It actually merges two days with similar goals, World Telecommunication Day, first celebrated on May 17, 1969, and World Information Society Day, first celebrated on May 17, 2006.

Since 1969, this day has been celebrated as World Telecommunication Day annually. However, i n November 2005, the UN General Assembly was urged to declare May 17 as World Information Society Day.

On May 17, 2022, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated to raise awareness about the opportunities and possibilities that the internet and other Information and ...

Today, the world marks the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) under the theme: “Telecommunication and ICT: Drivers of innovation”. WTISD is a day set aside to help ...

Since then, the day came to be known as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) after 2005. This year marks 50 Years of World Communication Day which was first celebrated in 1969.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day May 17, 2022, 9:43 AM IST Rohit Manglik in Voices , Tech , TOI Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email ...

As part of their commemoration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), Eutelsat Communications and MultiChoice Africa announce the return of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards for ...

The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was observed across the world on May 17 with the theme ‘enabling the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for all’.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated on 17 May annually. The theme for 2023 is 'Empowering the least developed countries through information and communication ...

World Information Society Day was an international day proclaimed to be on 17 May by a United Nations General Assembly resolution, following the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis.