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• ICT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES Review of Progress Made During the Decade 2000-2010
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 Least Developed Countries
  • 2 Overview of the global state of telecommunications
    • 2.1 Overview
    • 2.2 Fixed and mobile telephony
    • 2.3 Internet
    • 2.4 Fixed and mobile broadband
    • 2.5 ICT access at the household level
  • 3 Trends in telecommunications in the LDCs
    • 3.1 Overview
    • 3.2 Fixed and mobile telephony
    • 3.3 Internet
    • 3.4 Fixed and mobile broadband
  • 4 Current challenges
    • 4.1 The financial environment of LDCs
    • 4.2 Adapting to and mitigating climate change impacts
    • 4.3 Challenges specific to the telecommunications sector
  • 5 Implementing the Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA)
    • 5.1 The role of ITU in supporting LDC development through ICT
    • 5.2 Implementation of ITU deliverables relating to the BPoA commitments
  • 6 Project highlights
    • 6.1 Harmonization of policies for the ICT market in sub-Sahara African, Caribbean and Pacific countries
    • 6.2 Reconstruction and rehabilitation work in Afghanistan
    • 6.3 Rural connectivity no longer a dream in Samoa
    • 6.4 ICT training for returning Liberians
    • 6.5 Emergency telecommunications
  • 7 Addressing identified bottlenecks and constraints
    • 7.1 The availability of affordable, adequate and reliable bandwidth on international links
    • 7.2 Investment in telecommunication and ICT infrastructure
    • 7.3 Access to applications
    • 7.4 Political and regulatory instability
    • 7.5 Local content
    • 7.6 Coordination
  • 8 Conclusions and recommendations
  • Statistical annex
  • Annex 2 Final report of the ITU LDC-IV Pre-Conference Event
  • Bibliography
  • Notes