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(jìn)步。1865年5月17日國(guó)際電報(bào)聯(lián)盟成立，所以世界電信日定在每年的這一天舉辦。國(guó)際電報(bào)聯(lián)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(xié)調(diào)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(lián)網(wǎng)的到來(lái)。國(guó)際電報(bào)聯(lián)盟致力于改善發(fā)展中國(guó)家的通信狀況，保護(hù)個(gè)人及社會(huì)團(tuán)體免受網(wǎng)絡(luò)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(dāng)技術(shù)從電報(bào)發(fā)展起來(lái)后，國(guó)際電報(bào)聯(lián)盟更名為國(guó)際電信聯(lián)盟，它的網(wǎng)站宣稱國(guó)際電信聯(lián)盟是“聯(lián)合國(guó)的主要機(jī)構(gòu)，負(fù)責(zé)處理信息和通訊技術(shù)問(wèn)題及政府和私營(yíng)部門在發(fā)展網(wǎng)絡(luò)和服務(wù)項(xiàng)目時(shí)的全球焦點(diǎn)問(wèn)題。”國(guó)際電信聯(lián)盟共有191個(gè)成員國(guó)，致力于溝通世界?，F(xiàn)在，國(guó)際電信聯(lián)盟管理我們生活的許多方面。它幫助為寬帶網(wǎng)和最新一代的無(wú)線技術(shù)制定規(guī)則，它幫助飛機(jī)航行、輪船航海，它監(jiān)督科學(xué)家試圖與外太空和可能的外星人聯(lián)絡(luò)的交流方式。