Formal Broadband Plans Spur Economic and Social Development
Two Asian nations – Korea and Singapore — have managed to leapfrog multiple stages of economic development and have transformed [...]
View ArticleCisco Supports U.S. Department of Commerce Decision to Transition Internet...
On Friday, March 14, the US Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its intent to transition key [...]
View ArticleGlobal IT Report Identifies Key Policies for the Internet of Everything
Note: The full report can be found here as well as chapter 1.2, “ The Internet of Everything: How the Network Unleashes the Benefits of Big Data “ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzsSx3iUIA The World Economic...
View ArticleThe Multi-Stakeholder Open Internet: Safe for Another Year
The multi-stakeholder Internet Governance process is safe from being replaced by a government-only top down process. At least for now. The Internet as we know it has added huge social and economic...
View ArticleWho’s Got (Networking) Talent? Launching the 2014 Global Talent...
“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men – the balance wheel of the social machinery.” – Horace Mann, 1848 Mann, is he right. Education...
View ArticleThe Paradox of ICT’s Impact on Growth and Inequality
Thirty years ago a UN commission published the Maitland Report , proposing that by the early 21st century, every individual on the planet should “be within easy reach of a telephone” given the economic...
View ArticleNo Inclusive Growth Without Women and Girls in ICT
Last week we partnered with the WEF in launching the 2015 Global Information Technology Report highlighting the importance of closing the gender gap in ICT to ensure everybody benefits from ICTs. Today...
View ArticleAs Two Digital Divides Close, A New One Threatens
Five years ago when it was created, the UN Commission for Digital Development stated that “the digital divide continues to be a development divide that must quickly be bridged.” Since then, huge...
View ArticleIoT: Using Technology for the Developing World
As we enter 2016, I can’t help but reflect on the staggering success and take up of the Internet of Things (IoT), which refers to any device able to connect to the Internet. Mobile penetration is...
View Article2016 Cisco Mobile VNI: Reporting on the Data
Over the last decade, the Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI), our rolling five year forecast of Internet trends has delivered some amazing and eye-popping predictions. Today’s VNI Mobile...
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