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ITU-d Work on

Broadband

The International Telecommunication Union

Development Sector (ITU-D)

Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

ITU-D role in promoting the development and deployment of information

and communication technologies (ICTs), including broadband, in
developing countries.

ITU-D strives to spread equitable and affordable access to

telecommunications, as a means of stimulating broader social and
economic development.

ITU-D is also shown through its assistance to countries in the creation of
broadband strategies and policies, as well as the regulation of broadband

networks and services.

The world societies and economies are becoming more dependent on
communication networks with high data rates with aim to provide access

to all customers to different types of services over the given access
network to the internet.

Applications

ITU-D helps via building local or regional capacity for investments and

deployment of broadband technologies and applications.
ITU-D is connecting everyone everywhere via broadband, including

developed and developing countries in the world.

ITU-D in facilitating the use of ICTs, including broadband, as tools for

socioeconomic development in developing countries.

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