What is the ITU?
The ITU is an intergovernmental organization, which is established by Member States – Parties to the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union. The membership is composed of Member States and Sector Members, whose rights and obligations are well defined in the Constitution and the Convention of the ITU. The Constitution and the Convention of the ITU are contained in the publication “Collection of the basic texts of the ITU adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference”, a commercial publication which is available from the ITU Sales and Marketing service (sales@itu.int).
The ITU is the International Telecommunications Union, the world’s oldest international treaty organization, established in 1865 to set international standards for telecommunications in order to ensure worldwide interoperability. ITU members include almost every government in the world and many hundreds of commercial telecommunication operators and equipment manufacturers from around the globe. Today the ITU is part of the United Nations. The ITU Web site is http://www.itu.int.
