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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 17th
June 2023 – Today at the SDG Digital event during the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Action Weekend at United Nations
Headquarters in New York City, GSOA announced a new pledge to the
Partner2Connect Digital Initiative led by the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), the United Nations agency for digital technologies.
On the eve of the SDG Summit, GSOA pledged its best efforts to contribute
through its members to help double the number of people connected by
satellite to at least 500 million globally by 2030. This could result in
global socio-economic benefits of more than 250 billion US dollars and
would continue fostering unprecedented innovation, from integration with
terrestrial services to backhaul and direct satellite broadband on land, in
the air, and at sea. All of this will positively contribute to the achievement
of the SDGs.
This new commitment complements eight pledges made by GSOA last year,
continuing to advance bridge the digital divide, improve emergency
connectivity, and support national administrations through capacity
building workshops and seminars.
With the 78th United Nations General Assembly set to kick off tomorrow, the
satellite industry's commitment to advancing ITU’s strategic goals of
universal and meaningful connectivity and sustainable digital
transformation has never been more apparent. Satellite communications also
play an increasingly important role in digital inclusion, as highlighted
during the Broadband Commission’s Annual Fall Meeting, which GSOA attended
as special guest.
To deliver on this promise, additional bandwidth must be made available to
support existing satellite services while meeting unprecedented demand for
new services. For satellites to deliver ubiquitous connectivity in an
increasingly digital world, the industry must secure sufficient spectrum
and develop inclusive, technology-neutral policy frameworks.
Isabelle Mauro,
Director General, GSOA said “The satellite industry has recently
seen unparalleled levels of innovation and growth and is constantly
investing to satisfy growing demands for resilient and secure connectivity
from users throughout the world. GSOA’s P2C pledge will help accelerate inclusive
digital transformation across the globe while contributing to ITU’s goal of
universal connectivity.”
"Satellite broadband
is a potential game-changer for the unconnected and the UN Sustainable
Development Goals,"
said Doreen
Bogdan-Martin, ITU Secretary-General. “We
welcome GSOA’s new pledge as a major step forward in connecting the 2.6
billion people that are still offline,” she added.
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Read GSOA’s Paper: “Satellite
for SDGs – Transforming Lives”
Explore all the Partner2Connect
pledges
GSOA and GVF join forces to
create a trade association of 70 member companies spanning the entire
satellite ecosystem from across the globe, giving a stronger, single
unified voice for the satellite industry, leveraging both organisations’
strengths to represent the industry.
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