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international-organisations:start [2024/12/03 09:50] – [State of Broadband 2023] carlosinternational-organisations:start [2024/12/03 09:54] (current) – [Global Digital Compact] carlos
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 ===== Global Digital Compact  ===== ===== Global Digital Compact  =====
  
-OBJECTIVE CLOSE ALL DIGITAL DIVIDES +The Global Digital Compact was adopted as an annex of the UN Pact for the Future ((https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-pact_for_the_future_adopted.pdf)) in September 2024. Among its commitments to meet "Objective - Close All Digital Divides And Accelerate Progress Across the Sustainable Development Goals" it contains the following: 
-AND ACCELERATE PROGRESS ACROSS +  * "c) Invest in and deploy resilient digital infrastructure, including satellites and local network initiatives, that provide safe and secure network coverage to all areas, including rural, remote and “hard-to-reach” areas, and promote equitable access to satellite orbits, taking into account the needs of developing countries We will aim for universal access at affordable rates and at sufficient speeds as well as reliability to enable meaningful use of the Internet (SDGs 9 and 11);"
-THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS +
-Connectivity +
- +
-c) Invest in and deploy resilient digital infra- +
-structure, including satellites and local net- +
-work initiatives, that provide safe and secure +
-network coverage to all areas, including ru- +
-ral, remote and “hard-to-reach” areas, and +
-promote equitable access to satellite orbits, +
-taking into account the needs of developing +
-countries We will aim for universal access at +
-affordable rates and at sufficient speeds as +
-well as reliability to enable meaningful use of +
-the Internet (SDGs 9 and 11); +
- +
-https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-pact_for_the_future_adopted.pdf +
 ===== Broadband Commission  ===== ===== Broadband Commission  =====
  
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 ==== Broadband Commission - Moonshot report ==== ==== Broadband Commission - Moonshot report ====
  
-The **Broadband Commission “Connecting Africa Through Broadband: A strategy for doubling connectivity by 2021 and reaching universal access by 2030”** [[https://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/working-groups/DigitalMoonshotforAfrica_Report.pdf | recognizes]] the role of community networks in 3 of the 7 Objectives of its Action Plan. Of particular interest is Objective 5:  +The **Broadband Commission “Connecting Africa Through Broadband: A strategy for doubling connectivity by 2021 and reaching universal access by 2030”** [[https://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/working-groups/DigitalMoonshotforAfrica_Report.pdf | recognizes]] the role of community networks in 3 of the 7 Objectives of its Action Plan. Of particular interest is  
-<callout>Provide direct funding support for extending affordable broadband access to commercially challenging rural and remote areas, to women, and low-income users</callout> +  * Objective 5: "Provide direct funding support for extending affordable broadband access to commercially challenging rural and remote areas, to women, and low-income users" 
-and the recommendations under Objective 1 “Ensure that the commercial broadband ICT market is open and structurally prepared for competitive private investment": +  and the recommendations under Objective 1 “Ensure that the commercial broadband ICT market is open and structurally prepared for competitive private investment": "Adopt open wholesale and retail telecommunications market entry policies, especially competitive and unified licensing regimes, and liberal, dynamic spectrum policies. Such policies should also accommodate community and nonprofit focused network operators who offer services in underserved areas."
-<callout>Adopt open wholesale and retail telecommunications market entry policies, especially competitive and unified licensing regimes, and liberal, dynamic spectrum policies. Such policies should also accommodate community and nonprofit focused network operators who offer services in underserved areas. +
-</callout>+