Talk:International Telecommunication Union

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I am very much confused about the new numbering system in ETHIOPIA we are forced to use the city code while we are in the same area du you think it is right?

sure.

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[edit] Disambiguation page move

See Talk:ITU (disambiguation). --Usgnus 18:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Digital Opportunity Index

As far as I know, the Digital Opportunity Index is NOT a standard - it's not published as an ITU Recommendation, which is what the ITU does when it publishes what the rest of the world calls "standard". The reference I've found on the ITU website is to a study paper by invited experts that the ITU provided as input to a meeting in Korea - [1]. So I'm moving it out of the "standards" section again. --Alvestrand 07:38, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oldest International Organization?

I find this claim very unlikely at best, regardless of what they say, unless they have a strangely narrow definition of "international organization". How about the Catholic Church? Or the International Committee of the Red Cross, which was founded two years earlier?

I am removing the claim. If anyone wants to put a much more qualified statement (oldest international telecom organization?), feel free. mkehrt 02:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


The ITU is the oldest organization in the UN family. It is not the oldest telecommunication union, there have been predecessors of the International Telegraph Union (as the ITU was called in 1865): The start of international action to regulate and develop communication can be traced back to 1849, date at which a first treaty was signed between Prussia and Austria, designed to link the telegraph systems of the two states and providing for a telegraph line running along a then existing railroad. Two Telegraph Unions were direct predecessors of the ITU : the Austro-German Telegraph Union, created in 1850, and the Western European Telegraph Union, created in 1855. Kristine.clara 17:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] translations

Why is the Spanish translation given? Does the ITU have any special relation to any Spanish-speaking countries? Lfh 19:36, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History?

Given how early this organization was formed I am curious about its history, a short paragraph or two would I think be appropriate and useful.

[edit] Directors and Secretaries-general of ITU

Anyone dislike the bright blue color or am I alone? AQ 01:35, 12 June 2008 (UTC)