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20 October, 2026

What does it really take to win a seat on the ITU Council?


The International Telecommunications Union’s schedule is speeding up as the world prepares for the World Radiocommunications Conference in 2027. But before that, member states will descend on Doha for the Plenipotentiary Conference, where they’ll vote on who takes the 48 seats on the ITU Council.

In this episode of Access on the Frontier, Hussein Abul-Enein breaks down the process behind the vote, the campaigns, coalitions and groundwork that decide which of the 194 member states come out on top.


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