Myths about ICT for the Other Billions

Kentaro Toyama
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Kentaro Toyama: Microsoft Research India

Chapter 8 in ICT for the Next Five Billion People, 2010, pp 63-80 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract I am going to start with a photograph of a project that was actually mentioned several times already (Fig. 1). As you can see, this is a village inthe middle of India. No paved walls. There is thatched roofing. And on the roof you can see a VSAT satellite dish that is providing Internet connectivity to that village. The reason why I want to show you this photograph is just to show that especially in India there is an immense desire by agencies outside of rural areas to take technology into the villages. And, that is itself met with a lot of enthusiasm on the village side. These villagers are actually very attracted to the technology.

Keywords: Mobile Phone; Digital Divide; Agricultural Extension; Mobile Banking; Email Account (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12225-5_8

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