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FEATURED SAMENA TRENDS

New Multi-Stakeholder Approaches to Fund and Finance Broadband Infrastructure
Emerged

To tackle the financial resource gaps for to tackle the challenge of building new to move forward in the post-2021 world
building advanced digital infrastructure, broadband infrastructure. to close connectivity gaps by developing
including 5G networks, which can future broadband infrastructure. The four
empower the Middle East, or any region To this effect, SAMENA Council, leading strategic recommendations set forward
for that matter, massive public-private a globally important outcome from the the principles of (1) broadening the base
efforts are required. However, to make work of the UN Broadband Commission’s of contributors, (2) earmarking proceeds
that happen, transformation is required Working Group on 21st Century Financing from ICT sector participants, (3) reform-
on at least two fronts: one, on reality- & Funding Models, co-chaired and con- ing universal service and access funds
based policy-making and evidence- tributed to the creation of four key stra- and, (4) the creation of an international
based regulatory approaches, and, two, tegic recommendations that capture the fund among necessary requirements for
on unity among industry stakeholders essence of how ICT stakeholders need achieving the UN 2030 SDGs.

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