International Telecommunications Union
20 Nov
International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the United Nations arm in charge of global communications, is preparing for the development of next generation of technology, the 6G, by 2030. ITU, of which Nigeria is a member, rose from its Radiocommunication Assembly 2023 (RA-23) concluded at the weekend in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and charted a future direction…
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An estimated 5.3 billion people, or 66 per cent of the world’s population now use the Internet. This represents a growth rate of 6.1 per cent over 2021, up from 5.1 per cent for 2020-2021, but pales in comparison with the 11 per cent for 2019-2020 seen at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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