Nearly half of the world population lacked access to the Internet in 2019, with most of these people living in the rural and remote areas of developing economies. Bridging the digital divide is a social and economic imperative considering that health, education, government and other services and applications rely on affordable, reliable and high-speed connectivity to serve communities around the world. The ITU Last-mile Connectivity Solutions Guide is designed to support governments in their role of regulating, funding and implementing universal access to connectivity. This guide provides ways of identifying the unconnected areas and selecting sustainable technical, financial and regulatory solutions to ensure affordability and accessibility to relevant connectivity services.

Author

International Telecommunication Union

Year Published

2020

Country / Region of focus

Global

Complexity

Addresses basic elements of the subject, no prior knowledge is required

Keyword

Network Type

Community-Based Network

License Type

​Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO).​

Item Type

​Document/Report​

Language

English

Specific Subject - Social

​Community engagement and mobilization

Specific Subject - Technical

N/A

Specific Subject - Economic

N/A

Specific Subject - Regulatory

​Global policy and regulation

Gender Perspective

No

Accesible to people with visual or hearing impairments

No

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