Northeast to continue prepaid mobile connections Nov 2, 2009
BSNL has recently launched 3G standards services defined by the International Telecommunication Union in Guwahati (Assam), Gangtok (Sikkim), Agartala (Tripura) and Shillong (Meghalaya). Besides BSNL, there are several private cell phone service providers operating in the northeastern region, which shares borders with China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. (India Times, India)
Universal Cell Phone Charger Being Developed Oct 27, 2009
October 27, 2009 Hot topics. Free Newsletters : lect. (Datamation)
One charger to rule them all? Oct 26, 2009
Phone manufacturers have been standardising on the micro-USB charging plug for a while and now it's received an official blessing from the International Telecommunication Union. In February, GSMA announced LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson had agreed to standardise on the micro-USB plug in Europe by 2012. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
One charger that fits all mobiles Oct 26, 2009
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations telecom arm, said on Thursday it had given its stamp of approval to an energy-efficient one-charger-fits-all new mobile phone solution. Every mobile phone user will benefit from the new Universal Charging Solution (UCS), which enables the same charger to be used for all future handsets, regardless of make and model, the ITU said. (India Times)
Bolivia, China, ITU sign understanding statement for satellite construction Oct 24, 2009
LA PAZ, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Bolivian government, China's Great Wall Industry Corporation and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) signed an understanding statement on Friday to construct and set a satellite in orbit. During the signing ceremony, Bolivian President Evo Morales said the understanding statement confirmed that Bolivia would have its own space satellite in three years. (Xinhuanet, China)
Universal phone charger approved Oct 24, 2009
A new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body. Industry body the GSMA predicts that 51,000 tonnes of redundant chargers are generated each year. (BBC News -- Technology)
UN body approves universal cell phone charger Oct 24, 2009
The new chargers will use a micro-USB plug, similar to that used for digital cameras, to enter the cell phone for charging, said Sarah Parkes, spokeswoman for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some manufacturers may also allow the cable to be disconnected from the adapter at the plug-in end and inserted into a computer through a USB port instead. (MSNBC -- Technology)
East Africa: Why Internet Costs Remain High Despite Seacom Oct 20, 2009
In a press release last week, the Deputy Secretary General of the EAC in charge of Infrastructure and Planning, Mr Alloys Mutabingwa, said the block and key partners like the International Telecommunication Union, the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the EU, are collaborating in putting in place modalities that would lead to interconnecting capitals and major African cities with ICT broadband infrastructure and strengthen connectivity to the rest of the world by 2012. Many companies... (allAfrica.com)
Veep wages crusade for the prevention of global warming Oct 15, 2009
The day organised by Ghana Standards Board (GSB), under the theme: "Tackling Climate Change Through Standards", is celebrated on October 14 annually by members of the International Organisation for Standardisation, International Electro-Technical Commission and International Telecommunication Union. It is to pay tribute to the collaborative efforts of experts worldwide who developed voluntary agreements published as international standards. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Study charts links between cellphones, tumors... Oct 14, 2009
6 billion subscribers worldwide, according to the U.N. International Telecommunication Union. Research has failed to establish any clear link between use of the devices and several kinds of cancer. (The Drudge Report)
Mixed Signals Tracks Loud TV Ads Oct 13, 2009
Mixed Signals' Sentry monitoring platform now supports the International Telecommunication Union's ITU-R BS.1770 audio specification for measuring the loudness of video programs. That's the spec is shortly expected to be adopted by the Advanced Television Systems Committee in the U.S.. (Multichannel News)
Should TRAI make it mandatory for service providers to switch to per second billing? Oct 10, 2009
Earlier this week, Sarma said on the sidelines of International Telecommunication Union conference in Geneva, "We may ask all the operators to consider per second pulse as a mandatory tariff option along with their other tariff plans.". He went on to add, "Even there (in per-second tariff plan), they must ensure to bring out clearly all the riders and caveats.". (India Times)
Africa: High Costs Blamed for Low Internet Uptake in Africa Oct 8, 2009
The continent has only one fixed broadband subscriber for every 1,000 people compared with Europe, which has 200 providers for every 1,000, according to a new report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). "The relative price for ICT services (especially broadband) is highest in Africa, the region with the lowest income levels," says The World in 2009: ICT fact and figures released yesterday. (allAfrica.com)
Mobile broadband whacking fixed-line access Oct 7, 2009
Mobile broadband subscriptions worldwide are expected to reach 600 million, leapfrogging the estimated 500 million fixed-line subscriptions by the end of this year, the International Telecommunication Union said. There was a 50% increase in mobile broadband subscriptions just over the past year, said Susan Teltscher of ITUs statistical bureau. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
World War III Could Be Fought on Internet, Says ITU Head Oct 6, 2009
