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Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development

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The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development (until 2015: Digital Development) was established in May 2010 as a joint initiative by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote Internet access. [1]

30 relations: Audrey Azoulay, Ban Ki-moon, Bharti Enterprises, Broadband networks, Carlos Slim, Cisco Systems, Digicel, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Ericsson, Extraterritoriality, Geneva, Grupo Carso, Hans Vestberg, Houlin Zhao, Intel, International Telecommunication Union, Internet access, ITU Telecom World, Jeffrey Sachs, Martin Sorrell, Millennium Development Goals, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Mohammed Ibrahim (businessman), Muhammad Yunus, Ooredoo, Paul Kagame, Post-2015 Development Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals, UNESCO, United Nations General Assembly.

Audrey Azoulay

Audrey Azoulay (born 4 August 1972) is a French civil servant and politician who served as France's Minister of Culture from 2016 to 2017.

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Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon (born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016.

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Bharti Enterprises

Bharti Enterprises is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India.

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Broadband networks

The ideal telecommunication network has the following characteristics: broadband, multi-media, multi-point, multi-rate and economical implementation for a diversity of services (multi-services).

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Carlos Slim

Carlos Slim Helú (born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, engineer, investor and philanthropist.

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Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.

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Digicel

Digicel is a mobile phone network provider operating in 31 markets across the Caribbean, Central America, and Oceania regions.

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Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Doreen Bogdan-Martin is a senior international civil servant at the International Telecommunication Union, where she is the and senior adviser to the ITU Secretary-General.

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Ericsson

Ericsson (Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson) is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm.

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Extraterritoriality

Extraterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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Grupo Carso

Grupo Carso or Grupo Sanborns SAB is a Mexican global conglomerate company owned by Carlos Slim.

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Hans Vestberg

Hans Vestberg born 23 June 1965, is a Swedish businessman and elected CEO of Verizon Communications where he so far worked as EVP of Network and Technology team and CTO.

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Houlin Zhao

Houlin Zhao was elected as International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General at the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

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Intel

Intel Corporation (stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley.

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International Telecommunication Union

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU; Union Internationale des Télécommunications (UIT)), originally the International Telegraph Union (Union Télégraphique Internationale), is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies.

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Internet access

Internet access is the ability of individuals and organizations to connect to the Internet using computer terminals, computers, and other devices; and to access services such as email and the World Wide Web.

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ITU Telecom World

ITU Telecom is part of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.

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Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey David Sachs (born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds the title of University Professor, the highest rank Columbia bestows on its faculty.

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Martin Sorrell

Sir Martin Stuart Sorrell (born 14 February 1945) is a British businessman and the founder of WPP plc, the world's largest advertising and PR group, both by revenue and the number of staff.

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Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were the eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

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Mo Ibrahim Foundation

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation was established in 2006 with a focus on the critical importance of leadership and governance in Africa.

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Mohammed Ibrahim (businessman)

Mohammed "Mo" Ibrahim (محمد إبراهيم; born 3 May 1946) is a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman.

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Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus (মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস; born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist, and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance.

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Ooredoo

Ooredoo (أوريدو; formerly Qtel) is an international telecommunications company headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

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Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame (born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military leader.

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Post-2015 Development Agenda

The Post-2015 Development Agenda was a process from 2012 to 2015 led by the United Nations to define the future global development framework that would succeed the Millennium Development Goals.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a good collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations in 2015.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; Assemblée Générale AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), the only one in which all member nations have equal representation, and the main deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the UN.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Commission_for_Sustainable_Development

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