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Rajesh Jain
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Richard Gerster, Sonja Zimmerman
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New York, June 26, 2003

The Wi-Fi opportunity for developing nations

On June 26th, W2i, the Wireless Internet Institute and the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force joined forces to organize the Wireless Internet Opportunities for Developing Nations conference at UN Headquarters in New York City. There were representatives of developing nations with leading technology vendors, carriers, investors, regulators, entrepreneurs and field practitioners from around the world.

The event drew more than 200 participants including practitioners,

governmnt regulators, international development experts, academics, NGOs and private sector technology experts to explore solutions for successful deployment of wireless Internet in the developing world. Participants included IBM, Intel, Agere, the World Bank, MIT Media Lab, the Wi-Fi Alliance and a number of leading wireless internet stakeholders.

The conference featured plenary sessions and structured brainstorming workshops to establish strategies necessary to overcome existing obstacles and develop environments favourable to the broad deployment of WiFi infrastructures.

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