"The next world war could begin in cyberspace," warned Hamadoun Touré, secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations agency that organized the event. The beginnings of such an unconventional war could be out of the control of conventional diplomacy, he said, because in cyberspace "there is no such thing as a superpower: Every citizen is a superpower." With an army of "bots," or compromised computers, at their command, almost anyone could wield great... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Hackers Plan to Clobber the Cloud, Spy on Blackberries Oct 6, 2009
This year, HITB Malaysia follows on the heels of a regional government-level security conference held in Hyderabad, India a few weeks ago, the U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union Regional. The conference highlighted cybersecurity and sought to build a consensus among nations to strengthen laws against the misuse of IT as well as educate their growing legions of computer users and establish National Computer Incident Response Teams to deal with and share data about possible threats. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Per-second call rates in offing Oct 6, 2009
We may ask all the operators to consider per-second pulse as a mandatory tariff option along with their other tariff plans, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman J S Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of the International Telecommunication Union conference here. He said Trai may soon come out with a consultation paper on the subject and invite suggesstions about making it mandatory for operators to provide customers with this option. (India Times, India)
Tanzania: President Aides Blame His Collapse on Fatique Oct 6, 2009
President Kikwete opted to take Mr Pinda's place after asking the Prime Minister to represent him in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meeting to which the Head of State had been invited. Meanwhile, the President's Private Office announced yesterday that it was going to review the President's itinerary in order to reduce his workload. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: ICT is Transforming the Continent Says Kagame Oct 6, 2009
"Being late-comers in embracing, and indeed starting from a low base in creating information and communication technology sectors, ICT is nonetheless fundamentally transforming our nations and continent," Kagame told the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2009 Summit which opened in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday. Kagame said that since the October 2007 Connect Africa summit held in Kigali, investments in communications infrastructure across the continent have exceeded $ 8 billion. (allAfrica.com)
Wi-Fi, powerline to merge in Atheros-Intellon deal Sep 9, 2009
Meanwhile, the International Telecommunication Union's is intended to support phone lines, powerlines and coaxial cable. Atheros hopes to hold on to the engineering talent of 129-employee Intellon, though it hasn't made any firm plans in advance of the deal closing. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Tech.view: The internet at forty Sep 5, 2009
There was no way of connecting it to other packet-switched networks, especially those based on the X.25 standard developed (from ARPANET) by the International Telecommunication Union, and used widely in Europe and elsewhere. The missing link was supplied by of DARPA and at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. (The Economist)
NEC Launches Sale of MPLS-TP Next Generation Packet Transport Device Sep 4, 2009
The MPLS-TP formed through cooperation between the IETF and ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector) in order to advance standards applicable to transport networks. (2) OAM: Operation and Maintenance:Maintenance and operation functions for muti-services such as MPLS-TP, Pseudowire, ATM, etc. (JCN Network, Japan)
Forces to get own mobile sat network Aug 24, 2009
DoS further says the S Band was retained by Isro after prolonged negotiations with other countries and then registered with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). International registration requires a long and difficult coordination process, it says. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Wallet of the future? Your mobile phone Aug 15, 2009
At the end of 2008, there were an estimated 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide, according to the International Telecommunication Union, a agency ... Some of those users have access to banking for the first time because of their phones, said Susan Teltscher, head of market information and statistics at the International Telecommunication Union. (CNN -- Tech)
Sierra Leone: Kabbah Can't Forgive Unrepentant Charles Taylor Aug 10, 2009
He related a personal example of the difficulties: "when my father died, I was in England, I had gone there on some mission and they kept on trying to get me from one place to the other. It was so difficult. Now it was because of this difficulty that's why a lot of pressure was put on the international telecommunication system that this was too much. We must be in a position where African countries can communicate with each other. I think that's the way it started and Nigeria has perfected it. I... (allAfrica.com)
Africa-Europe fiber optic cable laid Jul 24, 2009
The International Telecommunication Union sees businesses such as the Internet cafes as leading the growth in Internet use and services in Africa. The union, a U.N. agency that tracks telecommunications trends, says there is potential for more growth because Africa has registered almost double the global average growth in Internet use between 2003 and 2008 - 30. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Submarine cable links East Africa to Europe Jul 24, 2009
The International Telecommunication Union sees businesses such as the Internet cafes as leading the growth in Internet use and services in Africa. AP. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
VoiceAge Announces the Creation of a Patent Pool for AMR-WB/G.722.2 Speech Compression Standards Jul 21, 2009
VoiceAge Announces the Creation of a Patent Pool for AMR-WB/G.722. 2 Speech Compression Standards. (PR Newswire)
Oh is PM's new political secretary Jul 2, 2009
