Abstract:
Access to affordable broadband networks, services, and applications can facilitate economic and social development, including national priorities to promote education, employment, public safety, health, and good governance, and therefore, to achieve the sustainable development goals as defined within the framework of the United Nations. The World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-2014) in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) resolves to promote the availability, accessibility, reliability, and affordability of broadband infrastructure and services in developing countries by enabling ITU Members to develop national policy and implementation strategies based on careful evaluation of the supply and demand for broadband
