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Acknowledgements
The lead organizations – Access Partnership, the Atlantic Council, Cisco, and the ITU – thank the writ-
ing group for their time, expertise, and significant contributions, which were instrumental in shaping
this work.
We are especially grateful to the ITU team: Thomas Basikolo, Programme Officer, Telecommunication
Standardization Policy Department, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB); Frederic
Werner, Head of Strategic Engagement, TSB and Chief of Strategy and Operations, AI for Good,
ITU; Dr. Bilel Jamoussi, Deputy Director, Telecommunication Standardization Policy Department,
TSB; and Alexandra Bustos Iliescu, Social Media Officer and Young AI Leaders Programme Lead, AI
for Good, ITU.
We also extend our gratitude to the Access Partnership contributors: Ethan Mudavanhu, Policy
Manager; Meghan Chilappa, Technology and Digital Governance Lead; and Dr. Peter Lovelock,
Chief Innovation and Delivery Officer and The Atlantic Council GeoTech Center team: William Larivee,
Resident Senior Fellow; Ryan Pan, Project Assistant; Joseph Bonival, Nonresident Senior Fellow; Vijeth
Iyengar, Nonresident Senior Fellow; and Dr. Raul Brens Jr., Acting Senior Director and Senior Fellow.

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