The handbook is prepared for the European Commission, and structured in eight chapters. 

Chapter 1 Introduction of key concepts and context 

Chapter 2 The importance of designing a broadband plan 

Chapter 3 Investment model - The public authority’s role concerning the implementation, operation, ownership, and management of the infrastructure. 

Chapter 4 Network type - The factors that a public authority should consider in making infrastructure and technology decisions. 

Konza City will be developed in four phases over 20 years on a 5,000-acre greenfield site located 60 km south of Nairobi. The new city has been designed as a technology hub with multi-use office space and city amenities to meet demand in Kenya and in East Africa. The project is expected to mobilize at least $500 million in private investment and generate 15,000 jobs in the first five years and serve as a catalyst for the full development of a 35,000-person city on a private basis over 20 years.

Over the next decade, the private operator, now named Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, is expected to invest $8 billion dollars in the country’s telecoms network in the largest ever single foreign direct investment in Ethiopia.

Digitalization is increasing rapidly worldwide, requiring more energy, and resulting in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report uses a key framework for categorizing energy use and emissions, the greenhouse gas protocol corporate standard. Second, the report addresses the policy and regulatory implications inferred from this data and the examination of these issues through several country case studies.

Asia-Pacific Digital Transformation Report 2024- Digital Innovation for Smarter Climate Action by ESCAP. 

Infrastructure can create a virtual space, for example by incorporating a Municipal Geographic Information System (GIS) system into the e-governance system through PPP. The Municipal GIS aims to create, store, maintain, and facilitate retrieval of property data in digital format along with geocoordinates, se example below.

Case Studies with examples of commercial value capture divided in various sectors. Alternatively, view them by Country or Category.