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State of Broadband Report 2023: Global South and micro-businesses driving global connectivity

Report finds a fundamental shift from supply-driven communications access to demand-driven communication, particularly in the Global South. Entrepreneurs are one...

18 Sep 2023 Press
State of Broadband Report 2023: Global South and micro-businesses driving global connectivity
Access Alert: Colombia and Perú announce digital connectivity developments

Access Alert: Colombia and Perú announce digital connectivity developments

Haga clic aquí para leer esta publicación en Español This week, two of LATAM’s biggest markets (Colombia and Perú) provided...

19 Jun 2023 Opinion
How the Digital Divide Affects the LGBTQ+ Community

How the Digital Divide Affects the LGBTQ+ Community

Around the world, a broad spectrum of advocacy groups, think tanks, and international fora have increasingly called for the need...

1 Jun 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | South African communications regulator frees up lower 6GHz band for Wi-Fi services

Access Alert | South African communications regulator frees up lower 6GHz band for Wi-Fi services

On 23 May, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published an amendment to Annexure B of the 2015...

26 May 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | WRC-23 to Shape Spectrum Needs Across ITU Region 1

Access Alert | WRC-23 to Shape Spectrum Needs Across ITU Region 1

In many countries in ITU Region 1, spectrum within the 470-694 MHz range is used to provide wide area coverage...

12 May 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | Latin American countries keep unlocking connectivity

Access Alert | Latin American countries keep unlocking connectivity

Read this Access Alert in Spanish | Lea este Access Alert en Español Several Latin American countries have made significant progress towards...

11 May 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | Colombia shares its roadmap to digitise the country, updates its regulation for infrastructure sharing, and asks for more spectrum

Access Alert | Colombia shares its roadmap to digitise the country, updates its regulation for infrastructure sharing, and asks for more spectrum

Read this Access Alert in Spanish | Lea este Access Alert en Español The coffee-growing country has generated several regulatory...

24 Apr 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | LATAM countries continue to promote connectivity

Access Alert | LATAM countries continue to promote connectivity

This week, three LATAM markets – Costa Rica, Peru, and Uruguay – have had relevant policy and market developments that...

4 Apr 2023 Opinion
Capacity Media | HAPs and satellite for mobile connectivity – is it different this time?

Capacity Media | HAPs and satellite for mobile connectivity – is it different this time?

This article was originally published in Capacity on 13 March 2023. High altitude platforms (HAPs) and satellites have been promising to...

14 Mar 2023 Press
The Telegraph | How Putin’s war killed off the 5G dream

The Telegraph | How Putin’s war killed off the 5G dream

This article was originally published in the Telegraph on 27 February 2023. Surging energy costs and customer apathy have wrecked...

28 Feb 2023 Press
Capacity Media | Connectivity at all costs? The connectivity roadmap in Latin America

Capacity Media | Connectivity at all costs? The connectivity roadmap in Latin America

This article was originally published in Capacity on 23 February 2023. Connectivity in Latin America is experiencing one of its...

24 Feb 2023 Press
Via Satellite | The Coming Era of Satellite Direct-to-Handset Connectivity

Via Satellite | The Coming Era of Satellite Direct-to-Handset Connectivity

This article was originally published in Via Satellite on 28 November 2022.  There is not a single regulatory framework that addresses...

7 Dec 2022 Press
Access Alert | UN Envoy on Technology Opens Consultation on Global Digital Compact to enshrine Good Behaviour on the Internet

Access Alert | UN Envoy on Technology Opens Consultation on Global Digital Compact to enshrine Good Behaviour on the Internet

A week ago, on 10 May, the UN’s Envoy on Technology published an open consultation on the upcoming Global Digital...

18 May 2022 Opinion
European 112 Day: Emergency Services Beyond Numbers

European 112 Day: Emergency Services Beyond Numbers

In 2013, a 17-year-old child was kidnapped from a bus stop, in a small Lithuanian town. She was forced into...

11 Feb 2022 Opinion
Regulation and Poverty Reduction

Regulation and Poverty Reduction

Paper presented at the UNESCAP Forum, 27-28 November 2003, Bangkok.

27 Nov 2003 Events