this chapter illustrates some of the initiatives that the international telecommunication union itu participated in and launched of relevance to this category the most debated issues were public private partnership ppp as model for implementing broadband networks the application of lessons from moores law in order to promote broadband and achieve the sdgs key factors to make rural communication projects successful and sustainable evolving imt systems standards technologies and architecture supporting mobile broadband the itu gisbased transmission maps as a useful tool for identifying the missing links and improving broadband connectivity this new agenda will constitute the new global shared vision goals and targets to be achieved by in collaboration with all stakeholders across the ict ecosystem the maps are a cuttingedge ictdata mapping platform for taking stock of national backbone connectivity fibre and microwave as well as of other key metrics of the ict sector the platform currently covers africa the asiapacific region the arab states cis europe and latin america with data from more than operators