St Helena Island to host Commonwealth Digital Economy Forum 2020
St Helena Government, Enterprise St Helena and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) are pleased to announce that St Helena will host the Commonwealth Digital Economy Forum 2020 between 23 and 27 March next year. St Helena Government joined the CTO…
CTO seeks International Organisations’ role to drive global digital economy
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) on Wednesday in London called on International and regional Organisations to work towards the seamless delivery of joint efforts that will deepen the global digital economy. CTO addressed well over twenty different international and regional…
Commonwealth plans 2019 Spectrum Management Forum in June
Plans are underway for the Commonwealth Spectrum Management Forum 2019 in June this year, as part of programmes to mark the next World Radio Communication Conference 2019. While registration for attendance has commenced, a statement from the Event manager for…
New CTO’s report on OTTs highlights innovation, tailored services
The findings of a study by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) show that majority of telecoms stakeholders recognize and appreciate the innovative nature of over-the-top services (OTTs) and do not want the services to be stifled as the segment offers…
NCC, industry stakeholders validate findings of CTO’s OTT study
As part of a stakeholder consultation session organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the 30 May, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) presented the findings of its study on over-the-top (OTT) services to the Nigerian ICT industry to provide…
Commonwealth opens entries for ICT Awards 2018 in 11 categories
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has opened calls for 2018 entries into the biennial Commonwealth ICT Awards. In a statement issued in London, the Organisation said the second biennial Commonwealth ICT Awards 2018 will take place in the evening of…
CTO urges Caribbean nations to fast track switch to digital broadcasting
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Shola Taylor, has warned Caribbean countries to step up their speed in driving transition to digital broadcasting. According to Taylor, the feat will enable them join the comity of nations in enjoying the…
Multistakeholdership key to national cybersecurity strategies—Shola Taylor
Just as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are about to forge a common front to fight electronic fraud driven by SIM swaps, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Shola Taylor,…
Even as 3G covered 85% globally, only half of the world is connected—Taylor, CTO boss
More discoveries made at the recent Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) ICT Forum’17 held in Maputo, Mozambique have emerged. A communiqué issued by participants’ and signed by the Secretary General of the CTO, Mr. Shola Taylor, showed that among the consensus…
Only investment in broadband can deepen growth in IoT, AI evolution—CTO
Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Mr. Shola Taylor, has warned of the risk of many countries missing out on the benefits of IoT, Big Data, AI and augmented reality innovation if they do not invest sufficiently in…
