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India inks pact with International Telecommunication Union

Friday, 04 Mar 2022
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Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Communications and H.E. Houlin Zhao, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) inked the Host Country Agreement (HCA) for the establishment of an Area Office & Innovation Centre of ITU in New Delhi.

The International Telecommunication Union is the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs. ITU currently has a membership of 193 countries and over 900 private-sector entities and academic institutions.

The Area Office and Innovation Centre of ITU at New Delhi is expected to serve South Asian countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India. The Host Country Agreement provides the legal and financial framework for establishment and operations of the area office.

The area office shall also have an innovation centre, which is expected to give impetus to research and development in telecommunication technologies in South Asia. The innovation centre will provide opportunities to academics, start-ups and SMEs to showcase their innovation at a global stage.  

With signing of the Host Country Agreement, the Area Office and the Innovation Centre is expected to be operational by mid-2022.

The agreement was signed in a virtual ceremony during the World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly-20 (WTSA-20) being held in Geneva, Switzerland.  

WTSA is a four-yearly global conference of ITU dedicated to standardisation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). India has proposed to host the next WTSA to be held in 2024.

The 5Gi standards developed within India have now been recognised by ITU as one of the three technologies for 5G.
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