Huawei has joined the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) as an ICT Sector member, the membership category open to the private sector.
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) is the oldest and largest Commonwealth intergovernmental organisation in the ICT field, representing 36 of the member states of the Commonwealth.
“It gives me great pleasure to welcome Huawei Technologies as one of our members. Members of the CTO greatly benefit from knowledge and experience sharing,” CTO sectretary general Shola Taylor said.
“Huawei’s membership will help strengthen our organization and its contribution to the use of ICTs for development across the Commonwealth.”
Huawei president of global government affairs Victor Zhang added that the CTO “is a highly respected international body and it provides a strong platform for both the public and private sectors to exchange best practices related to the promotion and use of ICT innovation in the world today.”
Full member countries of the CTO include Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UK. ICT sector members include the GSMA, Intelsat, BSNL, Vodafone and Facebook.