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This week the specifications for next-generation mobile technologies – IMT-Advanced – were agreed by the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly in Geneva. The IMT-Advanced standard allows for capabilities that go beyond IMT-2000, widely deployed since 2000 and commonly referred to as 3G mobile technologies.

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Yesterday the ITU released a report at its yearly Telecom World event. The facts and figures speak for themselves:

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ITU’s latest report Measuring the Information Society 2011 (PDF) ranks the Republic of Korea as the world’s most advanced ICT economy, followed by Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Finland. Broadband rates on average dropped 50 per cent between 2008 and 2010, while huge differences in speeds and quality remain between countries.

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In response to the influence of ICTs on the shape and growth of other economic sectors an increasingly robust yet complex regulatory landscape has emerged over the last ten years, according to a new report by the ITU.

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ITU presented a new report yesterday at the World Telecommunication Development Conference in Hyderabad and called for broadband Internet access for half the world’s population by 2015. The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) stressed the need to utilize ICT’s in a way that enhances development.

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ITU and UNESCO announced the establishment of a Broadband Commission for Digital Development. It will work on strategies to harness the transformational power of broadband and accelerate progress towards the MDGs.

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A new ITU standard comprising a satellite radio interface has been approved that will ensure worldwide compatibility, international roaming, and access to high-speed data services for 3G mobile phone systems.

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Prices for ICT services are falling worldwide, yet broadband Internet remains outside the reach of many in poor countries, according to a new report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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