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World Telecom Day 2021

World Telecommunication & Information Society Day 2021

Published on: May 17, 2021
Every year May 17 is observed as "World Telecommunication & Information Society Day”, and commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865.
WTISD is celebrated annually to highlight the use of communication and positive exchanges through technology.

The theme for World Telecommunication & Information Society Day 2021 is: "Accelerating Digital Transformation in challenging times".

The COVID 19 pandemic highlighted the critical role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for continued functioning of societies but has also brought to the fore the startling digital inequalities between and within countries. The global situation that we find ourselves in truly highlighted the urgency of accelerating digital transformation and advancing the goals and targets of the Connect 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind.

More information regarding WTISD 2021 to be found on the website of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU): https://www.itu.int/en/wtisd/2021/Pages/default.aspx