THE digital revolution offers "tremendous opportunities" to fast-track sustainable development, but poor countries need much more help getting online if they are also to benefit, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

In a video message released on Wednesday to mark Thursday as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, Guterres called the digital revolution a "defining force of our era."

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