 Isn't it convenient, wherever you are, wherever you go, whenever you want, you are connected to life, to friends, to business. Did you know that there's one institution that has made possible all of what you're doing right now? In 1956, the first voice call crossed the Atlantic from Canada to Scotland. In 1964, the first communications satellite was installed in a geostationary orbit. The 1980s hosted the beginning of the Analog to Digital Revolution. The internet was created, optical fibre networks were installed and the transition to packet switching began, the highly efficient triple play of voice, video and data. From what makes this possible are international standards developed by ITU members, called ITU recommendations.