Caribbean Telecommunications Union
# Caribbean Telecommunications Union

The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is an intergovernmental organization established by CARICOM in 1989, to facilitate development of the telecommunications sector in the Caribbean.

## Governance

### Secretary-Generals

| Name | Years |
| - | - |
| Deoraj Ramnarine | 1990 - 1994 |
| Roderick Sanatan | 1994 - 1999 |
| Laurent Justinian Coipel | 2000 - 2002 |
| Bernadette Lewis | 2003 - 2020 |
| Rodney Taylor | 2021–Present |

## Regional Initiatives

### Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)

In 2005, the CTU and the CARICOM Secretariat initiated the CIGF as a regional, multi-stakeholder, annual forum. As part of the 18th CIGF in 2022, the CTU hosted the inaugural Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum (SIDS IGF) in Trinidad and Tobago.

### Other initiatives

* Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP)
* Caribbean Spectrum Planning and Management Project
* Caribbean Centre of Excellence
* Caribbean ICT Roadshow
* ICT for Persons with Disabilities
* Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG)

## Member States

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* The Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* The British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Montserrat
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia
* St. Maarten
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* The Turks and Caicos Islands

Between September and October 2022, 13 of the CTU member states participated in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania.

