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 7th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (WTI) Meeting took place in Cairo, Egypt, from 3-5 March 2009. The Meeting was organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and hosted by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Government of Egypt.
The meeting addressed the following topics, among others:
- ICT household statistics (including a presentation of the ITU Household Manual)
- Revisions and additions to indicators included in the ITU Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Handbook
- Benchmarking information society developments (including a presentation of the ITU ICT Development Index)
- International data collection and dissemination
- Measuring the impact of telecommunication development on the creation of employment
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