TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

List of figures and tables

Foreword

Executive summary

List of acronyms and abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 Incentives to be implemented to stimulate deployment of ICT infrastructure in rural areas

2.1 Network deployment economics in rural and isolated areas

2.2 Why are economic incentives important in driving network deployment in rural and isolated areas?

2.3 Options for implementation of incentives for deploying networks in rural and isolated areas

3 Economic and fiscal incentives required to ensure the introduction of advance information and communication technologies

3.1 The imperatives of 5G

3.2 Spectrum management incentives

3.3 The role of government as a facilitator of incentives

3.4 Impact of economic and financial incentives for advanced technology deployment

4 Conclusions: implications for policy-makers and regulators

Annex

ITU economic experts roundtable survey