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Foreword

This publication was developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities
(U4SSC) initiative.

Acknowledgments

The development of this deliverable was led and coordinated by Ramy Ahmed Fathy, the National
Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt.

This publication was authored by Ramy Ahmed Fathy from NTRA, Egypt, and Jinxiao Luo from the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The authors would like to thank the following contributing individuals: Ronaldo Moura (Agência
Nacional de Telecomunicações (ANATEL), Brazil), Jan Redlich (Bonn Consulting Group, Germany),
Leyi Zhang (ZTE Corporation, China), N. Kishor Narang (Narnix Technolabs, India), Katharine Willis
(University of Plymouth, UK), Houssam AlMasri (Khatib & Alami, KSA), James Amattey (Norenson IT,
Ghana), Agata Majchrowska (Research Lab CODR.PL, Poland), Benedicta Neysa Nathania (University
of Cambridge, UK), Dana Ramadan (Access Partnership), El Hadji Babacar BA (PAENS/ Senegal with
the World Bank Cooperation, Senegal), Gustavo Giannattasio (IEEE Technology and Management
Society, Uruguay), Luis Mesquita da Fonseca (Agrupamento de Escolas de Esmoriz/Ovar Norte,
Portugal), Marco Carugi (Huawei Technologies, China), Paul Najarian (USA), Payal Arora (Utrecht
University, Netherlands), Pierre Mirlesse (Partner360.net, Switzerland), Reine Essobmadje (Evolving
Consulting, France), Sarah Jane Fox (University of Leicester, UK), Stefano Bonfa (Oxford Sustainable
Development Enterprise – OxSDE, UK), Vimal Wakhlu (Digital Communication India Forum, India).

The authors wish to thank the U4SSC management team: Okan Geray (U4SSC Chair), Ramy Ahmed
Fathy, Giampiero Bambagioni, Paolo Gemma, Wendy Teresa Goico Campagna, Tania Marcos and
Emily Royall (U4SSC Vice-Chairs) for their assistance and contributions.

The authors also extend their gratitude to the contributing organization, along with their
representatives: Oliver Hillel from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Lucy Winchester
and Vera Kiss from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
Simone Borelli from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cristina Bueti and Venkatesen
Mauree from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Deniz Susar from United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), Iryna Usava from the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), James Murombedzi from the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA), Tea Aulavuo and Maike Salize from the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE), Guilherme Canela from the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin
America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), Gulnara Roll from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Matthew Ulterino
from the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), Motsomi Maletjane
from the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), Edlam Abera

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