The U.N. Broadband Commission set goals “that countries around the...
The U.N. Broadband Commission set goals “that countries around the world should strive to meet” by 2015 to ensure their populations fully participate in “tomorrow’s emerging knowledge societies,” the ITU said. One goal is that each country should have a…
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national broadband plan or strategy or include broadband in their universal service program, it said. A second goal is for “adequate regulation and market forces” to ensure that entry level broadband is affordable, it said. At least 40 percent of households in developing countries should have Internet access, it said. Internet penetration should reach 60 percent worldwide, 50 percent in developing countries and 15 percent in least-developed countries, it said. ITU will measure each country’s progress and produce an annual broadband report with rankings of nations worldwide for broadband policy, affordability and uptake, it said.