 In 2020, the world experienced one of the worst pandemics to strike the globe in the past 100 years. Broadband Internet has played a key role in ensuring continuity of business, education, and communication in the global response to COVID-19. However, 46% of the world is still left out of the digital marketplace, the online classroom, the global community, where worldwide responses to global issues like pandemics are solved collaboratively. Now more than ever, it is clear that the global broadband community needs to accelerate broadband adoption and bridge the digital divide. The ITU UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development is one of the leading advocacy groups working toward universal broadband connectivity. Founded in 2010, this year, it celebrates 10 years of thought leadership, advocacy, and research. The special edition of the annual State of Broadband Report reflects on progress made in directing broadband internet deployment for social development and economic growth across the world. So what is the State of Broadband? This year's publication tracks progress made in the past 10 years in achieving the seven advocacy targets. It finds that today, 174 countries worldwide have a broadband plan of some sort, an increase of 70 since 2010. Broadband is more affordable. 95 countries worldwide, of which 51 are developing, meet the 2% affordability threshold for entry-level mobile broadband service costs. Connectivity and internet usage are improving, albeit slowly. This report offers 26 policy recommendations for the decade of action in various critical areas such as policy and enabling ICT environment, connectivity and digital infrastructure deployment, investment and financing, ICT skills, and use. And provides key insights from commissioners representing various companies and organizations across the world. Our collective action over the next 10 years will determine the success of the progress towards the SDGs, and to the extent to which the global community can build back better with broadband. The 2020 State of Broadband.