India's vision for a digital billion

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As 2006 drew to a close the President of India outlined his vision for a connected India.

He challenged the country's technical elite to provide free bandwidth "for anyone, anywhere, anytime".

In the speech, Dr Abdul Kalam said that communication channels were a "demolisher of imbalances" and likened the government's responsibility to it to "laying the roads".

This one action, he said, would not only boost the economy of India but would also address the imbalance between the haves and the have-nots of the digital world.......


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6322027.stm

 

[Creature]

Interesting that they compare it to laying the roads. I wonder if it is now more important than laying the roads. I guess the internet connection could potentially lead to a better job than a regular road. I'm surprised that only 5% had internet access in 2005.

 

[smile]

still probably its better than my home country