Session: Are we Meeting the Challenges of Bringing Content and Access to the World?

Concise Description:
TODAY, THE WORLD HAS SLIGHTLY OVER 2 BILLION USERS OF THE GLOBAL INTERNET. CONTENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES IS GROWING, AND CHANGES IN THE DEVICES ACCESSING THE INTERNET ARE BRINGING INTERNET ACCESS TO USERS IN REGIONS AND COUNTRIES AT AN EXPONENTIALLY RAPID PACE. ACCESS TO THE GLOBAL INTERNET HAS EVOLVED QUICKLY FROM DESKTOP AND WIRED TO AN ALWAYS-ON AND ALWAYS-ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON MOBILE DEVICES. SPECTRUM IS PROVIDING A UBIQUITOUS ENVIRONMENT FOR CONNECTIVITY AND INTEROPERABILTY. WIRED/SATELLITE/WIRELESS IS THE NEW ACCEPTED CHALLENGE FOR APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES.
AROUND THE WORLD, MOBILE DEVICES AND WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY COUPLED WITH USEFUL AND INNOVATIVE CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS ARE THE NEW DRIVERS FOR USERS AND THEREFORE FOR GOVERNMENTAL POLICY MAKERS. APPLICATIONS DRIVE TRAFFIC DEMANDS AND WE ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPLICATIONS. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAVE LED THE WAY IN SUCH AREAS AS – E-BANKING, E-HEALTH, AND E-EDUCATION.
THIS WORKSHOP WILL HAVE AS DISCUSSANTS INDIVIDUALS WITH IN-THE-FIELD EXPERIENCE IN MOBILE HEALTH/REMOTE HEALTH DELIVERY, MOBILE/REMOTE EDUCATION, MOBILE FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROVIDERS, IXPS AND ISPs SERVING REMOTE AND DEVELOPING AREAS, AND EXPERT ANALYSIS WHOSE STUDIES SHOW THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.