Organisers of the eWorld Forum annual
event, the Ajomedia Limited has once again adopted the World Telecom and
Information Society Day (WTISD) theme which is ‘Broadband for Sustainable
Development’ for the 2014 session billed for Lagos on May 17, reports DigitalSENSE Business News.
The World Telecommunication Day has
been held worldwide by industry stakeholders and the public to commemorate the
founding of the International Telecommunication Union in 17 May 1865. Nigeria
had joined other nations in the since 1980s to celebrate the day.
Chief Executive of Ajomedia and publisher
of eWorld Magazine, Aaron Ukodie told DigitalSENSE Business News that eWorld
collaborated with the Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC) and the
National Information Technology Development Agency ( NITDA) to hold the 2013
edition which theme was ‘ICTs and
Improving Road Safety.’
He also said in a press statement
made available to DigitalSENSE
Business News that the eWorld Forum keys into the current focus of the
federal government and its agencies, the National Broadband Council in their
bid to create awareness on the benefits of broadband to the economy and to
Nigerians.
Ukodie said eWorld Forums have been
at the forefront in pushing for the adoption of a national strategy for driving
broadband development and adoption since 2009 when it began its eWorld Forums,
tagged then as eWorld Broadband Forum.
He noted that it was at the 2009 and 2010 editions that Professor
Raymond Akwule first mooted the idea of a national broadband strategy, which
has now gained currency.
“We at eWorld agree
with the ITU that digital development is a transformative tool to fast-track sustainable development.
In order to realize its full potential it is essential to roll-out high-speed
broadband networks, making it affordable and universally accessible,” he asserted.
According
to him, the eWorld Forum and the WTISD would focus attention on multi-stakeholder commitment to
achieve universal access to broadband connectivity and content and foster
political will on achieving this objective and identify key gaps in broadband
research and development, infrastructure, and packaged development of
applications and services.
The forum, he anticipated, would be used to define policy priorities for action in the areas of allocating radio frequency spectrum for broadband, universal access obligations and innovative financing mechanisms; and lead to technological solutions, particularly in the extension of broadband access into rural areas, least developed countries and small island developing states.
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