Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)

Abbreviation| CTU
Formation| 1989
Headquarters| Trinidad and Tobago

Secretary General

| Rodney Taylor
Website| www.ctu.int

The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is an intergovernmental organization established by CARICOM in 1989, to facilitate development of the telecommunications sector in the Caribbean.[1]

## Governance

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### Secretaries-general

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Name  | Years

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Deoraj Ramnarine  | 1990–1994[2]
Roderick Sanatan  | 1994–1999[2]
Laurent Justinian Coipel  | 2000–2002[2]
Bernadette Lewis  | 2003–2020[2]
Rodney Taylor  | 2021–present[2]

## Regional initiatives

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### Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)

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In 2005, the CTU and the CARICOM Secretariat initiated the CIGF as a regional, multi-stakeholder, annual forum. As part of the 18th CIGF in 2022, the CTU hosted the inaugural Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum (SIDS IGF) in Trinidad and Tobago.[3]

### Other initiatives

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* Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP)
* Caribbean Spectrum Planning and Management Project
* Caribbean Centre of Excellence
* Caribbean ICT Roadshow
* ICT for Persons with Disabilities
* Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG)

## Member states

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* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* The Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* The British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Montserrat
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia
* St. Maarten
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* The Turks and Caicos Islands

Between September and October 2022, 13 of the CTU member states participated in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania.[4]

## See also

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* African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
* Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
* Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
* Caribbean Postal Union (CPU)
* European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
* Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)
* Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

## References

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1. ^ "Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)". CARICOM. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
2. ^ a b c d e CTU - Governance
3. ^ "Caribbean to host Internet Governance Forum". Jamaica Observer. 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
4. ^ "SKNVibes | High-Level Caribbean Delegation Advance Region's ICT agenda at ITU meeting in Romania". www.sknvibes.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.

## External links

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* Official website