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variety of technologies, affecting standardization of the national telecommunicationsinfrastructure. Intense competition has resulted in pricewars that threaten long-term sustainability. Service providers are lookingto reduce duplication by cooperating on shared infrastructure, but so farno specific measures have been implemented.While Vietnam has had tremendous achievements in <strong>broadband</strong>, thereare challenges arising from its rapid growth: (a) development of width (forexample, the number of subscribers) needs to be coupled with developmentof depth (for example, service quality); (b) differences in the level of<strong>broadband</strong> between regions can contribute to widening gaps; and (c) therapid development of <strong>broadband</strong> can cause policy problems affecting sociallife, security, and politics.Notes1. This chapter classifies developing economies into geographic and economicgroupings according to World Bank regional and income classifications. SeeWorld Bank, “How We Classify Countries,” http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications.2. United Nations, “Millennium Development Goals,” http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/.3. MDG Monitor, “Tracking the MDGs,” http://www.mdgmonitor.org/browse_goal.cfm.4. ITU, “WSIS,” http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.html.5. FTTH Council, “Global FTTH Councils’ Latest Country Ranking Shows FurtherMomentum on All-Fiber Deployments,” Press Release, February 10, 2011, http://www.ftthcouncil.org/en/newsroom/2011/02/10/global-ftth-councils-latestcountry-ranking-shows-further-momentum-on-all-fiber-.6. “Triple Network Project Launched,” People’s Daily Online, July 2, 2010, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7050112.html.7. See ESCWA, “Final Meeting of the Project on ‘Promotion of the Digital ArabicContent Industry through Incubation,’” http://www.escwa.un.org/divisions/projects/dac/index.asp.8. Intel, “Intel Capital to Invest in Two Digital Content Companies in Jordan,”Press Release, May 17, 2009, http://www.intel.com/capital/news/releases/090519.htm.9. http://www.jeeran.com/.10. http://www.shoofeetv.com.11. Dubai School of Government, “Arab Social Media Report,” January 2011, http://www.dsg.ae/NEWSANDEVENTS/UpcomingEvents/ASMRHome.aspx.12. TRAI (2010); TRAI, “TRAI Issues Recommendations on ‘National BroadbandPlan,’” Press Release, December 8, 2010, http://www.trai.gov.in.330 Broadband Strategies Handbook

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