Articles of category "International Telecommunications Union"

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) based in Geneva, Switzerland is encompassed within the United Nations and supports efforts to improve telecommunications networks and services in both the private and commercial global sectors. Established as long ago as 1865, the ITU has sustained its focus on the provision of improving telecommunications from the inception of the first telegraph networks and today utilizes its long experience in order to ensure that modern technological advances achieve their optimum potential.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Telecommunications Union is an international organization whose mission it is to provide standardization and regulation of both radio and telecommunications technologies. Formerly known as the International Telegraph Union when it was first established in 1865, this is the most important international organization in the field of telecommunications.