The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Information and Communication Technology

    (ICT) The study of the technology used to handle
   information and aid communication.  The phrase was coined by
   [?] Stevenson in his 1997 report to the UK government and
   promoted by the new National Curriculum documents for the UK
   in 2000.  In addition to the subjects included in Information
   Technology (IT), ICT emcompasses areas such as telephony,
   broadcast media and all types of audio and video
   processing and transmission.

   (http://rubble.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/stevenson/ICTUKIndex.html).

   (2008-09-19)