The International Telecommunication Union, through its Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), organizes a World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) in the period between two Plenipotentiary Conferences to consider topics, projects and programmes relevant to telecommunication development.
WTDCs set the strategies and objectives for the development of telecommunication/ICT, providing future direction and guidance to the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D).
The ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference WTDC-21 will be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia.
The conference will take place in Addis Ababa from 8-19 November 2021.
Telecommunication Development Conferences - ITU History Portal