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    India responded to the Maitland Report's recommendations to solve the "missing link" by establishing community telephones in all of India's 650,000 villages. The author argues that, similarly, the benefits of access to the Internet are so great that the government should employ a similar strategy. Obstacles such as illiteracy and lack of computer skills must also be tackled if India is to diminish the digital divide.

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    India responded to the Maitland Report's recommendations to solve the "missing link" by establishing community telephones in all of India's 650,000 villages. The author argues that, similarly, the benefits of access to the Internet are so great that the government should employ a similar strategy. Obstacles such as illiteracy and lack of computer skills must also be tackled if India is to diminish the digital divide.

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    Diminishing the digital divide in India

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    India responded to the Maitland Report’s recommendations to solve the “missing link” by
    deciding to establish community telephones in all of India’s 650,000 villages, a task that
    is largely complete. The author argues that, similarly, the benefits of access to the Internet
    are so great that the government should employ a similar strategy. This should include
    improving affordability through a competitive environment, encouraging the use of radio
    technology and upgrading village public telephones to Public Tele Information Centers
    (PTICs). Obstacles such as illiteracy and lack of computer skills must also be tackled if
    India is to diminish the digital divide.

    Keywords:

    Communications technology, Developing countries, India, Information technology

    Article Type:Research Paper

    Article URL:emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14636690210453361

    Article Type: Research Paper

    Keyword(s): Information technology; Communications technology; Developing


    countries; India.

    Journal: info

    Volume: 4

    Number: 6

    Year: 2002

    pp: 4-8

    Copyright ©MCB UP Ltd

    ISSN: 1463-6697

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