Global Broadband Group Calls for Making Access to High-Speed Networks a Basic Civil Right
WASHINGTON, September 20, 2010 - Broadband is tomorrow’s fountain of innovation that can underpin long-term economic competitiveness, said International Telecommunications Union Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure on Sunday in New York. At the second meeting of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development over the weekend, Toure also challenged global leaders to ensure that more than half of the world's people have access to broadband networks by 2015, and make access to high-speed networks a basic civil right. Keep Reading