A4AI | Alliance for Affordable Internet |
AI | Artificial intelligence |
AT | Assistive technology |
AWS | Amazon Web Services |
B2B | Business to business |
B2C | Business to consumer |
BGAN | Broadband global area network |
Capex | Capital expenditure |
CERT | Computer emergency response team |
CIRT | Computer incident response team |
CI | Critical infrastructure |
COP | Child online protection |
CNT | Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicación [National Telecommunication Corporation] |
CRPD | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
CSAM | Child sexual abuse material |
CSP | Communication service providers |
CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
DeFi | Decentralized finance |
DFS | Digital financial services |
DHIS2 | District Health Information Software 2 |
DPG | Digital public goods |
DPGA | Digital Public Goods Alliance |
DPI | Digital public infrastructure |
EGDI | E-government development index |
EU | European Union |
FA | Focus area |
FDI | Foreign direct investment |
Fintech | Financial technology |
FITEL | Fondo de Inversión en Telecomunicaciones [Telecommunications Investment Fund] |
FTTH | Fibre to the home |
GAVI | Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations |
GB | Gigabytes |
GHG | Greenhouse gas |
GHz | Gigahertz |
GIS | Geographic information system |
GNI | Gross national income |
GSO | Geostationary satellite orbit |
HEIs | Higher education institutions |
ICT | Information and communication technology |
IMT | International mobile telecommunications |
IoT | Internet of things |
IPT | Internet Para Todos [for all] |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
ITU-D | International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Development Sector |
IXPs | Internet exchange points |
KPIs | Key performance indicators |
LATAM | Latin America |
LDCs | Least developed countries |
LEO | Low Earth orbit |
LLDCs | Landlocked developing countries |
LMICs | Lower- and middle-income countries |
LTE | Long-term evolution |
MB | Megabytes |
MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
ML | Machine learning |
MOSIP | Modular Open Source Identity Platform |
MSMEs | Micro, small and medium enterprises |
Mt | Megatonnes |
NCS | National cybersecurity strategy |
NGSOs | Non-geostationary satellite orbit |
ODA | Official development assistance |
OECS | Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States |
OOFs | Other official flows |
OpEx | Operating expenditure |
PASET | Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology |
P2C | Partner2Connect Digital Coalition |
PPP | Public-private partnership |
R&D | Research and development |
REG4COVID | Global Network Resiliency Platform |
SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
SIDS | Small-island developing states |
SMAC | Social, mobility, analytics and cloud |
SMEs | Small and medium enterprises |
SOPs | Standard operating procedures |
SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
Towerco | Tower company |
TVET | Technical and vocational education and training |
TVWS | Television White Spaces |
UK | United Kingdom |
UN | United Nations |
USAF | Universal service and access fund |
USD | United States dollar |
USF | Universal service fund |
USO | Universal service obligations |
VC | Venture capital |
WASH | Water for sanitation and hygiene |
WEEE | Waste electrical and electronic equipment |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
WSIS | World Summit on the Information Society |
WTDC | World Telecommunication Development Conference |