scope:

This Recommendation addresses social and economic awareness objectives of future networks (FNs), in particular the related design goal of service universalization, identified in [ITU-T Y.3001].

This Recommendation covers the following:

• The objective of stimulating service universalization through FNs;

• Requirements regarding service universalization in FNs;

• Technical considerations for FNs design in order to facilitate service universalization.

It is important to bear in mind that this Recommendation does not have the purpose of creating new technologies or standards that should be implemented in FNs. However, it aims to identify which technical considerations should be useful to enhance service universalization and how they could contribute to achieve this goal.