Organization:Caribbean Telecommunications Union

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Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
Caribbean Telecommunications Union Logo.jpg
AbbreviationCTU
Formation1989
HeadquartersTrinidad and Tobago
Secretary General
Rodney Taylor
Websitewww.ctu.int

The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is an intergovernmental organization established by CARICOM in 1989, to facilitate development of the telecommunications sector in the Caribbean.[1]

Governance

Secretary-Generals

Name Years
Deoraj Ramnarine 1990 - 1994[2]
Roderick Sanatan 1994 - 1999[2]
Laurent Justinian Coipel 2000 - 2002[2]
Bernadette Lewis 2003 - 2020[2]
Rodney Taylor 2021–Present[2]

Regional Initiatives

Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)

In 2005, the CTU and the CARICOM Secretariat initiated the CIGF as a regional, multi-stakeholder, annual forum. As part of the 18th CIGF in 2022, the CTU hosted the inaugural Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum (SIDS IGF) in Trinidad and Tobago.[3]

Other initiatives

  • Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP)
  • Caribbean Spectrum Planning and Management Project
  • Caribbean Centre of Excellence
  • Caribbean ICT Roadshow
  • ICT for Persons with Disabilities
  • Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG)

Member States

  • Anguilla Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
  • The Bahamas The Bahamas
  • Barbados Barbados
  • Belize Belize
  • British Virgin Islands The British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
  • Cuba Cuba
  • Dominica Dominica
  • Grenada Grenada
  • Guyana Guyana
  • Jamaica Jamaica
  • Montserrat Montserrat
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia St. Lucia
  • Sint Maarten St. Maarten
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands


Between September and October 2022, 13 of the CTU member states participated in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania.[4]

See also

  • African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
  • Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
  • Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
  • Caribbean Postal Union (CPU)
  • European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
  • Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)
  • Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

References

  1. ↑ "Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)" (in en-US). https://caricom.org/institutions/caribbean-telecommunications-union-ctu/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 CTU - Governance
  3. ↑ "Caribbean to host Internet Governance Forum" (in en-US). 2022-07-24. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/caribbean-to-host-internet-governance-forum/. 
  4. ↑ "SKNVibes | High-Level Caribbean Delegation Advance Region’s ICT agenda at ITU meeting in Romania". https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/120021. 

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