Articles tagged with: Itu and United Nations

Using Mobile Phones to Boost Health Care Provision

..f Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, and Qualcomm, as well as the Earth Institute, MIT and the UN World Health Organization. "Mobile technology can enable significant progress toward reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals relating to healt more

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Telecoms Charity Sends Aid to Congo

..in France to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The team reached the city of Dungu situated near the Sudanese border in the eastern province of this central African country Sunday. Trapped in a conflict between the Congolese armed for more

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Worldwide mobile cellular subscribers to reach 4 billion mark late 2008

itu Secretary-General Hamadoun Tourƒ© announced in New York that worldwide mobile cellular subscribers are likely to reach the 4 billion mark before the end of this year. Dr Tourƒ© was speaking at the high-level events on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York, where he also participated in UN Private Sector Forums addressing the global food crisis and the role of technological innovation in meeting the MDGs.  more

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Telecoms Regulatory Conference Debates Infrastructure Sharing

..C Commissioner Sethaporn Cusripituck, GSR-08 today found consensus on a set of best practice guidelines aimed at fostering affordable broadband access through innovative infrastructure sharing and open access strategies related to: Pricingeffic more

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ITU and GSMA to Boost Mobile Access in Developing Countries

The itu and GSM Association have agreed to strengthen cooperation towards improved access to mobile phone services aimed especially at bridging the digital divide in least developed and developing countries. more

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