ITU launches G5 benchmark to boost international co-operation

GENEVA – With information and communication technology (ICT) is becoming more prevalent, embedded in many sectors and systems beyond the ICT sector itself, the International Telecommunication Union today announced it has launched the 2020 Global ICT Regulatory Outlook. This outlook includes something called the Benchmark of Fifth Generation Collaborative Regulation, meant to be “a new tool for policy-makers and regulators to leverage digital transformation for all through stronger collaboration across sectors,” reads the press release. “Collaboration across sectors proves increasingly successful in piloting regulators and policy-makers towards broad and inclusive digital transformation," said Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General, in the release....