UN forum examines how to maximize Internet’s potential to help poor countries develop
16 November 2009 – A United Nations-backed international gathering focusing on how to make the most of the Internet to boost social and economic well-being for the greatest number of people around the world is underway in Egypt.
Information and communication technology experts gather at UN event in Beirut
09 November 2009 – More than 750 policymakers from the world of information and communication technology (ICT) are meeting in Beirut at an event co-hosted by the United Nations telecom agency where they can share experiences and forge common approaches to navigating today’s complex ICT markets.
UN agency to set up museum of information and communication technology
08 November 2009 – The United Nations telecommunications agency announced today that it has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to build a new museum that will focus on the impact of information communications technology (ICT) on people's lives.
New UN measures to help consumers with technology purchasing decisions
03 November 2009 – The United Nations telecom agency is set to introduce measures that will help consumers know if the information and communications technology (ICT) equipment they are buying will work with other devices.
Postal agency set to become first UN body to have own Internet domain name
26 October 2009 – The Universal Postal Union (UPU), the world’s second-oldest international organization and one of the few United Nations agencies to pre-date the creation of the mother organization, moved a step closer today to becoming the first to have its own domain name on the Internet – to be known as .post.
UN approves energy-efficient mobile telephone charger for worldwide use
22 October 2009 – The United Nations communications technology agency has given its stamp of approval to a new energy-efficient one-size-fits-all mobile telephone charger, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced today.
