The GSMA and its friends are looking for ways to bring those within mobile range onto the 'net
In 2015 Google gave itself a mission: connect the"next billion" people to the internet. That plan more-than-succeeded, but also left three billion people offline – a situation that other orgs are trying to address.
The GSMA's plan aims to provide affordable handsets, and is backed by a coalition of industry players and organizations – including mobile operators and device makers. The World Bank Group, the UN's International Telecommunication Union and the EDISON alliance – the World Economics Forum's digital inclusion effort – are all on board.
Which raises an important question: who benefits from this scheme? The telecoms industry? Those who stand to profit from getting more users online? Or the people who will come online?"One of the things experts identified is that for some people the device is not the issue – it's the value they get from the connectivity," Michuki Mwangi, regional development manager at the Internet Society , toldHe said that some don't see a reason why they should use the internet – but the...
"In some countries, especially the less developed, they don't have government structure to handle adverse effects like cyber bullying and fraud. Then putting AI capabilities on top of it – those things that can be a blessing can also be a threat," the VP added. In many cases, the result is a locally owned not-for-profit facilitating internet access. Any surplus income generated by users paying for usage can go toward improving services.
Now that it's there, it's hard to imagine life without the well. The internet is much the same. Connectivity is only a choice until it's not.
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