The 2024 edition of the World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS-24) emphasised the need for quality and timely data for effective decision making to achieve universal and meaningful connectivity (UMC).
The Symposium, organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), brought together over 250 participants from 83 Member States, international experts, policymakers, business leaders, regulators, statisticians and researchers to discuss emerging trends, challenges, and collaborative solutions to improve the measurement of UMC – the possibility to enjoy a safe, satisfying, enriching, and productive online experience at an affordable cost.
“Unless we measure our progress toward universal and meaningful connectivity, that progress will be hard to track. We must invest in producing high-quality data which generates insights that enable more informed decision-making," said Dr. Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director of ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau. “It is of high priority that we focus on bridging data gaps," he added.
