The State of Broadband2022: Acceleratingbroadband for new realities - ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commissionfor Sustainable Development
Acknowledgements
Current Commissioners of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development
Table of contents
Executive Summary
1 The broadband landscape: the new normal
     1.1 Pandemic induced take-up of online activities
     1.2 Challenges highlighted by the pandemic
2 Measuring progress towards achieving the 2025 targets
     2.1 Target 1: Making broadband policy universal
     2.2 Target 2: Making broadband affordable
     2.3 Target 3: Getting people online
     2.4 Target 4: Digital skills and literacy
     2.5 Target 5: Digital financial services
     2.6 Target 6: Getting MSMEs online
     2.7 Target 7: Achieving gender equality
3 Addressing the post-pandemic missing links
     3.1 Access, skills and affordability
     3.2 Safe environment
     3.3 Cross-sectoral collaborative approaches in the aftermath of the pandemic
     3.4 Flexible work becomes the new normal
     3.5 Digital complementation for learning
     3.6 Green transition
     3.7 Changing social interactions: a shift from physical to hybrid to virtual?
     3.8 Policy and regulatory measures to incentivize investments
     3.9 Measurement
4 Conclusion
5 Commissioner Insights
     5.1 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal (Bharti Enterprises and Bharti Airtel)
     5.2 Insight from Commissioner H.E. Dr. Mohammed Bin Saud AlTamimi (CITC, Saudi Arabia)
     5.3 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Denis O'Brien (Digicel)
     5.4 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Erik Ekudden (Ericsson)
     5.5 Insight from Commissioner H.E. Ms. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (Ghana)
     5.6 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Mats Granryd (GSMA)
     5.7 Insight from from Commissioner Baroness Beeban Kidron (5Rights Foundation)
     5.8 Insight from Commissioner Ms. Sun Yafang (Huawei Technologies)
     5.9 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Rajeev Suri (Inmarsat)
     5.10 Insight from Commissioner Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton (International Trade Centre)
     5.11 Insight from Commissioner Mr Lacina Koné (Smart Africa)
     5.12 Insight from Commissioner Dr. Hyeonmo Ku (KT Corporation)
     5.13 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Pekka Lundmark (Nokia)
     5.14 Insight from Commissioner Dr. Ann Aerts (Novartis Foundation)
     5.15 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Bocar Ba (SAMENA Telecommunications Council)
     5.16 Insight from Commissioner H.E. Mr. Roberto Sánchez (Spain)
     5.17 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Achim Steiner (UNDP)
     5.18 Insight from Commissioner Ms. Sima Bahous (UN Women)
     5.19 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Hans Vestberg (Verizon)
     5.20 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Nick Read (Vodafone)
     5.21 Insight from Commissioner Mr. Ziyang Xu (ZTE Corporation)
Annex 1: Full list of recommendations presented in the State of Broadband reports 2012 – 2021
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