Internet

ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao addresses the 13th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS 2015) in Hiroshima, Japan.
ITU/D. Woldu

Some 3.2 billion people now online, but number still falls short of Internet target – UN report

30 November 2015
Some 3.2 billion people are now online, representing 43.4 per cent of the global population, but the number still falls significantly short of reaching the anticipated goal of 60 per cent by 2020, according to a United Nations report released today.
Students of Computer Sciences at Khowaja Institute of Information Technology (KIIT) in Hyderabad, Pakistan learn computing skills.
Visual News Associates/World Bank

UN Internet Governance Forum closes, highlights linkages with sustainable development

14 November 2015
Consensus at the closing of the 10th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Brazil today underscored the contribution of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) and the Internet to the achievement of the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations announced.
Lenni Montiel.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton

Internet, a “fundamental tool” for sustainable development

10 November 2015
General News

Governments seeking to implement public policy initiatives and new globally agreed development goals have a “fundamental tool” that can help them: the Internet.

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