The Minister of Communications, Mr Radhakrishna L. Padayachie (Roy) will lead a South African ICT delegation to the ITU World Telecom taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from 24 to 27 October 2011.
ITU Telecom was born in 1971, following the decision taken by the Executive Council of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with its objective to hold and exhibition of telecommunication equipment in promoting the benefits of telecommunications and demonstrating recent technological advances, as a service to the ITU’s Membership.
In 2010, at the 18th ITU Plenipotentiary Conference held in Guadalajara, Mexico; the Department acquired a seat in the Administrative Council of the Union. South Africa was positioned in ensuring alignment between continental programmes and that of the ITU as well as ensuring infrastructure development in the continent.
The delegation will be attending various plenary sessions, business meetings, position white papers at the various meetings. As part of the departmental mandates, information and communications technology (ICT) policies and legislation have to be developed to create conditions for an accelerated and shared growth of the South African economy, also to fulfil South Africa’s continental and international responsibilities in the ICT field.
The department will also be hosting an exhibition stand showcasing the South African ICT companies such as Dark Fibre, Plessey, SITA, USAASA, ICASA and Grintek Ewation. The South African pavilion will be situated at Stand 4020 where South African products and services in ICT will be showcased.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: 24 to 27 October 2011
Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
Enquiries:
Busiswa Mlandu
Cell: 072 070 6896
E-mail: Busiswa@doc.gov.za
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