23.04.2002
Web caching, in conjunction with related technologies, can address the problem of the digital divide, even in places with no telephone connection. SchoolWeb is providing to schools information at high speed, using the WorldSpace system in conjunction with Advanced Interactive's broadcast caching technology.
22.04.2002
Attempts are being made in many parts of the world to develop strategies to link ICT with poor people in rural and urban. Government agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations and various institutions are involved in initiating knowledge empowerment through ICT.
We have compiled this backgrounder to give you a complete picture of the WSIS from the perspective of the civil society. Explains academic concepts and issues related to knowledge society, notes activities and concerns of the civil society, and lists actors and organisations involved in the WSIS process as well as links to related Websites.
