DoT releases revised guidelines for TDIP scheme to boost India's global telecom tech prowessCommunications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched revised guidelines for the Technology Development and Investment Promotion (TDIP) Sch...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
India's tech infra as public good can be emulated for AI across Global South, says ITU officialIndia's technological infrastructure like Aadhaar and UPI can guide AI adoption in the Global South. The UN's ITU highlights India's succes...
24 Feb, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
UN report urges stronger measures to detect AI-driven deepfakesLeonard Rosenthol of Adobe, a digital editing software leader that has been addressing deepfakes since 2019, underscored the importance of ...
11 Jul, 2025, 07.01 PM IST
DoT, telcos officials get training on standards process ahead of global telecom meet in IndiaThe workshop by the National Institute of Communication Finance (NICF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretariat conc...
28 Feb, 2024, 10.34 PM IST
India 6G vision gets global play with acceptance by ITU Study GroupIn the previous meeting of Study group Indian delegation succeeded in the inclusion of 6G ubiquitous connectivity into the IMT2030 framewor...
27 Sep, 2023, 08.54 PM IST
Why is the ITU significant? What is it?The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which has been called the most significant United Nations organization.
22 Sep, 2022, 12.54 AM IST
India may see indigenously developed 5G technology in roll outs: MoS Devusinh Chauhan"Our engineers have developed a set of 5G standards which will facilitate the spread of 5G networks in rural areas…these standards have bee...
08 Aug, 2022, 01.54 PM IST
UN telecom body ITU to open area office for South Asia in New DelhiIndia was a founding member of ITU when it was formed more than one-and-a-half century ago in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union but...
04 Mar, 2022, 12.36 AM IST
India telecom standards body submits 6G vision doc to ITUIndia’s local telecom standards agency has adopted “a two-pronged strategy for its 6G journey” that involves steering research to serve the...
23 Jun, 2021, 08.33 PM IST
ITU completes evaluation of 3 new 5G-related technologies, including submission by TSDSIThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialised body for information and communication technologies or IC...
29 Nov, 2020, 04.34 PM IST
Telecom standards body, COAI spar over update of 5G normsCOAI has blamed the Telecommunications Standards Development Society for pushing modifications which don’t add much value to the already ap...
18 Feb, 2019, 08.34 AM IST
India re-elected as member of ITU council till 2022India secured 165 votes and ranked third among the 13 countries elected to the council from the Asia-Australasia region, and eighth among t...
06 Nov, 2018, 07.30 PM IST
Manoj Sinha meets ITU General Secretary, supports international telecom union opening an India officeManoj Sinha is heading a delegation for the meeting of the World Summit on Information Society Forum-2017 (WSIS) being held at Geneva.
18 Jun, 2017, 12.58 PM IST
European Parliament okays ITU-UCS standard for universal charging of mobilesThe decision would be a good news for the environment as the limiting of device duplication specifically is expected to go a long way in so...
17 Oct, 2013, 06.28 PM IST
- ITU asks countries to set up global child helpline
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has asked all countries to establish a common, easy-to-memorise, toll-free telephone number...
19 Jun, 2008, 11.55 AM IST
- IPTV gets global standards
The United Nations Agency for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has announced the first set of global standards for providing ...
19 Dec, 2007, 03.57 PM IST
- Global forum seeks govt help to push WiMax as 3G norms
The global WiMax Forum has sought the Indian government’s support in its endeavour towards getting the International Telecommunication Unio...
23 May, 2007, 12.26 AM IST