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RSS digital divideDigital divide still too wide claims UN
News There is still a wide digital divide between developed and developing nations despite commendable efforts from high-tech companies according to Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General. African nations called the meeting claiming they suffered... [18 Jun 2002]
Election '05: Digital divide must be addressed
Comment As the general election approaches, Simon Moores underscores just how important it is to make sure the whole population can take advantage of the internet - and notes how little we've done to combat the digital divide to date. [26 Apr 2005]
Digital divide wider than ever
Comment But the government's bold aims to bridge the digital divide on both a geographical and social level could still be further away than ever. On a social level the government is addressing the digital divide by making efforts to ensure that people who... [25 Jul 2003]
Digital divide attracts UN attention
News United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan today launched a special taskforce to address the widening digital divide. The UN is increasingly worried about the estimated four billion people worldwide with no access to computers or the internet. [20 Nov 2001]
Broadband narrows UK digital divide
News The digital divide between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is narrowing as more homes connect to broadband. The watchdog found more UK homes connected to broadband last year than in 2005 with the divide between the nation's fat pipe... [24 May 2007]
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
White Paper The "digital divide" is a term that has been used to characterize a gap between "information haves and have-nots," or in other words, between those Americans who use or have access to telecommunications technologies (e.g.telephones, computers, the... [30 Aug 2005]
IT companies carry the can for digital divide
News Vernon Ellis, international chairman of Accenture has accused IT companies of not doing enough to address the global digital divide and labelled their approach up to now as short-sighted. The DOI launched a report today examining the depth of the... [16 Jul 2001]
Blair offers £10m "prize" to bridge UK digital divide
News Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched an election manifesto "action plan" aimed at bridging the UK's digital divide and providing universal broadband access for citizens. Hewitt said the government is aiming to make the UK the first nation to... [01 Apr 2005]
Online school admissions could worsen digital divide
News Online school admissions systems will simply reinforce the digital divide if issues such as security and the lack of personal contact are not addressed. But the report warned there is "clear evidence of the 'digital divide' in society with those... [09 May 2005]
Internet 'have-nots' targeted by digital divide initiative
News The UK government has kicked off a campaign to encourage the elderly, disabled, unemployed and ethnic minorities to use the internet, in order to stop a growing digital divide in Britain. Speaking at the launch of the 'Get Started' campaign... [13 May 2003]
Towards a Better Understanding of Information Needs and Use Issues Within the Citizen-Government Digital Divide
White Paper This paper will discuss the development of a comprehensive social science model for the study of the citizen-government digital divide. The results of such a study are expected to be generalizable to a broad understanding of the digital divide. [03 Jul 2008]
Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans: the Digital Divide's New Frontier
White Paper A new dimension of the "digital divide" is beginning to take shape, however -- one with a profound impact on young people and those who guide and teach them: content. At the same time, it has been well documented that significant numbers of... [25 Feb 2004]
Bridging the digital divide: An opportunity for growth for the 21st century
White Paper Bridging the digital divide is a challenge on which much has been written and to which many events have been devoted, including the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) organized by the United Nations in December 2003, a second phase of... [12 Oct 2004]
ITU 06 diary - Reindeer, Green hardware and the digital divide at home
Comment Even those in more connected nations such as Canada and Hong Kong warn that there's another digital divide opening up. Another session deals with how to live in a digital society. Although ITU is still officially on on Friday, the show was... [08 Dec 2006]
Fat pipe take-up fuelling EU digital divide
News The digital divide in Europe is being exacerbated by large discrepancies in broadband penetration rates across the 25 countries of the EU, according to the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (Ecta). [14 Sep 2006]
