Bridging the digital divide is a challenge on which much has been written and to which many events have been devoted, including the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) organized by the United Nations in December 2003, a second phase of which is scheduled for November 2005. This article outlines an approach for bridging the digital divide resulting from the experience gained from the initiative launched by Alcatel in 2001. In this approach, the targeted use of the communication resources ensures their financing and future-proofs their deployment, including in the least favored rural areas; it can also provide a means of achieving the development objectives enshrined in the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations.
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