The ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) - formerly the World Telecommunication Indicators Meeting (WTIM) - is the main global forum for telecommunication and information society measurements. Since 1996, the WTIS convenes government ministers, business leaders, regulators, national statisticians, top academics, and ICT data producers and analysts, from all parts of the globe, to discuss issues related to information society trends and their measurement. The adopted outcomes of discussions at the WTIS provide strategic guidance to the international community, including ITU, on future work priorities related to international harmonization of information society measurements. WTIS is open to all ITU members as well as to experts in the subject of information society measurement. The Symposium is usually attended by around 500 participants from more than 100 countries working on ICT statistics in relevant Ministries, regulatory agencies, telecommunication operators, technology companies, and national statistical offices.
The fifth World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (WTI) Meeting took place in Geneva from 11 to 13 October 2006. The focus of WTIM06 was the discussion of definitions and indicators in view of the rapid changes that were taking place in the telecommunication/ICT sector - in particular, the impressive growth and changes in the mobile sector. As a result of these changes, there was a need to adapt the indicators to measure the telecommunication/ICT sector accordingly.
The main theme of the meeting was “Towards Harmonization of Indicators” with its specific thrust being to debate and discuss definitions of the ICT indicators as collected by the Market Economics and Finance (MEF) Unit. This theme was chosen so as to keep in mind the evolving changes in the telecommunication sector as well as to respond to market driven needs to capture trends in usage and access to ICT services.
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