Telecommunications regulators from around the world endorsed guidelines to help them build digital ecosystems for essential national services like healthcare, education and finance at the Global Symposium for Regulators 2025 (GSR-25) today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.​

The GSR-25 Best Practice Guidelines​, issued during the closing of the three-day event, outline key tools and frameworks to drive regulatory innovation and build sustainable information and communication technology ecosystems, ensuring that digital societies and economies deliver prosperity for all.

The new guidelines reinforce the need to foster innovation, adapt capacity, and strengthen cooperation to support the work of regulators.

“GSR has spent 25 years lighting the path from dial-up to digital society,” said ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin. “With 2.6 billion people remaining unconnected, regulators are the bridge to a future where everyone, everywhere, can thrive online.”

In addition to endorsing the new guidelines, participants at GSR-25 shared insights on pressing regulatory issues in the digital landscape, including governance of artificial intelligence (AI), the growing space economy, and sustainable digital transformation.