The World Economic Forum’s Delivering Digital Infrastructure initiative is a global, multistakeholder effort to ensure digital infrastructure deployments are able to support the promise of the digital economy.

The project engaged a multistakeholder community of government, private sector, civil society and academia.

Sincere thanks are extended to the Steering Committee which helped guide the project.

Thanks are also extended to the Working Group members for their active participation, collaborative spirit and, most importantly, unique insights.

The global dialogue included sessions at the Dead Sea, Jordan; Singapore; Palo Alto, USA; Dalian, People’s Republic of China; Brussels, Belgium; Davos, Switzerland; and Barcelona, Spain. Thanks are extended to all participants at these events who participated in the dialogues.

Finally, additional thanks go to David Kirkpatrick, Chief Executive Officer, Techonomy Media, for moderating dialogues at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 and the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014.

The Forum is also grateful for the generous commitment and support of The Boston Consulting Group in its capacity as project adviser. 

Special thanks are extended to David Dean and John Corwin of The Boston Consulting Group. John Corwin served as the primary author of this report and his tireless efforts are to be commended. We would also like to thank David Duffy for his assistance in the writing of this report.

World Economic Forum Telecommunications Industry Team

Alan Marcus
Senior Director, Head of Information Technology and Telecommunications Industry
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Bruce Weinelt
Director, Head of Telecommunications Industry
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Aurélien Goutorbe
Senior Content Manager, Telecommunications Industry, Global Leadership Fellow
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