Mohammad Nuh, Minister of Communications and Informatics for Republic of Indonesia confers with Ilham Habibie, Co-Chairman of Investor Group Against Digital Divide (IGADD) March 5, 2008. The Minister asked IGADD to develop an investment policy for Indonesia. The goal: connect 20% of the population to Meaningful Broadband by the year 2012. See 20 by 12.

The Digital Divide won't close by itself. But it can be closed. You can help. Use this site to consider how to alter the powerful market forces that drive the mobile revolution. By leveraging these forces, impoverished economies can be transformed and their citizens uplifted. Our model is called Investor Group Against Digital Divide. See IGADD's blog.

First Indonesia, then the world

Indonesia is IGADD's global showcase. Our partners include the Indonesian government (Depkominfo), its top technology university (ITB), its telecom industry association (Mastel), and, the national network of universities (Rector Forum). It is based at a respected think tank, The Habibie Center. IGADD's initial aim is to bring Meaningful Broadband to 50 million Indonesians by the year 2012. Our next step is to develop a Broadband Investment Policy for the Republic of Indonesia. Find out more.

 

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THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
An introduction to the situation and issues
FALLACIES
Seven misconceptions about the Digital Divide
TRUTHS
Nine truths about
the Digital Divide
HISTORY
A decade of efforts
to close the Divide
GOVERNMENTS
Why governments alone can't close the Divide
PRIVATE SECTOR
Why corporations and entrepreneurs can't close the Divide
HARVARD/MIT
How these universities generated the ideas behind our model
WIRELESS
Why cellular alliances in Asia are the basis for our model
FUNDING
Where the money for our model will come from
STAKEHOLDERS
How each type of stakeholder can anchor our model
MEANINGFUL BROADBAND
Emerging markets need broadband that fits the context of users