Tuesday, 5 October Singapore outcome. Such regional and global efforts would help to pave the way for broadband to be truly a global in-frastructure ernment funding of the infrastructure, the selected operators will deploy the fibre infrastructure within committed timeframes and pricing. The policy also re-quires for innovation in services. various forms of business separation designed In closing, I would like to express our thanks and deep appreciation to the Government and people of Mexico for their warm hospitality and efficient or-ganisation to achieve a competitive market for broadband service providers who will have non-discriminatory access to a broad range of wholesale dark fibre and connectivity services at regulated and competitive prices. of this Plenipotentiary Conference in the beautiful city of Guadalajara. This next generation broadband initiative will enable Singapore to have accelerated nationwide fibre-to-the-home, or in fact, fibre-to-everywhere. By 2012, every Thank you. home and office will have fibre-into-the-premises and from 2013, fibre connectivity will become a Universal Service Obligation in Singapore, where every home and office in Singapore can be assured of getting ultra high speed broadband of up to 1 Gbps and beyond. In Conclusion The ITU has an essential role in developing and pro-moting global broadband policies, standards and de-ployment strategies. While we each may build a broadband network for our own country, we must ensure regional and global con-nectivity as well. Otherwise, the broadband infrastruc-ture we build within a country may not be able to fully realise its potential reach and richness if we cannot connect with other communities beyond our borders. Singapore welcomes the efforts of ITU and UNESCO in setting up the Broadband Commission for Digital Development. The Commission’s goal of “broadband inclusion for all” is indeed commendable and Singapore is prepared to fully support the Commission’s efforts. Nearer home, Singapore is working closely with its ASEAN partners in formulating an ICT Masterplan in which regional broadband development will be a key 57