Our policies and alliances bring broadband meaningfully to the “forgotten five billion."
How We Work
The basic service that DDI offers to governments is a series of Meaningful Broadband Reports (MBR 1.0-5.0) that recommend policies and practices that show how governmental, corporate and academic sectors could innovate to bring optimal benefits of broadband to their mass populations. The framework that we have developed for Thailand and Indonesia is now being extended to other Asian countries as well.
- MBR 1.0: Setting the Framework: These reports begin with interviews with the nation’s ICT stakeholders to establish vision, stated in broad principles that define the zeitgeist and scope of the “meaningful broadband” approach.
- MBR 2.0: The next report (MBR 2.0) establishes feasibility by showing how meaningful broadband could fulfill the explicit reforms of national governments. It also provides criteria that can be used by governments to consider why costs of “meaningful broadband ecosystems” should be shared between public and private sectors.
- MBR 3.0: This next report is a roadmap. Not merely a set of recommendations offered to the government, it presents an economic model which shows how the recommendations could be financed.
- MBR 4.0: Then we prescribe a series of working groups (composed of individuals from governmental, business, and academic sectors) which would oversee the implementation of recommendations.
- MBR 5.0 The final report looks beyond the individual nation to presents a transnational model for Meaningful Broadband. It suggests how continent-wide and sub-regional organizations (e.g. UNESCAP or ASEAN) could be tapped, or new coalitions formed, to support the optical broadband-enabled transformation of the continent.
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News Wrap |
Broadband You Tube Channel : Yes, there is a channel devoted to broadband-for-all. International Telecommunications Union's Broadband Commission’s videos can be seen here. The Channel was recently filled with fresh content from big thinkers expounding on innovations in technology and public policy needed to bring broadband meaningfully to all seven billion users. One of DDI’s favorite broadband gurus whose views are in the mix is Robert Pepperwho heads public affairs for Cisco Systems in Washington. Check out his views about the need to release of 700 megahertz spectrum, once meant for local TV stations, to produce a “digital dividend” that can lower costs and boost quality of broadband content delivered to the masses. And, while you are at it, check out Pepper’s recent talk at the Barcelona blowout. ” -- Craig Warren Smith |
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Events |
March 9, Bangkok, DDI Chairman Craig Warren Smith speaks at UNESCAP Expert Group seminar on Asian Economic Integration.
April 23, Bandung, Digital Divide Institute launches Indonesia Meaningful Broadband Research Group at Institute of Technology Bandung.
May 3, Jakarta, DDI Chairman Craig Warren Smith moderates "Asia Pacific Infrastructure Conference," ICT Track.
Broadband is the game-changer of the 21st century. It is the only new tool capable of rescuing human civilization from disaster.
