Last week, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in its new statistical report – ‘Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019’- reported that prices for telecommunication services have been on the decline globally even though it has not translated into rapidly increasing Internet penetration rates, suggesting that there are other barriers to Internet use.
According to the ITU UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, targeted efforts are needed to lower the cost of broadband, as well as innovative policies to finance the rollout of broadband infrastructure to unconnected populations.
The Broadband Commission which meet on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January this year agreed that collaboration among diverse stakeholders will be key to making universal and meaningful connectivity a reality for all.
ITU secretary-general, Houlin Zhao, said expanding avenues for investment in information and…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
