World Telecommunication Day

Health officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Saturday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 60 people in the besieged territory, which was also grappling with a telecommunications blackout on the war's 99th day.

Telecommunication services were cut across besieged Gaza Friday, as Israeli strikes killed dozens in southern cities where hundreds of thousands are struggling to survive hunger and cold on day 98 of the war between Israel and Hamas.

The theme for this year’s celebration is​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ - “Digital technologies for older persons and healthy ageing”.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2021: Every year World Telecommunication Day is marked on May 17. The theme of World Temecommunication Day this year is: Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times.

World Telecommunication Day and Information Society Day was formerly called World Telecommunications Day. In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare May 17 as World Information Society Day.

Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will block social media networks such as Facebook Inc. Viber and Whatsapp across the country for three days to prevent the spread of communal violence, officials said on Wednesday.

Cuban officials say they have held two days of talks with their US counterparts about telecommunications and the Internet.

Turkey's Dogan news agency and other media say a court has issued a temporary injunction ordering the telecommunications authority to restore access to Twitter, five days after the government blocked the social network.

April 3 is a special day in the world of telecommunications, as this is the day the first known mobile phone conversation took place.

Saudi Arabia warned Sunday of "suitable measures" if providers of Internet messenger applications such as WhatsApp fail to comply with its rules, days after the industry said authorities wanted to control such traffic.

Health officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Saturday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 60 people in the besieged territory, which was also grappling with a telecommunications blackout on the war's 99th day.

Telecommunication services were cut across besieged Gaza Friday, as Israeli strikes killed dozens in southern cities where hundreds of thousands are struggling to survive hunger and cold on day 98 of the war between Israel and Hamas.

The theme for this year’s celebration is​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ - “Digital technologies for older persons and healthy ageing”.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2021: Every year World Telecommunication Day is marked on May 17. The theme of World Temecommunication Day this year is: Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times.

World Telecommunication Day and Information Society Day was formerly called World Telecommunications Day. In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare May 17 as World Information Society Day.

Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will block social media networks such as Facebook Inc. Viber and Whatsapp across the country for three days to prevent the spread of communal violence, officials said on Wednesday.

Cuban officials say they have held two days of talks with their US counterparts about telecommunications and the Internet.

Turkey's Dogan news agency and other media say a court has issued a temporary injunction ordering the telecommunications authority to restore access to Twitter, five days after the government blocked the social network.

April 3 is a special day in the world of telecommunications, as this is the day the first known mobile phone conversation took place.

Saudi Arabia warned Sunday of "suitable measures" if providers of Internet messenger applications such as WhatsApp fail to comply with its rules, days after the industry said authorities wanted to control such traffic.