Innovation in telecommunications key to recovery from economic crisis – UN report

“Despite difficult times, there are reasons to be optimistic,” said Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) at the launch of his agency’s report yesterday.

Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Mr. Touré added that innovation is the key to recovery, stressing that “having contributed consistently as a high-growth sector in its own right, ICTs can now power economic recovery across all sectors.

“Along with stimulus packages put together by Governments, the ICT industry must continue to invest in infrastructure and the roll out of cost-effective services, such as next-generation networks (NGNs).”

Innovation in telecommunications key to recovery from economic crisis – UN report