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How has the #Coronavirus #COVID-19 crisis affected the telecommunications and information and communications technology industry? How has it been coping with falls in handset sales, disrupted distribution channels, cable operators revenues severely affected by cancellation of televised sporting events, are companies halting their investments or ploughing ahead regardless? Listen to this latest ITU "snapshot" podcast and find out...

Written and presented by Phillippa Biggs, ITU.

At a recently held session of the ITU Economic Experts Roundtable, experts discussed the importance of having access to quality connectivity in offsetting the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in promoting overall digital inclusion. The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the existing long-term trends in the telecom industry, such as increased screen time, remote work and learning, dependency on the public cloud providers and digital finance. The role of digital technologies in recovery from COVID-19 is important, for example, in health responses and automated analysis. However, some experts warned that digital technologies are not a panacea for all the problems. The long-term challenge remains to fight extreme digital inequalities by making health information and online opportunities available to all. Long-term challenges persist in how to fund the networks, roll them out and make them secure and reliable.

Telecommunications and ICT infrastructure and connectivity is vital now more than ever for the sake of not only all our health but also the health of our economies and our future. Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their opinions and their perspectives, in this latest episode of our new podcast series.

This podcast is the sixth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.

Any views and opinions expressed by interviewees in this series are expressed independently and are not linked to ITU.

COVID-19 has made the world a more challenging place than ever for many of us, but have all the physical precautions we are taking made us forget about keeping connected online in a safe manner? Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their stories and their views, in this latest episode of our new podcast series.

This podcast is the fourth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.

Any views and opinions expressed by interviewees in this series are expressed independently and are not linked to ITU.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly a technology for good, helping to solve some of today’s major challenges like underlying heath issues, climate change and much more, but are there any ethical concerns we should be thinking about? Listen to our exclusive technological expert interviewees share their stories and their views, in this latest episode of our new podcast series.

This podcast is the fourth episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU podcast series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to like and subscribe to be the first to hear the next episode! Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.

Any views and opinions expressed by interviewees in this series are expressed independently and are not linked to ITU.

Technology can level the playing field for individuals and communities marginalised by their gender, physical disability or rural location. Our exclusive technological expert interviewees share with us how connectivity and telecommunications are more important now than ever before.

This podcast is the third episode of “Technology for Good”- an ITU series that focuses on how technology is helping to shape the world around us. Listen now...and don't forget to subscribe to hear the next episode in our brand new series!