Title :
Digital-divide efforts are getting more attention
Abstract :
Worldwide efforts to mitigate the digital divide between technology-haves and have-nots have moved forward in recent months. From small projects that are flourishing with donated equipment and nascent agreements with local telecommunications providers to a proposal to distribute 100 million to 200 million new laptops to schoolchildren in developing nations within two years, a new sense of possibility is enlivening the Internet community.
Keywords :
Internet; organisational aspects; Internet computing; digital divide; local telecommunication provider; Blogs; Communications technology; Contracts; Discussion forums; Educational institutions; Environmental economics; Government; IP networks; Portable computers; Proposals; Digital Divide Network; FiberAfrica; United Nations Information and Communications Technologies Task Force;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2005.78
