World Telecommunication & Information Society Day (WTISD 2015)
About the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union. World Telecommunication Day World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17 May since 1969 , 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. World Information Society Day In November 2005 , the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare 17 May as World Information Society Day to foc...