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InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
ITU-D Overview
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ITU in brief Leading United Nations Agency for ICTs.
191 Member States, 566 Sector Members
Three sectors: Radiocommunication Radiocommunication Standardization Standardization DevelopmentDevelopment
ITU TELECOM Events
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ITU’s Global Presence
5 regional offices, 8 area officesHQ in Geneva, Switzerland
Working with ITU
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ITU-D’s Role: Your Partner for ICT Development
ITU-D is a catalyst for multi-stakeholder
partnerships
Mobilize human, technical and financial
resources
Neutral broker between government and
industry
Executing agency for project implementation
and expert assistance to countries
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Development Activities
Enabling Environment
Infrastructure/Access
Capacity Building
Cybersecurity & E-Applications
Emergency Telecommunications
Regional Initiatives
Special Initiatives
Statistics & Market Information
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ITU Sector Membership
What benefits? What costs? How to join?
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Membership Categories
I TU Sector MemberITU Member State ITU Associate
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ITU Sector Member
An ITU Sector Member fully participates in the work of corresponding ITU Sector Study Groups, or Working Groups thereof, in the Sector’s Regional and World Telecommunication Conferences, Advisory Group and other relevant workshops, seminars and meetings.
An interested entity or organization may join one or more of the three ITU Sectors
Who are our Sector Members?
Over 300 ICT companies and organizations participate in the work of the ITU-D Sector
ITU-D Sector Members say their motivation for joining (1):
ITU-D’s leadership Partnering on development projects Sharing experiences and best practices Helping LDC’s develop Human Capital Organization of regional conferences The wish to achieve better
telecommunications in the world Corporate Social Responsibility
Stay in touch with developments & regulatory best practices
Access to latest information: trends, statistics and HRD issues
Cooperation with other ITU-D SMs Learn from experiences and knowledge of
other countries Promotion of telecom liberalization and
technology introduction globally
ITU-D Sector Members say their motivation for joining (2):
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ITU-D Sector Member Fees
Minimum of:
CHF 7,950
CHF 3,975
(developing countries)
Total New ITU-D Sector Members since 2004 (Gross)
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Total New ITU-D Sector Members in 2004
Total New ITU-D Sector Members in 2005
Total New ITU-D Sector Members in 2006
Total New ITU-D Sector Members in 2007
Total New ITU-D Sector Members in 2008
New ITU-D Sector Members in 2009
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ITU-D Sector membership by regions in 2009
CIS
AFRICA
AMERICAS
ARAB STATES
ASIA & THE PACIFIC
EUROPE
Evolution by regions
Since 2003
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Africa
Americas
Arab States
Asia & the Pacific
Europe & CIS
ITU-D Sector Members in AfricaOut of the 303 ITU-D Sector Members today, 30 are based in Africa. They are:
Botswana: Mascom Wireless Botswana (Pty) Ltd.Burundi : Office national des télécommunications du Burundi (ONATEL); U-COM BurundiCameroon : Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL)Central African Rep.: Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l'Afrique CentraleChad : Société des Télécommunications du Tchad (SOTEL TCHAD)Côte d'Ivoire : Conseil des Télécommunications de Côte d'Ivoire (CTCI); MTN COTE D'IVOIRE
(MTN CI); Regional African Satellite Communications OrganizationGambia : Africell Ltd.Ghana : Ghana Telecom; Zain Communications (Ghana) LimitedKenya : African Telecommunications Union; Safaricom LimitedLesotho : Econet Telecom Lesotho (Pty) Ltd (ETL)Mauritius: AfriNICMozambique : Southern Africa Transport and Communications CommissionNigeria : Celtel Nigeria Limited (Zain); MTN Nigeria Communications Limited; West Africa
Telecommunications Regulators AssemblySenegal : Société Nationale des Télécommunications du Sénégal (SONATEL); Union of National
Radio and Television Organizations of AfricaSouth Africa : Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. (MTN); Sentech Ltd.; Telkom SA Ltd.;
Vodacom (Pty) LimitedTanzania : East African Community; Vodacom Tanzania LimitedTogo : TOGO TELECOMZimbabwe : Econet Wireless (PVT) Ltd.
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ITU Associates
An interested entity or organization may join an ITU Sector as an Associate and be entitled to take part in the work of a selected single Study Group.
Associates may have access to documentation required for their work and may serve as Rapporteur or Editor.
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ITU-D Study Group 1 :Telecommunication development strategies and policies
ITU-D Study Group 2:Development and management of telecommunication services and
networks
The annual contribution for an ITU-D Associate is:
CHF 3,975.00 CHF 1,987.75 (for developing
countries only)
Become Associate to aITU-D Study Group
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Conclusion
ITU membership is global and diversified Sector Members play a key role in ITU Regional participation is an ITU priority Opportunities to share experiences, ideas, knowledge
of business opportunities and seek partnerships ITU Sector membership fees are competitive Fill in the membership application form and submit it
to the ITU Secretary General through the telecommunication administration of your country.
Join us! Become a new ITU-D Sector Member!
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