In an exclusive Internet Evolution audio interview, the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) , Dr. Hamadoun Touré, weighs in on a variety of issues including:

• Is the U.S. putting enough emphasis on broadband networks in its economic recovery plan?
• What is the ITU doing to help eliminate the digital divide?
• How does he feel about Internet users losing their anonymity and their privacy? And what can the ITU do about it?

And, of course, he gives a bit more color to his earlier defense of the upcoming Telecom World show in Geneva. (See ITU Chief Defends Telecom World Event.)

Click here to listen to the full audio interview between Light Reading founder Stephen Saunders and ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré.

— The Staff, Light Reading