Tech sector regulators are carving out a new role as facilitators and enablers to address the new realities of our digital world. Multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration are critical to balance competing needs to boost innovation and infrastructure deployment whilst protecting consumers, regulating data usage and creating a level playing field, explained expert moderator Sofie Maddens, Head of Regulatory and Market …
Setting the tone for this final ITU Digital World 2021 Ministerial Roundtable, Chaesub Lee, Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, called for united efforts to collaborate and cooperate across sectors, nations and regions to advance together on digital transformation for all. “Digitalizing daily life has become an absolute necessity,” he said. “Our experience of the COVID-19 pandemic is a powerful …
From cloud storage or crypto services to cybersecurity and fintech applications, the ITU Digital World 2021 Virtual Exhibition demonstrates the types of solutions helping drive digital transformation globally. Over 120 companies from SMEs to major corporates, from Viet Nam, the ASEAN region and around the world, are showcasing tech innovations, products, services and applications in virtual booths. Explore Viettel’s digital …
In the first Ministerial Roundtable addressing the role of government services and content in driving digital transformation, moderated with refreshing energy by ITU’s Nur Sulyna Abdullah, discussions focused on maintaining the momentum of digital adoption in the post COVID-19 era, the importance of national strategies uniting all areas of government – and the urgent need to extend access, skills and …
National Pavilions on show at ITU Digital World 2021 National pavilions at the ITU Digital World 2021 Virtual Exhibition highlight the technologies and strategies powering the digital economies and driving digital transformation in Viet Nam, Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Laos, through dynamic 3D multimedia experiences. Focussing on resilient digital Viet Nam, the impressive Viet Nam pavilion …
What is digital transformation? asked ITU’s Mario Maniewicz, Director, Radiocommunication Bureau, in opening this session on how governments can boost digital infrastructure. Some say it is a cultural change, others the fourth industrial revolution or the digitalization of products and services. It increases productivity and efficiency, automates operations and processes and makes businesses and governments more efficiently organized, he explained. …
Opening the first of two ministerial sessions focused on the need to drive investment in digital infrastructure and the role that governments can play in stimulating investment to accelerate digital transformation, moderator Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, reminded participants that, “This event comes at a time when digital networks and services have never been so vital to our …
Opening the first Ministerial Roundtable session at ITU Digital World 2021, moderator and ITU Deputy Secretary-General Malcolm Johnson urged panelists from government and the private sector to explore ways in which digital access can be made more affordable, including government subsidies, incentives, networking sharing, regulatory reform and new spectrum policies. International standards developed by ITU and other standardization bodies enable …
Live streamed from Ha Noi, Viet Nam, the vibrant Opening Ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of ITU Telecom events, the launch of the ITU Digital World 2021 Ministerial Roundtables and the opening of the Virtual Exhibition, demonstrated Viet Nam’s commitment to digital transformation in dazzling style. Calling for the global ICT community to work together to accelerate the pace of …
