From the article: "It is our chance to chart a globally-agreed roadmap to
connect the unconnected, while ensuring there is investment to create the
infrastructure needed for the exponential growth in voice, video and data
traffic….As
the neutral convener of the conference and in an effort to engage opinion
worldwide, ITU has encouraged all its membership (including over 700
private-sector entities), as well as civil society organizations and the press
and public at large, to contribute their views. Much of the conference itself
is webcast. WCIT is not a "closed-door" event. In fact, compared with
other intergovernmental meetings of such importance, WCIT is as open as it
possibly can be." Read more