World information society report 2007 : beyond WSIS ITU/UNCTAD [print edition] /

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World information society report 2007 : beyond WSIS ITU/UNCTAD [print edition] /

English

2nd ed.

Geneva : International Telecommunication Union, 2007

207 p. : ill; 29 cm.

The second edition of the World Information Society Report: Beyond WSIS, published by ITU and UNCTAD, looks beyond WSIS to the creation of an inclusive, people-centred and development-oriented Information Society, open to all. The opening chapter looks at the challenges of measuring the ICT sector while chapter two examines progress in bridging the digital divide. Chapter three focuses on emerging trends in the information society worldwide and chapter four looks at national ICT strategies. Chapter five considers the threats to cybersecurity, while chapter six provides an update on WSIS implementation and presents a number of ICT success stories across the world. The report is accompanied by a series of tables providing the latest statistics on the development of ICTs worldwide.

Most of the data contained in this report is taken from the ITU World Telecommunicatin Indicators Database maintained by the ITU
The main text of the report, the executive summary and Data tables 1-3 are available, free of charge, online ate www.itu.int/wisr and at www.unctad.org/wisr. Printed copies, including detailed statistical annex (data tables 4-12), are available for purchase from the ITU Publication Sales Office at www.itu.int/pubications .

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