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              Broadband Commission Calls On World Leaders to Prioritize

                  Universal Connectivity as Fundamental To Sustainable
                                    Development & Global Recovery
































        Universal broadband access is  the vital   children  from  benefiting  from  remote   seven  2025 advocacy  targets. Paul
        catalyst needed to drive global economic   working, learning and communication.   Kagame,  Co-Chair  of  the  Broadband
        recovery  and  accelerate  lackluster  The report  also  takes stock of  progress   Commission  and President  of Rwanda
        progress  towards  the UN  Sustainable   made in expanding  access  to and   said:  ”The  first  decade  of  the  Broadband
        Development  Goals,  according to a  new   adoption of broadband infrastructure and   Commission  has made a real impact by
        report  released  by  the  UN  Broadband   services, and achieving the Commission's   highlighting  the transformational power
        Commission for Sustainable Development.
        The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly
        underscored humanity's  growing  reliance
        on digital networks for business continuity,
        employment,   education,  commerce,
        banking,  healthcare, and a  whole host of
        other essential services. Yet today, almost
        half  the  global population  has  still  never
        accessed  the internet, and hundreds of
        millions more struggle  with  slow,  costly
        and unreliable connections, often through
        remote  locations like internet  cafés. The
        Broadband  Commission  for  Sustainable
        Development's  2020  State  of  Broadband
        report, released at the Commission's 10th
        anniversary meeting earlier today, includes
        a rallying call to world leaders and heads
        of industry to place universal broadband
        connectivity at the very forefront of global
        recovery  and sustainable development
        efforts.  The  State  of  Broadband  2020:
        Tackling Digital Inequalities,  A Decade
        for Action,  highlights  stark  disparities in
        access to  high-speed connectivity  that
        have prevented billions  of adults and


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