Telcos, partners pledge $30b to bridge online connectivity gap

Commitments worth $29.92 billion have been pledged since March to bring the world’s hardest-to-connect communities online, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies.

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