His working experience includes serving with international organisation such as International Telecommunication Union and the Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications, both located in Geneva, Switzerland. Fluent in five languages Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese, German and French, Oh has conducted various consulting works for multinational and international corporations, as well as advising diverse smallandmedium enterprises on legal and business startup issues. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Nevada toughens data protection law with crypto, PCI Jun 24, 2009
A fax transmission excluded from the encryption requirement is defined as a transmission between two dedicated fax machines using Group 3 or Group 4 digital formats that conform to the International Telecommunication Union T.4 or T.38 standards, or computer modems that conform to the T.31 or T.32 standards. However, the term does not include an "onward transmission to a third device after protocol conversion, including, but not limited to, any data storage device.". (Search Security, MA)
Chips Down on Personal TV Jun 16, 2009
The company said the TeraQAM BL85000 chip is compliant with International Telecommunication Union standards for QAMs, including ITU-T J.83 Annexes A, B and C.. BroadLogic is based in San Jose, Calif. (Multichannel News)
Is there such a thing as "cell phone elbow"? Jun 5, 2009
With more than four billion cell phone contracts out across the globe, according to the International Telecommunication Union's annual report, is a larger health issue on the horizon or is it just hype. A in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine notes that "the exact incidence of cell phone elbow is not known, but anecdotal reports and our own clinical experience indicates that its incidence parallels the rise in the use of cell phones and computer workstations.". (Scientific American)
Who Controls The Internet? May 23, 2009
In these schemes, IANA would be directed by some international body, such as the United Nations or the International Telecommunication Union, which coordinates international phone networks. It is unclear what problem such proposals attempt to solve. (CBS News)
UN agency seeks protection for children online May 21, 2009
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure speaks during a high-level meeting of the ITU in 2008 in Geneva ... "We must do everything in our power to create a healthy online environment for our children," said Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Frequency jam May 12, 2009
Yet even if Ofcom decided this was a good idea - and it won't - there is an international dimension to the issue as the International Telecommunication Union's Radiocommunication Sector has the task of ensuring that the many systems in use do not interfere with each other. Much of the ITU's work is about balancing competing desires, but there are also real physical limits on what can be done. (BBC News -- Technology)
Fujitsu Releases New Full HD H.264/MPEG-2 Transcoder ICs May 9, 2009
Jointly defined by the International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC), it is the most recent international standard for video compression. (3) FCRAM (Fast Cycle RAM): Fujitsu Microelectronics' proprietary RAM core architecture featuring high-speed and low power consumption. (JCN Network, Japan)
Congrat, Haruna Iddrisu! But first, clear your own backyard! May 3, 2009
I am very glad that you have been nominated as the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with effect from November I guess. I will however like to make you aware that I was not surprised because I believed in you and knew right from the day you were endorsed as Ghanas Communication Minister that you will soar to the greatest height leaving an indelible imprint in that sector. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Global group against cyber-threats launches HQ in Cyberjaya Mar 21, 2009
Apart from international organisations such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations and Interpol, Impact has key partners from the private sector such as Cisco, F-Secure, Kaspersky Lab, Microsoft, Symantec Corp and Trend Micro. Meanwhile, ITU secretary-general Dr Hamadoun Toure says cyber-security is one of the most critical issues of this age. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
* Fixed-line thrift second only to Iran Mar 4, 2009
Taiwans fixed telephony costs were the second-lowest in the world after those of Iran last year, a report released on Monday by the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said. The cost of fixed telephony, along with mobile telephony and Internet broadband, are factored into the index used by the ITU to measure the affordability of information and communication technology services in 150 countries. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
U.N. report: U.S. behind in phone, Internet tech Mar 3, 2009
By 2007, more than 8 in 10 Americans had cell phones accounts compared with just under half the population in 2002, the International Telecommunication Union said in its report. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Cell-Phone Use Spreads Among World's Poor Mar 3, 2009
1 billion subscriptions globally, compared with about 1 billion in 2002, the International Telecommunication Union said. Fixed line subscriptions increased at a much slower pace to 1. (Time.com)
Satellite collision triggers calls for "space traffic regulations" Feb 18, 2009
Pang Zhihao (researcher at the China Academy of Space Technology): In outer space, except for geostationary orbits, whose orbital slots are allocated to all countries and managed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), spacecrafts and their space waste are barely regulated. At most, they are separately monitored by individual countries whose data are rarely shared. (Xinhuanet, China)
An oasis of connectivity in rural Kenya Feb 8, 2009
From 2002 to 2007, the number of Kenyans using cellphones grew almost tenfold to reach about a third of the population, many of whom did not have land lines, according to the International Telecommunication Union. But many of phones were simple models made more for talking than Web surfing, and wireless data networks are slow, with sporadic coverage. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
