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. 

2006 Intelligent Community of the Year
Taipei is no stranger to technology-based development.  This city of 2.6 million people is the world's largest producer of laptop and notebook computers and computer motherboards.  The Taipei Technology Corridor  consists of two major science and technology parks, with a third one in development, that currently employ more than 85,000 knowledge workers in 2,200 companies with combined annual revenues in 2004 of nearly US$53 billion.  Taipei is also one of the world's top three cities for broadband deployment, with PCs in 88% of homes and 77% of households connected to ADSL service.  Where hardware and infrastructure is concerned, Taipei is justly proud of being a global leader. 

Canada posted three communities, including Ontario, to ICF's Smart21 of 2010.

Riverside, CA was one of the communities named to ICF's Smart21 on October 16.

Three Virginia, USA communities were named to ICF's Smart21.