International Telecommunication Union ITU-D Overview.

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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)

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ITU-D Sector membership by regions in 2009

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EUROPE

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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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