The ITU has formerly ratified LTE-Advanced as a 4G technology in a move that could pave the way for fast mobile broadband

To get links to flood-ravaged regions of Pakistan, the ITU has installed 100 satellite terminals

More and more people are utilising the Internet, with a third of the world's population expected to have some form of Internet access by the end of this year

The European Commission has adopted several new measures in a bid to fulfil its goal of giving every European access to broadband by 2013

The International Telecommunication Union says that broadband is a basic civil right, and half the world should have access by 2015

In the developing world, the price of broadband is holding back economic development, warns the head of the ITU

Around 945 victims have been given access to mobile and satellite calls to connect with friends and families abroad

The ITU has stepped up demands for nations to extend broadband networks and deliver a "global information society"

A new survey for the BBC World Service finds that four in five people consider Internet access to be a fundamental human right

Investment in next-generation networks and other IT infrastructure will have benefits for the whole economy, according to a UN report