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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Digital Television
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Huawei (Chinese Digital Communications Technology Conglomerate)
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Internet of Things
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Teletransmission
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Development Assistance: Telecommunications
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Remote Work, Teleworking, Working from Home
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Télécoms en Mauritanie: L’impact des crédits de communication
Paris: L'Harmattan (2025), xviii, 224 pp.
"Cet ouvrage propose une lecture croisée du marketing et de la régulation dans le secteur des télécommunications mauritanien. À partir des comportements d’achat de crédit de communication, il interroge les enjeux de transparence tarifaire, d’équité et de gouvernance publique. L’auteur
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Le Congo numérique en construction: Plaidoyer pour une structuration cohérente des infrastructures de connectivité
Brazzaville: L'Harmattan Brazzaville (2025), 138 pp.
"Dans cet ouvrage ambitieux, Max Bouhoyi dresse un état des lieux rigoureux des infrastructures numériques du Congo, en s'intéressant aux deux piliers de la connectivité : le segment spatial (satellites) et le segment maritime (câbles sous-marins et fibre optique). À travers une approche à la
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How would a sub-$30 smartphone affect Africa?
Developing Telecoms, November 27 (2025)
"African consumers in particular struggle with the cost of 4G-capable devices - the GSMA’s recent Mobile Economy Africa Report for 2025 found that there is still a significant affordability gap, with around 58% of Africans remaining offline because smartphones are too expensive. Together with majo
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Measuring Digital Development. Facts and Figures: Focus on Small Island Developing States
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2024), v, 33 pp.
"In this special edition of ITU's Facts and Figures series, we explore the impressive progress and ongoing obstacles Small Island Developing States (SIDS) encounter amid the digital revolution. On the occasion of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), our goal
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Measuring Digital Development: Facts and Figures 2022
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2022), iv, 26 pp.
"As the world welcomes its 8 billionth inhabitant, an estimated 5.3 billion people – roughly 66 per cent of the global population – are using the Internet. Yet some 2.7 billion people worldwide remain totally offline, with universal connectivity still a distant prospect in least developed countr
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Digital Trends in Africa 2021: Information and Communication Technology Trends and Developments in the Africa Region 2017-2020
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2021), 65 pp.
"This report provides an overview of trends and developments in ICT infrastructure, access and use in Africa, which includes 44 member states and is home to a population of 1.04 billion people. The report highlights changes in ICT adoption since the last World Telecommunication Development Conferenc
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"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe
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State of digital development and trends in the Americas region: Challenges and opportunities
Geneva: ITU (2025), v, 51 pp.
"This publication provides an in-depth look at digital development across the region, revealing both substantial progress and areas where challenges persist. Internet use is widespread, with nearly nine in ten people online. In a milestone achievement, the Americas is the only region to have fully b
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State of digital development and trends in the Africa region: Challenges and opportunities
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 49 pp.
"This publication reveals that the gap between ambition and reality remains wide. Mobile broadband coverage has expanded rapidly, offering most of the population the possibility of going online. And yet, only 38 per cent of the population currently uses the Internet—the lowest rate among all ITU r
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State of digital development and trends in the CIS region: Challenges and opportunities
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 47 pp.
"This publication offers a comprehensive overview of digital development in the CIS region. The data reveal a region where nine in ten people are online—well above the global average—and where mobile broadband networks now cover virtually the entire population. These are important milestones. At
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Technical study on telecommunication and ICT infrastructure data, costs and analysis in Nigeria
Geneva: ITU (2025), ix, 72 pp.
"This study analyses the costs of connecting to the Internet and providing Internet services in Nigeria for fibre-optic network connectivity, microwave links, mobile broadband cellular links, and cellular communications. The analysis has focused on the capital expenditure (capex) of telecommunicatio
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Measuring Digital Development. Facts and Figures: Focus on Landlocked Developing States
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 33 pp.
"Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face unique development challenges. Higher transportation costs, trade barriers, and limited connectivity impede economic integration. LLDCs rely on neighbouring countries for access to trade routes, resulting in delays and higher costs. These countries also
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Digital Infrastructure Investment Initiative: Closing the digital infrastructure investment gap by 2030
Geneva: ITU (2025), vi, 37 pp.
"This white paper summarizes the outcomes of the initial phase of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Initiative (DIII), launched in 2024 by the ITU in collaboration with the International and Regional Development Finance community, and in coordination with the G20 Brazil Presidency. The initiativ
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The revised SADC toolkit on universal access funding and universal service fund implementation 2024
Geneva: ITU (2025), xi, 76 pp.
"In 2011, working with the Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA),1 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in cooperation with the European Commission (EC) published a toolkit on universal access funding and universal service implementation to provide guidance o
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Ericsson Mobility Report
Ericsson (2025), 31 pp.
"We are at an inflection point, where 5G and the ecosystem are set to unleash a wave of innovation. In this Ericsson Mobility Report, we explore how an ecosystem partner is leveraging 5G, network slicing and dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) that will take live broadcasting to a new level, by ensurin
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State of digital development and trends in the Arab States region: Challenges and opportunities
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 53 pp.
"This report offers a comprehensive snapshot of the region’s digital landscape, highlighting both remarkable progress and persisting challenges. Ninety-five per cent of the population in this region is covered by mobile broadband networks, and more than half of the countries have already achieved
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Measuring Digital Development: The ICT Development Index
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 36 pp.
"I am pleased to present the 2025 edition of the ICT Development Index (IDI). This is the third edition based on the revised methodology adopted by Member States in 2023. The current IDI is anchored in the concept of universal and meaningful connectivity (UMC), a term coined by ITU in 2021 that has
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State of digital development and trends in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and opportunities
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 53 pp.
"[...] While mobile broadband covers over 95 per cent of the population, disparities persist. High-income economies lead in 5G deployment and innovation, while lower-income countries face infrastructure, affordability, and digital literacy gaps. The urban-rural divide remains, and women and marginal
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