The purpose of World #Telecommunication and Information Society Day (#WTISD) is to help raise #aw…

The purpose of World #Telecommunication and Information Society Day (#WTISD) is to help raise #awareness of the #possibilities that the use of the #Internet and other #information and #communication #technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the #digital divide.

#WorldTelecommunicationDay:-

World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17 May since 1969, marking the founding of #ITU and the signing of the first International #TelegraphConvention in 1865. It was instituted by the Plenipotentiary Conference in Malaga-Torremolinos in 1973 as Resolution 46.

#WorldInformationSociety! Day:-

In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the #UN #GeneralAssembly to declare 17 May as World Information Society Day to focus on the importance of ICT and the wide range of issues related to the Information Society raised by WSIS. The General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/60/252) in March 2006 stipulating that World Information Society Day shall be celebrated every year on 17 May.

#WorldTelecommunicationAnd InformationSocietyDay:-

In November 2006, the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in #Antalya, #Turkey, decided to celebrate both events on 17 May as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.