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ITU celebrates 150th anniversary in 2015

Secretary-General announces partners at Plenipotentiary Conference

Busan, 21 October 2014 – The year 2015 marks a major milestone in the history of the International Telecommunication Union. ITU’s 150th Anniversary celebration will be an opportunity for ITU and its Members to honour the past as well as launch activities for the future. ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun I. Touré announced partners at ITU’s 150th Anniversary Launch Event during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, Republic of Korea. He also invited others to support this important celebration.

The 150th Anniversary celebrations will begin on 1 January 2015 launching a year-long series of activities.

The following confirmed partners were announced for ITU’s 150th Anniversary:

Gold partners: Ministry of Communications and High Technologies from Republic of Azerbaijan, Communications and Information Technology Commission from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) from United Arab Emirates

Silver partners:  Ministry of Communications from Ghana and Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) from Republic of Zimbabwe.

Bronze partners: Inmarsat Global Limited; Close Joint-Stock Company National Radio Technical Bureau; OJSC Rostelecom; Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG; Telecommunications Regulatory Agency from Central African Republic and NTT Group.

For more information, please see www.itu150.org or contact:

Sanjay Acharya
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information, ITU
tel +41 22 730 5046
tel +41 79 249 4861
tel sanjay.acharya@itu.int
 

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