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Jeffrey Sachs Calls Out Wall Street Criminality and Pathological Greed

Jeffrey Sachs is one of the UN Broadband Commissioner’s for Digital Development. I am a great admirer of him and I have reported on some of the projects he is leading within the Commission. He recently spoke out against the … Continue reading

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Observations in and around the UN Broadband Commission

Towards gender equality The 7th meeting of the UN Broadband Commission in Mexico City was again a good combination of announcements about new plans, results of previously undertaken activities, and views on the future of broadband. Very noticeable was the … Continue reading

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Technology fights against extreme poverty

One of the good things about participating in the meetings of the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development is seeing the amazing impact our industry has on the daily lives of literally billions of people. While everybody – including us … Continue reading

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Mexico preps for major overhaul of telecoms regulation

As mentioned in last week’s email I am in Mexico at the moment, where significant changes have been proposed to the telecoms regime in a Bill to be put before the Congress. Here is a report of what I have … Continue reading

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Gender equality and broadband

While I participated in the UN Broadband Commission in NYC last month I reported on the initiative that the Commission took at that event to support Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning Actor and Advocate and ITU Special Envoy for Women & … Continue reading

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