Our policies and alliances bring broadband meaningfully to the “forgotten five billion.”
First Asia, then the World
“Meaningful Broadband, Digital Divide Institute’s model for bridging the digital divide, has far-reaching implications for the developing world.” Andrew Harris, Economist Intelligence Unit
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Recently, Digital Divide Institute led a delegation representing two ASEAN nations to Taipei. Discussions led to proposals for how Taiwan-made tablets, PCs and netbooks could bring be integrated into strategic alliances that bring “meaningful apps” to rural Asia. Read More. |
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| Outreach to Intergovernmental Agencies | ||
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The policy targets promising “broadband-for-all” have languished in intergovernmental agencies such as ITU, APEC, ASEAN, ADB --In lectures and reports, DDI is helping each of them achieve those targets. Read More. |
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| Indonesia Signs On | ||
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Indonesia’s top leaders of government, business and academia sign a declaration calling for massive deployments of “meaningful broadband” to be aligned with the government’s new Master Plan for socioeconomic reforms -- then they turned to DDI to formulate the plan |
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| Philippines Ramps Up! | ||
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Already one of the most ICT-savvy nations in the world, Philippines is finally beginning its march into broadband. DDI is preparing a plan to present to President Aquino. Read the five domains of innovation that could combine to bring fast internet meaningfully to 93 million Filipinos. |
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Achieving “Political Will” : The factor that most keeps citizens from receiving the benefits of the internet is not what you’d imagine – not lack of investment capital, not corruption, not weak infrastructure. That stuff is fixable or can be circumvented. A deeper problem is that most governments are led by officials who lack political will to implement their own roadmaps for bringing broadband to the masses. Read More |
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Meaningful Broadband can bring equity and fairness to nations where gaps between rich and poor are rapidly growing.