A $1 billion investment in technology from Intel in wireless broadband helps to bridge the 'digital divide' in the developing world, and creates connections to industrialized countries.  Connectivity is delivering big impacts on education, healthcare and daily life.  This video does a good job of describing how emerging economies are using connectivity to make a substantial difference to the lives of their citizens. 

Taiwan is the world’s third-ranking supplier of computers and peripherals, and its capital city, Taipei, hosts the country’s greatest concentration of high-tech firms.  Building on that foundation, this city of 2.6 million people is developing two vast new technology parks, one focusing on software and the other on data communications, mobile communications and biotechnology.  But in 1998, newly elected Mayor Dr. Ying-jeou Ma took a more ambitious step by introducing a far-reaching initiative to transform Taipei into a “CyberCity.”  Uniquely, this project was driven by Dr. Ma’s appreciation for Taipei’s physical limits.  The city is bounded by mountains on three sides and a river on the fourth.  Rising congestion on the roads, as automobile ownership has risen to 258 per 1,000 people (plus 369 motorcycles per 1,000), led the government to base its development vision on moving information rather than people and goods.  

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