Bridging the Digital Divide: - A Myth or Reality ?
Keywords:
Digital Divide, ICT, Wireless Network, Mobile Technology, WiMaxAbstract
Researchers have been documenting about the digital divide between developing countries and developed countries since 1970’s. Some experts in areas like Public Policy, Communications, Business Management and Economics have also addressed the phenomenon of digital divide since the 1990’s. We are in the 21st century and still there is the same old talk of digital divide amongst these researchers. One wonders whether digital divide will continue forever and whether we will ever achieve a Technology that closes this gap. This paper attempts to investigate ways to bridge the digital divide between Developing and Developed Countries and explore facts about Digital Divide that might be of some interest to the reader. The contribution of this paper is in the way this digital divide can be perceived as a reality or a myth given the number of years that have elapsed since this term was first coined by Lloyd Morrisett[6] .
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