology can play a vital role in connecting remote and isolated communities around the world. [28 Feb 2008]
Mobile WiMax must grab YouTube generation
News This will be a tremendous achievement for this new technology platform which has recently been boosted by the ITU's [International Telecommunications Union's] endorsement of it as an IMT2000 specification. [11 Dec 2007]
WiMax joins 3G fold
News WiMax has effectively been folded into 3G's future development, after the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) decision to include it in the IMT-2000 set of standards. Although WiMax and 3G have been battling it out as rival broadband... [22 Oct 2007]
Public sector CIOs 'must stop thinking paper, start thinking change'
News He told delegates at the ITU Telecom World conference in Hong Kong: "A lot of communication is predominantly messaging - the end product still ends up on paper. The CIO of Hong Kong has warned that the public sector around the world is too hung up... [07 Dec 2006]
Virtual worlds to boost telcos
News He told delegates at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong: "There's a big revenue opportunity around bandwidth usage and quality of service that's required [to support virtual worlds]. Having seen web 2.0 reduce them to transport pipes, telcos may yet... [07 Dec 2006]
Broadband: You've never had it so good
News Broadband prices are hitting new lows worldwide, a new report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has found. Tim Kelly, head of the strategy and policy unit at the ITU, said today in Hong Kong that broadband is now reaching the... [06 Dec 2006]
Qualcomm: 'We'd consider Nokia venture and WiMax buy'
News Today at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong, Jacobs said it may be one way to resolve the patent discussion deadlock. While the acrimonious patent negotiations between Nokia and Qualcomm trundle on, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs believes the pair could yet... [05 Dec 2006]
$100 laptops: Rich countries to buy for poor
News Speaking to silicon.com at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong, Negroponte said the OLPC is in discussions with Finland, which may order laptops for Namibia, that the United Arab Emirates is considering some for Pakistan, and France may sponsor laptops... [05 Dec 2006]
Nortel to WiMax watchdogs: 'Get on with it'
News He told delegates at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong: "The economics of next generation networks are so much better, there's no reason not to go forward. Nortel's head of technology has hit out at regulators whose procrastination he feels is holding... [05 Dec 2006]
Developing economies need sexy phones: Motorola
News Speaking today at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong, CEO of the world's number two handset maker Ed Zander said developing economies have already caught the mobility bug. Developing countries are not the low-cost, low-functionality markets they are... [04 Dec 2006]
Businesses not politicians must pick standards, says Brussels
News Speaking today at the ITU Telecoms World conference in Hong Kong, Viviane Reding, commissioner for information society and media, said regulators should no longer be the main force in charge of mandating standards. [04 Dec 2006]
Cisco: Businesses will adopt YouTube model
News He told delegates at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong today: "That's our children - wait 'til we get hold of it. Video sharing site YouTube may have a more profound effect on commerce than just boosting sales of Diet Coke and Mentos. [04 Dec 2006]
US web stranglehold challenged
News Utsumi, a lawyer and former government official who is the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN agency, said: "No matter what technical experts argue is the best system, no matter what self-serving... [30 Oct 2006]
3G: Are you planning for what comes next?
News According to standards body the ITU, an arm of the UN, 4G must have data rates of 100Mbps when mobile and 1Gbps when devices are still. Some of the biggest names in mobile have clubbed together to think up just what they're planning as the... [15 Sep 2006]
Samsung flashes its 4G
News However, according to the ITU, the definition of 4G involves attaining speeds of 1Gbps when stationary and 100Mbps on the move. Samsung is claiming to have cracked 4G, while most of the mobile industry couldn't tell you what it is yet. [31 Aug 2006]
