“Ensuring that digital transformation benefits everyone, everywhere is a defining challenge of the twenty-first century,” said Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General. “ITU’s Global Symposium for Regulators plays an important role in this process. It supports regulators to identify policies that create strong enabling environments where ICTs can be leveraged for the maximum benefit of all – and attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
- Foster the potential of emerging technologies for digital transformation
- Promote business and investment models to support digital transformation
- Enable policy and regulatory approaches for continued innovation and progress
“The Best Practice Guidelines document is the the golden nugget that regulators from all regions shape together every year, and through which are established international benchmarks,” said Mr Grindeanu. “The newly adopted guidelines will allow us to respond to the changing landscape, to address the continuing need for secure and reliable ICT infrastructure and affordable access to and delivery of digital services – as well as to protect consumers and maintain trust in ICTs.”
“We live in an era of digital transformation that is fundamentally changing our economies and societies, and improving service delivery in many sectors,” said Brahima Sanou, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau. “The message that resonates from this GSR is that innovative policy and regulatory measures are needed to respond to the changing ICT landscape and to address the need for affordable and secure access and use of digital services. Regulators need to keep pace with advances in technology and address the new regulatory frontiers.”
