Caribbean Telecommunications Union Explained

Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
Formation:	1989
Abbreviation:	CTU
Headquarters:	Trinidad and Tobago
Sec Gen:	Rodney Taylor

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

Secretaries-general

!Name!Years

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

Regional initiatives

Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) . 2022-10-27 . CARICOM . en-US.
2. https://www.ctu.int/our-history/ CTU - Governance
3. Web site: 2022-07-24 . Caribbean to host Internet Governance Forum . 2022-10-27 . Jamaica Observer . en-US.
4. Web site: SKNVibes High-Level Caribbean Delegation Advance Region’s ICT agenda at ITU meeting in Romania . 2022-10-27 . www.sknvibes.com.