Egypt participates in 2018 ITU session in Geneva

CAIRO - 17 April 2018: The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Egypt is taking part in the 2018 Session of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), that is due to kick off Tuesday and run until April 27 at the ITU headquarters in Geneva.

The Ministry of Communications said in a released statement that today's meeting was preceded by meetings of the council's Expert Group on the International Telecommunication Regulations (EG-ITRs) and Working Groups for Strategic and Financial Plans (CWG-SFP) that were held on April 12-13.

Egypt will represent the African group to the council meetings, upon a request by the African Union (AU).

During the meetings, the final report submitted by the Expert Group on the International Telecommunication Regulations will be reviewed, a report that will be also presented to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference that is scheduled to be held in October, November in Dubai.

The ITU will assign the Plenipotentiary Conference and the Management Council to take needed decisions determining the orientation of the union and its activities.