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Accelerating Connected Care and Education Support Services on the Internet (US)
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
B4RN
Broadband for the Rural North (UK)
BCPs
Broadband connection points
BTOP
Broadband Technology Opportunities Programme (US)
CARES
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (US)
CENETEC
Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnológica en Salud (Mexico)
CFP
Community Fibre Partnership (UK)
CHF
Congestive health failure
CIB
Canada Infrastructure Bank (Canada)
CNAM
National Health Insurance Fund / Caisse nationale de l’Assurance Maladie (France)
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CRTC
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission (Canada)
DCN
Dakota Carrier Network (US)
DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DRGs
Diagnostic related groups
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
EC
European Commission
EU
European Union
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (US)
FSOs
Free-space optical
FTTC
Fibre to the Curb
FTTH
Fibre to The Home
FTTN
Fibre to the Node
FTTP
Fibre to the Premises
GBVS
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (UK)
GDP
Gross domestic product
GG
General government
GP
General practitioner
GVCs
Global value chains
HEIs
Higher education institutions
ICBN
Inter-County Broadband Network (US)
ICT
Information and communication technology
IoT
Internet of Things
IT
Information technology
ISCED
International Standard Classification of Education
ISED
Innovation Science and Economic Development (Canada)
LAI
Local Autonomy Index
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
LTE
Long-Term Evolution
MSP
Maisons de santé pluriprofessionnelles (France)
NBI
National Broadband Ireland
NBN
National Broadband Network (Australia)
NGBEP
Next Generation Broadband Expansion Programme
NHS
National Health Service (UK)
PISA
Programme for International Student Assessment
PLATO
Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations (US)
PPP
Public-private partnership
PPP
Purchasing power parity
PRISMA
Program on Research for Integrating Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (Canada)
RAI
Regional Authority Index
RDOF
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (US)
RFP
Request for proposals
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SBVS
Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (UK)
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SHI
Social health insurance
SMEs
Small-and medium-sized enterprises
TALIS
Teaching and Learning International Survey
TL2 / TL3
Territorial level 2 / Territorial level 3, i.e. large / small regions
UAs
Urbanised Areas
UCs
Urban Clusters
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USDA
US Department of Agriculture
VDSL
Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line
WHO
World Health Organization
WIP
Workforce Incentive Program (Australia)
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