The revision of the world's telecoms rules has been a "success", according to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, despite the fact that countries such as the US and UK have refused ...

Internet freedom will not be curbed or controlled, the head of the UN telecommunications body, Hamadoun Toure, said as a meeting to review the 24-year-old telecom regulations kicked off Monday. Such ...

This urbane polyglot champion of the digital revolution in Africa is not an obvious insurgent politician, but Hamadoun Touré insists it is time to retire Mali’s political class. In its place, he wants ...

Sooner or later, the next world war could occur in cyberspace. Or, has the global cyberwar already commenced? Speaking at the International Telecommunications Union's Telecom World 2009 in Geneva, ITU ...

SINGAPORE--Broadband connectivity is an essential piece of infrastructure to bring countries into the next decade of development, a top official with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ...

Public policy formulation in all domains, including the Internet, is the sovereign right of member states, said ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure on Wednesday, suggesting that a debate over control ...

ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Toure yesterday announced a two-year program to curb cybercrime. A global concerted response is needed to ensure there are no safe havens for cybercriminals, said ...

The chief of the U.N.'s telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies access to customer data, saying that governments all over the ...

The International Telecommunication Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) agreed to collaborate on interconnecting all African capitals and major cities with ICT broadband infrastructure and ...

Smart phones are causing heavy congestion on the world's mobile networks and governments need to act quickly to support wireless broadband growth, the head of the International Telecommunications ...