World Telecommunications and Information Society Day
2025-05-17 / Calendar of events
May 17 is widely celebrated worldwide as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
In accordance with the day of the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the signing of the International Telegraph Convention in Paris in 1865, since 1969 May 17 has been celebrated as World Telecommunication Day. This was noted at the ITU conference held in Malaga-Torremolinos in 1973.
