The Broadband Commission for Digital Development, formed last year by the UN and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), has set four ambitious targets with faster Internet penetration as the leading tool in a bid to realize the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Amongst the key targets, the Broadband Commission wants to have 40 percent of homes in developing countries connected to high- speed Internet in the next five years.
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