World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is being celebrated on 17 May each year since 1969. On this day the International Telecommunication Union or ITU was founded and the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865, was signed.
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The theme of World Telecommunication Day 2021 is- Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times.
The main purpose of celebrating World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is to help in raising awareness in generating possibilities of using the internet, other information and communication technologies (ICT), bring them to societies and economies and create a way to bridge the digital divide.
The Day commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 17 May, 1865.
On 17 May, 1969 first time World Telecommunication Day was celebrated annually, marking the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. It was instituted by the Plenipotentiary Conference in Malaga-Torremolinos in 1973.
