UN rolls out action plan to expand global broadband access

4 June 2010

The United Nations telecommunications agency’s quadrennial development conference wrapped up today with participants adopting a plan of action to promote the global development of information and communication technology (ICT) networks and services.

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“Broad access to telecommunications and ICTs is essential for the world’s collective economic, social and cultural development, and the building of a global Information Society,” says the Hyderabad Action Plan, reached at the end of the World Telecommunication Development Conference, which was hosted by the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and held in the Indian city.