Challenges and opportunities for using universal service funds to bridge the digital divide
Executive summary
1. Introduction
2 National economic strategies on expanding rural and remote infrastructure to bridge the digital divide using universal service mechanisms or auniversal service fund
3 Funding sources
4 The focus of USF
5 USF governance models and implementations
6 Disbursement from USF
7 Universal service programmes to bridge the digital divide
8 Using USF to move from ICTaccess to ICT use
9 Selecting USF business models and case studies on economic strategies
10 Cost modelling for USF
11 Resources provided by the Telecommunication Development Bureau
12 Results of online mini survey
13 Conclusions