World Telecommunication Day 2021: History, significance and everything you need to know
On World Telecommunication Day, this year, let us look at the importance of the internet and the vital role it has played during the pandemic to let us stay connected with people all across the world. Written By World Telecommunication Day 2021: History, significance and everything you need to know
The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is observed on May 17 every year. On this day, the International Telecommunication Union or ITU was formed in the year 1969 and the first International Telegraph Convention was confirmed in the year 1865.
This year’s theme for telecommunication day is accelerating digital transformation in challenging times. The role that telecommunication has played over the last few years is immense and it continues to do so by keeping everyone knitted together as a whole, as a community. Especially during these testing times with the
On this World Information Society Day, Georgia has embarked on an important journey to bring more of its citizens online. The Government’s Open Net program, which seeks to connect about 1,000 villages across the country, was inaugurated with the first deployment in the municipali
Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times
We are seeing things that were not dreamed of till recently.
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
Ranjan K Baruah
We are the generations who have seen the transformation of digital technology. We are seeing things that were not dreamed of till recently. We can t think of a day with digital technology or connection. The mobile phone has become an integral part of our life and it is such a powerful device that without it we may not think of a day. No doubt driven by information and communication technologies (ICTs), our societies have undergone a digital alteration that gave birth to the digital economy and information society. We must admit that ICTs being democratic tools has bought many positive changes all over the world.
World Day focuses on Internet s role in digital development
World Day focuses on Internet s role in digital development
Geneva, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The role of the Internet in the digital transformation of humanity and its importance during the Covid-19 pandemic are the focus of the International Internet Day on Monday. Under the motto Internet, a lever for digital transformation and resilience, institutions across the world related to connectivity on the web, schools, companies and thousands of users are participating in the activities scheduled for this day.
Every May 17, since 2006, the date, whose genesis is in Spain, at the initiative of the Spanish Association of Internet Users, is officially commemorated throughout the planet.
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