世界節(jié)假日博覽 第159期:世界電信日

World Telecommunication Day (WTD) celebrates the advances we have made in how we communicate with each other. It is on May 17 each year because that is the day in 1865 when the International Telegraph Union (ITU) started. The ITU manages how the world shares and uses communications. It has successfully coordinated many important developments in our history. These include the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, the world's first satellite in 1957, and the Internet. The ITU has worked to improve telecommunications in the developing world, and to protect inpiduals and societies from cyber-crime. WTD raises our awareness of the importance of telecommunications in today's global village.

世界電信日慶祝我們與人交流所取得的進步。1865年5月17日國際電報聯盟成立，所以世界電信日定在每年的這一天舉辦。國際電報聯盟管理人們分享和使用通信的方式，歷史上，它曾多次妥善協調電信業(yè)上的重大發(fā)展事件。其中包括1876年亞歷山大·格雷厄姆·貝爾發(fā)明電話，1957年發(fā)射世界首顆衛(wèi)星和互聯網的到來。國際電報聯盟致力于改善發(fā)展中國家的通信狀況，保護個人及社會團體免受網絡犯罪的傷害。世界電信日提醒我們電信如今在地球村的重要性。


The ITU changed its name to the International Telecommunication Union when technology moved on from telegraphs. Its website says it is “the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services.“ It has 191 member countries and it is “committed to connecting the world“. Today the ITU manages many aspects of our lives. It helps make the rules for broadband Internet and the latest-generation wireless technologies; it helps airplanes and ships navigate the skies and seas; and it oversees the way scientists try to communicate with outer space and possible aliens.

當技術從電報發(fā)展起來后，國際電報聯盟更名為國際電信聯盟，它的網站宣稱國際電信聯盟是“聯合國的主要機構，負責處理信息和通訊技術問題及政府和私營部門在發(fā)展網絡和服務項目時的全球焦點問題。”國際電信聯盟共有191個成員國，致力于溝通世界?，F在，國際電信聯盟管理我們生活的許多方面。它幫助為寬帶網和最新一代的無線技術制定規(guī)則，它幫助飛機航行、輪船航海，它監(jiān)督科學家試圖與外太空和可能的外星人聯絡的交流方式。