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Review: The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business

Into an air of great anticipation, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen have published The New Digital Age. Continue reading

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New high-speed internet connects African research to world

An African-led high-speed internet network has been launched to connect academics and researchers throughout Southern and East Africa to peers across the two regions and in Europe. Continue reading

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Africa: Is Africa’s Digital Revolution Under Threat?

Getting through to your loved ones or business contacts was a gamble, and every successful call was a triumph of hope over adversity. Continue reading

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New innovation case on THINK!: Connected Nation

Connected Nation: Helping Communities Realize the Value of Technology by Utilizing Broadband. Continue reading

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The fight for control of the internet has become critical

If plans to put cyberspace under a secretive UN agency go through, states’ censoring of the web will be globally enshrined Continue reading

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ICTs, the Internet and Sustainability: a discussion paper

This discussion paper explores the relationship between ICTs the Internet and sustability. Continue reading

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Statistics in Focus: Internet use in households and by individuals in 2011

Internet use in households and by individuals in 2011.
Two thirds of Europeans used the internet on average at least once a week, one quarter have never used it. Continue reading

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Measuring the Broadband Bonus in Thirty OECD Countries

Measuring the Broadband Bonus in Thirty OECD Countries

This paper provides estimates of the economic value created by broadband Internet using measures of new gross domestic product and consumer surplus Continue reading

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Global Impact Study: Public access to ICTs, sculpting the profile of users

The Global Impact Study of Public Access to ICTs is a five-year project (2007-2012) to generate evidence about the scale, character, and impacts of public access to Information and Communication Technologies Continue reading

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Internet Matters: the Net’s Sweeping Impact on Growth, Jobs & Prosperity

Research offers the 1st quantitative assessment of the impact of Web on GDP and growth, with the most relevant tools governments and businesses can use to get the most benefit from the digital transformation Continue reading

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