International Telecommunication Union |
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is an international organization established to standardise and regulate international radio and
telecommunications. Its main tasks include standardization,
allocation of the radio spectrum, and organizing interconnection arrangements between
different countries to allow international phone calls. (In which regard it performs for telecommunications a similar function to
what the UPU performs for post.) It is one of the specialized agencies of
the United Nations.
See also:
- ITU-T Telecommunications Sector
- ITU-R Radiocommunications Sector
- ITU-D Development Sector
Meetings
The ITU decides matters between states through an extensive series of working parties, study groups, regional meetings, and
world meetings.
Examples:
- World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC)
- World Administrative Radio Conferences (WARC)
World Summit on the Information Society
The ITU is serving as the secretariat of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
External links
- http://www.itu.int/
- U.N. Summit to Focus on Internet
- Washington
Post article about ICANN and the UN's ITU relationship]
ITU are also the initials of "International Typographical Union", a now defunct labor union that was affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations.
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