Commitment to Communications

ICTP has become a sector member of the International Telecommunication Union's Development Sector (ITU-D). Sector membership opens the way for participation in the work of important ITU-D activities such as study groups in the Sector's Regional and World Telecommunication Conferences, advisory groups, and other relevant workshops, seminars and meetings.

"Membership of the ITU gives ICTP a unique opportunity to make an important and valued contribution to the scientific and technological advances rapidly reshaping the world around us," said ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo, adding, "This is a new and important step in the long-time collaboration between ITU and ICTP through the work of our Aeronomy and Radiopropagation Laboratory (ARPL)."

ICTP and ITU have cooperated on several projects benefitting developing countries. For example, the two institutes have offered workshops on low-cost wireless networking, including a recent conference on wireless technologies for environmental monitoring. In addition, ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Touré attended the November 2010  inauguration of ICTP's Guglielmo Marconi ICT Wireless Laboratory.

The laboratory supports ICTP's training programmes on wireless communications technologies conducted by the ARPL, which provide much-needed support in wireless technology education to students and researchers from developing countries.

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ITU: http://www.itu.int