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promoting of, 284–86, 289nn42–44and social networking, 280–81Sub-Saharan Africa, 313local governmentsand access to broadband, 165and broadband development, 73, 74b2.5and broadband infrastructure, 167local loop unbundling (LLU), 59, 116–17,238–39Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-Advanced, 236Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology,116, 198, 236, 314low-and-middle income countries, 156–58LTE. See Long-Term Evolution (LTE)Mmacroeconomicsand broadband absorptive capacity,27–28See also economiesMalaysia, 248, 306broadband strategies in, 47b2.2employment growth link tobroadband, 10use of PPPs for broadband development,72–73Wi-Fi, 237Malaysian Communications andMultimedia Commission (MCMC), 10,248Malaysian Information, Communications,and Multimedia Services (MyICMS),47b2.2, 72–73Maldives, 210, 211b5.1markets, 2, 159, 164–66, 171, 176advantage of LLU in, 117backbone markets, 76, 86n16and broadband development, 19–24,155–56, 247for CATV networks, 305competition to promote growth of,54–55, 181, 182disruptions of by new entrants, 303–5and international connectivity, 112–13mechanisms for spectrum, 118–19private-led, 156–57, 169, 189n1and regulatory framework, 167secondary markets for spectrumtrading, 100and subsidies, 172–74, 177Mauritius, 14m-banking services, 277–78McKinsey and Company, 5MCMC. See Malaysian Communications andMultimedia Commission (MCMC)MDGs. See Millennium Development Goals(MDGs)measurementof adoption of Internet, 76, 77–79of availability, 76–77of digital literacy in Australia, 256b6.2and evaluation, 82–84overview of broadband indicators, 76,86nn16–17of pricing policies, 76, 77f2.4, 81–82,83t2.6of quality, 76, 77f2.4, 79–81, 87n20See also monitoringmedical outcomes, 16–17, 18t1.2medical records, 275–77, 288n31Metis Community, 178, 190n21metropolitan connectivity, 115–16, 196, 197,218–21Mexico, 136, 230, 232b5.2m-health, 16, 17b1.3, 276–77microwave systems, 203–4, 214, 217Middle East and North Africa regionbroadband development in, 310–11See also specific countrymiddle-income countries, broadbandstrategies in, 47b2.2“middle-mile” infrastructure, 115–16, 218military campuses, and Internetconnectivity, 257Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),296–98mobile application laboratory, 323mobile broadband servicesBrazil, 319contrasted with wireline services, 128–29East Asia, 305Kenya, 323Latin America and Caribbean, 308Morocco, 311, 324and service neutrality, 93Sub-Saharan Africa, 314subscriptions for, 19–20, 82, 83t2.6,305, 311Turkey, 328and use of Wi-Fi, 238Vietnam, 329mobile devices, 5–6, 157, 250, 263–67, 280,287n20mobile education labs, 16mobile health (m-health), 16, 17b1.3, 276–77mobile money services, 277Index 363