Abbreviations and acronyms

American Broadband Initiative (US)

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting

Accelerating Connected Care and Education Support Services on the Internet (US)

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Broadband for the Rural North (UK)

Broadband connection points

Broadband Technology Opportunities Programme (US)

Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (US)

Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnológica en Salud (Mexico)

Community Fibre Partnership (UK)

Congestive health failure

Canada Infrastructure Bank (Canada)

National Health Insurance Fund / Caisse nationale de l’Assurance Maladie (France)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Coronavirus disease 2019

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission (Canada)

Dakota Carrier Network (US)

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification

Diagnostic related groups

Digital Subscriber Line

European Commission

European Union

Federal Communications Commission (US)

Free-space optical

Fibre to the Curb

Fibre to The Home

Fibre to the Node

Fibre to the Premises

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (UK)

Gross domestic product

General government

General practitioner

Global value chains

Higher education institutions

Inter-County Broadband Network (US)

Information and communication technology

Internet of Things

Information technology

International Standard Classification of Education

Innovation Science and Economic Development (Canada)

Local Autonomy Index

Low Earth Orbit

Long-Term Evolution

Maisons de santé pluriprofessionnelles (France)

National Broadband Ireland

National Broadband Network (Australia)

Next Generation Broadband Expansion Programme

National Health Service (UK)

Programme for International Student Assessment

Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations (US)

Public-private partnership

Purchasing power parity

Program on Research for Integrating Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (Canada)

Regional Authority Index

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (US)

Request for proposals

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (UK)

Sustainable Development Goals

Social health insurance

Small-and medium-sized enterprises

Teaching and Learning International Survey

Territorial level 2 / Territorial level 3, i.e. large / small regions

Urbanised Areas

Urban Clusters

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

US Department of Agriculture

Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line

World Health Organization

Workforce Incentive Program (Australia)