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The telecoms industry landscape is changing. What remains for traditional operators?

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 18, 2020
Post category:Broadband/ Network Innovation Network Management
Post last modified:August 18, 2020

By Tomas Lamanauskas, Managing Partner, Envision Associates Gone are the days when national telecoms markets were primarily defined by former monopoly incumbent telcos together with a handful of mobile operators (MNOs). New types of players have been emerging for a while, leveraging opportunities provided by market liberalization, competitive regulatory frameworks and the relaxation of licensing regimes. Internet service providers (ISPs), […]

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How Alesund became Norway’s first city to adopt smart city KPIs

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 17, 2020
Post category:Innovation Smart Cities
Post last modified:August 17, 2020

By Eva Vinje Aurdal, Mayor of Ålesund The city of Ålesund lies on the West Coast of Norway between high mountains and the famous fjords. Home to approximately 67,000 people, the city of Ålesund is a merge between five former municipalities. The merge was by far the largest in the municipality reform initiated by the Norwegian government, and the five […]

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Technology for all means tapping into the ‘Silver Economy’

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 11, 2020
Post category:Innovation
Post last modified:August 11, 2020

By Michael Hodin, CEO of the Global Coalition on Aging *This article has been republished with permission of the author and the Global Coalition on Aging. The original article can be found here. Older people, globally, are consumers too. The megatrend of global aging — 2 billion of us over 60 by mid-century, more old than young, getting to the […]

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How AI is democratizing innovation in esports and beyond

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 28, 2020
Post category:Innovation Multimedia, Content & Apps
Post last modified:July 28, 2020

By ITU News It’s no secret now that esports are taking over both real and virtual worlds with a global audience nearing half a billion spectators. And esports industry statistics are earth-shattering, with annual growth rates as high as 20 per cent and revenues exceeding 1 billion USD per year. But what about the technology that makes the esports multiverse […]

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Why the new UN Disability Inclusion Strategy is an opportunity for ITU

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 27, 2020
Post category:Innovation
Post last modified:July 27, 2020

By Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities *The following article is adapted from my opening remarks at the 2020 WSIS Forum session “ICTs and Accessibility: UN collaborative efforts towards SDGs, CRPD and UNDIS implementation in Digital Accessibility,” which took place virtually on 16 July 2020. People with disabilities represent more than 15 per cent […]

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Leveraging ICTs to build back greener after COVID-19

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 27, 2020
Post category:Innovation
Post last modified:July 27, 2020

By Aprajita Sharrma, Co-Rapporteur for ITU-D Question 6/2, and Haidar Baqir, Emergency Telecommunications & Climate Change Coordinator at ITU While COVID-19 has disrupted many societal behaviour patterns worldwide, some new, post-pandemic behavioural trends just might be worth keeping if we want to build back better – and greener – especially when it comes to ICTs. Instead of travelling by car […]

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Ham radio and emergency comms: Filling the USGS ‘donut hole’

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 23, 2020
Post category:Innovation
Post last modified:July 23, 2020

By Adam Davidson, W9AS *This article is republished with permission of the author and the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation, Inc. On July 2nd, shortly before midnight local time in Hawaii, a dozen amateur radio operators did something nobody had ever done before—something that shows the best in amateur radio and could herald a transformation in the role “hams” (another name […]

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ITU Innovation Challenges: Ugandan tech solution helps deliver clean water for all

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 22, 2020
Post category:Innovation Multimedia, Content & Apps
Post last modified:July 22, 2020

By ITU News If clean water came out of your tap when you turned it on this morning, consider yourself fortunate. Some 40 per cent of the world’s people face water scarcity. And the problem is getting worse. It is projected that one in four people will encounter and go through recurring water shortages by 2050. Achieving United Nations Sustainable […]

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Building an inclusive digital ecosystem for Earth

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 20, 2020
Post category:Big Data Innovation
Post last modified:July 20, 2020

by Theadora Mills, Communications Officer at the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat As part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2020, co-organized by the UN agencies ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) hosted an interactive webinar to bring together experts working to build an inclusive global Digital Ecosystem for Earth. […]

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How Montenegro is boosting digital innovation

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 13, 2020
Post category:Innovation
Post last modified:July 13, 2020

By ITU News ITU recently connected with H.E Dragica Sekulić, Minister of the Economy for Montegnegro, about her country’s efforts to boost its information and communication technology (ICT) innovation ecosystem. How dynamic is the ICT ecosystem of Montenegro? The continuous work of the Government in the previous period has created strong and sustainable preconditions for the accelerated development of the […]

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