It is with great pleasure that I present this special edition of Trends in Telecommunication Reform released on the occasion of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2014. Since the first edition appeared more than a decade ago,...

The Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is pleased to present this special edition of Trends in Telecommunication Reform, which spotlights the theme of “Fourth-Generation Regulation: Driving...

The information and communication technology (ICT) sector continues to experience remarkable changes. The ever-expanding digital world touches nearly all aspects of our modern lives. Today, access to online services is vital in order to find a job,...

Regulation, regulation, regulation. You cannot pick up a newspaper, turn on your TV, or review the Internet news without being aware that regulation is a key topic in the press. There are stories on regulation of the finance sector stemming from the...

The term TV White Spaces usually refers to unoccupied portions of spectrum in the VHF/UHF terrestrial television broadcasting frequency bands. In some countries, trials and tests are under way to improve the utilization of this highly valued spectrum...

As the “Dotcom (“.com”) Bubble” burst in the early 2000s, incumbent telecommunication operators sought to improve their market positions by developing what came to be known as next-generation networks (NGNs). These were (and are) packet-switched...

Convergence in the telecommunication environment has been discussed for more than 20 years; it is now very real. While there is no universal definition of convergence, it is generally understood to mean the use of different platforms or networks to...

Virtually everyone predicts that the mobile payments industry is on the verge of rapid growth around the world, and it is easy to find compelling reasons to agree. The number of service launches is accelerating, the breadth and sophistication of the...

To borrow from an old saying, the global information and communications universe we live in daily is not your grandfather’s telecommunication sector. Indeed, the profusion of media, applications, devices, capabilities – and yes, challenges – that has...