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Affordable access to communications networks is now a basic requirement for effective functioning of governance, civil society, and education as well as for economic development. Public policy is a fundamental factor in hindering or enabling the investment and business models needed to provide affordable access. The telecommunications industry slump in recent years has drastically slowed the investment in infrastructure around the world; but bad legislation, monopolies, and poorly managed liberalization, as well as inappropriate regulatory regimes pose an even greater barrier to affordable access.
The aim of this component of the Information Program is to broaden affordable access to communications networks for key open society constituencies in the most disadvantaged countries by supporting policy interventions and the staging of new models.
The program intends to advance this aim through the following three strategic focuses–
- Affordable Access to Fiber
- Affordable Access to Mobile Phones
- Spectrum Reform
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