World Telecom Day 2021: Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times

Times are changing at a pace and intensity never imagined before. The COVID -19 pandemic has turned the world order upside down, creating uncertainties across all segments of society. Turning the pages of history, we see that a similar instance occurred in the form of the Spanish Flu in 1920, which affected almost one-third of the entire population with around 50 million casualties.

During that time, there was little hope in terms of connecting each other and managing day-to-day activities. People had no option but to stay indoors with the minimum resources available to them. A century later, as the entire world fights back the COVID -19 pandemic, we see how communications technologies have taken over some of the key roles in crisis management and helped the societies confront the crisis with utmost diligence and planning.