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ITU's Work on Broadband

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Broadband Commission for Digital Development

The Vision: Build on Broadband and the rest will follow

Broadband needs to be considered as basic national infrastructure, as it will fundamentally reshape the world in the 21st century and change the way services are delivered – from e-health to e-education to e-commerce to e-government.

Broadband is the most powerful tool ever devised to drive social and economic development, and accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.

Government leaders must take the lead in forging partnerships with industry leaders to develop National Broadband Networks. And they must ensure that affordable, equitable access to broadband networks is available to all citizens, wherever they live, and whatever their circumstances.

Transformational broadband: High speed Internet will be as transformational as the advent of power networks

A '4-Way Win': Broadband benefits governments, citizens, manufacturers and operators

SecGen speaks on broadband

“In the 21st century, affordable, ubiquitous broadband networks will be as critical to social and economic prosperity as networks like transport, water and power.”

11 March 2010,
San Diego, USA
"UN official promotes a broadband world" (The San Diego Tribune-Union)

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