Summary: http://trailfire.com/30_globetrotter/trailview/69870
- The digital divide is becoming an increasing problem
- ICT's have the potential to "leap frog" entire stages of development
- Barriers must be broken to allow ICT's to be put to use.
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- The number of subscribers to fixed and mobile has leaped from 530 million to almost 3 billion in 2004.
-In 2004 Africa added 15 million new mobile phone subscribers.
- That figure equals the whole continent in 1996
- 2004;14% of the world's population were using the internet.
-2004- 7% of the developing world had access to the internet
ICT's compromise three categories:
Information technologies:
-computer hardware,software,and peripherals,and computer literacy
Telecommunication Technologies:
-telephone systems,radio and television broadcasting,sattelites,mobile telephony,and other broadband connectivity
Networking Technologies:
-Internet and a broad array of internet based applications
Key Points:
-Progress in ICT's could provide new oppurtunities to acheive millenium development goals.
-ICT's can be very influential on increasing productivity,generating economic growth,job creation,and improving quality of life.
- ICT's give increased oppurtunities to strengthen certain sections of society.
