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Schmidt: UN treaty a 'disaster' for the internet

...control of things such as naming and DNS to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) would divide the internet, allowing it to be further... Read more

29 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Universal phone charger to work with tablets, cameras

...will use standardised USB and micro-USB end connectors. On Monday, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said the universal charger — first specified in 2009 — would... Read more

10 May, 2011 by David Meyer

ITU head: Cyberwar could be 'worse than tsunami'

...by a global cybersecurity peace treaty, according to the head of the International Telecommunications Union. Hamadoun Touré, who has been secretary-general of the UN... Read more

3 September, 2010 by David Meyer

UMTS 3G passes one billion connections

...LTE is technically a very advanced 3G variant, although the standards-setting International Telecommunications Union (ITU) lets operators market it as '4G'. The UMTS Forum... Read more

24 January, 2012

UN targets global broadband boost over next few years

...on the part of governments, working in partnership with the private sector," International Telecommunications Union (ITU) secretary-general Hamadoun Touré said in a statement. TourÃ... Read more

26 October, 2011

Apple's iPhone finally gets micro-USB charger adapter

...Association threw its weight behind the decision in February 2009, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) released a standard for the charger in October of... Read more

5 October, 2011

Sometimes, tech really is a lifesaver: The IT that keeps the RNLI afloat

...search and rescue are predetermined by UN bodies International Maritime Organisation and International Telecommunications Union but the RNLI also has a couple of private radio... Read more

12 August, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

Global broadband prices halved over last two years

...than half what it was just two years ago, according to the International Telecommunications Union. The ITU published its 2010 ICT Price Basket (IPB) on... Read more

17 May, 2011

Standard smartphone charger gets tech specs

...14 major phone manufacturers, including Nokia, Qualcomm and Research in Motion. The International Telecommunications Union has said that a universal phone charger should be based... Read more

30 December, 2010

Europe pushes for pan-EU business numbers

...a plan that was first laid out a decade ago by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which in 2000 assigned the European Union the international... Read more

6 December, 2010 by David Meyer

Microsoft hits Motorola with second patent suit

...commitments to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to license identified patents related to wireless and video... Read more

10 November, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn
Emissions 1.1

Emissions 1.1

Emissions allows you to decode and encode International Telecommunications Union (ITU) designations of radio frequency (RF) emissions. These 7-character... Read more

24 September, 2010

Give broadband to the third world - but don't neglect security

...poverty and improve living standards. But earlier this month statistics from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) showed fixed broadband penetration is below one per cent... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Tony Dyhouse

Is cloud computing the right approach for the public sector?

...helped create more political pressure for green issues: for example, recently the International Telecommunications Union, which is part of the UN, said IT should be... Read more

27 September, 2010 by Mark O'Conor

Aeroplane broadband is cleared for take-off

...given its approval for airlines to provide broadband access on aeroplanes. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has decided that operators should be able to use... Read more

11 July, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

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