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Keys to the Success of Digitally Advanced Societies via ICTlogy May 22nd, 2008 at 09:56

image (notes from the homonimous session at the bdigital Global Congress) Moderator: Miquel Mateu Tim KellySuccess factors for national ICT strategies: Case studies from global leaders How do we recognise and measure success in ICTs? Universal service: Avaiability Accessibility Affordability But new concerns or challenges that should be included in ICT measuring: Participation Quality and intensity of access Lifestyle enhancement Ubiquity of access: At anytime, by anyone, anywhere, to anything Different perceptions of what quality is: reliability? time of response? depending on user and use. For instance, in terms of proportion of Internet users, the digital divide is shrinking, but new types of digital divide are appearing, the most important of all, the broadband divide: broadband costs...