The overall economic impact of e-waste management in 2022 was a loss equivalent to USD 37 billion. The main costs consist of USD 78 billion in externalized costs to the population and the environment, stemming from lead and mercury emissions, plastic leakages, and contributions to global warming, particularly in cases where hazardous substances are not properly managed.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.

ITU’s Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 offers a snapshot of the most important ICT indicators, including estimates for the current year. This year’s edition shows that Internet use continues to grow, but universality remains elusive, especially in …

Suggested further reading: WRC-23 and WRC-31 preliminary agenda These address a range of issues, currently ranging from broadband and mobile applications, transition to digital television and allocation of the digital dividend, WRC preparations, efficient use of the spectrum/orbit resources, emerging spectrum management techniques, like …

The agreement is described in detail in Attachment 2.12 to Chapter 2 of Document 5D/1361 (Meeting report WP 5D #41) and describes the process and shows the anticipated deliverables for the development of IMT towards 2030 and beyond. It has been agreed that the well-known process and deliverable formats utilized for IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced, and IMT-2020 should be utilized also for IMT towards ...

In this context, and in line with instructs 8 to the BDT Director, the Secretariat prepared a Zero draft docu ment , which describes a possible framework and structure for the IDI, to inform, facilitate and expedite the process.This document was posted on a discussion forum dedicated to the new IDI (IDI Forum), where members of the Expert …

ITU estimates that approximately 5.5 billion people – or 68 per cent of the world’s population – are using the Internet in 2024. This represents an increase from only 53 per cent in 2019, with 1.3 billion people estimated to have come online during that period.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can help accelerate progress towards every single one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ITU contributes to all SDGs (see below) but especially to SDG 9, helping to …

Study Group 21 13-24 January, Geneva: SG21 (Multimedia, content delivery & cable TV) and workshop on the future of video coding, 17 January.More

ITU Focal Points are the main recipients of official ITU communications, including but not limited to Circular Letters and Invitations. They are the main point of contact with the ITU: they are responsible for communicating all relevant official changes regarding their organization to the ITU so that records can be kept up-to-date.