Caribbean Telecommunications Union
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| Abbreviation | CTU |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Trinidad and Tobago |
Secretary General | Rodney Taylor |
President | Hassell Bacchus |
| Website | www |
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][2]
Governance
[edit | edit source]Secretaries-general
[edit | edit source]| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| Deoraj Ramnarine | 1990–1994[3] |
| Roderick Sanatan | 1994–1999[3] |
| Laurent Justinian Coipel | 2000–2002[3] |
| Bernadette Lewis | 2003–2020[3] |
| Rodney Taylor | 2021–present[3] |
Regional initiatives
[edit | edit source]Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)
[edit | edit source]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.[4]
Other initiatives
[edit | edit source]- 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
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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.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]- 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
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