New Geneva Museum to Focus on Communication Tech
New York, Nov 8 2009
The United Nations telecommunications agency announced today that it has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to build a new museum that will focus on the impact of information communications technology (ICT) on people's lives.
The
new museum will be known as the ICT Exploratorium and will
be housed at the headquarters of the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva when it opens next
year, the agency said in a press release.
Under the
agreement, signed in Abu Dhabi by ITU Secretary-General
Hamadoun Touré and Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director-General of
the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, the UAE
and its authority will donate $2 million to the design and
construction of the museum.
ITU will acquire the
exhibits, equipments and other resources necessary to
establish the museum, which will be free of charge to the
general public.
The agency said the museum will
feature permanent interactive exhibits highlighting
cutting-edge ICT systems and their role in everyday lives,
as well as rotating exhibitions on new inventions, emergency
communications and the future of the Internet.
Dr.
Touré thanked the UAE and its telecommunications regulator
for their support of the museum.
"As we all know, ICTs are not just about technologies any more -- they are closely linked with every aspect of our daily lives," he said.
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