Broadband could better help poor countries

On its website, the agency released Thursday the results of recent surveys of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development on Sustainable Development.

The survey covered four territories including Least Developed Countries (LDCs), according to UN criteria: Cambodia, Rwanda, Senegal and Vanuatu.

According to ITU, Rwanda is building a 4G / LTE broadband wireless network that will cover 95% of its population. In 2018, in Senegal, the "effective use" of public-private partnerships is progressing to ensure universal access to this means of communication.

According to the ITU, Vanuatu 's efforts to increase broadband coverage this year to 98%, while Cambodia records the lowest prices of the mobile Internet in the world.

Diagnosis pointed out, In addition, narrow-band services, such as text messages in the health and agriculture and mobile money sectors, also contribute to favorable changes in conditions of life of the population.

"We are seeing signs of progress in all four case studies, but also in areas where more effort is needed," warned UN research chief Fekitamoeloa & # 39, Utoikamanu, coordinator of research.

Recommendations should help unlock the plethora of potential benefits can bring broadband to communities, so that no one is left behind in our efforts to connect the most vulnerable, "he said.

According to UN experts, the use of broadband is not yet the increasing supply of services, due to challenges such as insufficient digital literacy, lack of affordability and lack of local content and applications.

In response to these challenges and other challenges, the document advocated the expansion of digital culture and sensib ilisation, "a strategic commitment" with broadband as a cross-technology and the identification of complementary technologies to bridge the digital divide.

need to provide services to the rural population, to seek economic sustainability in projects, to improve coordination between the government and the private sector and to seek a balance between coverage, the 39; affordability and digital culture

for the sustainable development of the United Nations consists of more than 50 leaders of government and industry sectors, United Nations specialists and teams of 39, non-governmental organizations.