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ASEAN have revealed their "ICT Masterplan" which includes provisions to create its own regional Internet exchange, complete with an "ASEAN broadband corridor linking key cities in the region". The ICT Masterplan also lays out a framework to increase access to affordable technologies, encourage and train Southeast Asian residents in ICT jobs, and other cross-country initiatives that help bridge the digital divide both between countries and within countries.

Summary of ASEAN Connectivity Conference and FWII's contribution to the event.

The goal of this project is to promote economic well‐being in remote, rural areas through scientific research based on the principles of the digital and knowledge divides. We advocate that humans can, through their deployment and usage of IT, generate, acquire, disseminate, and utilize the know‐how so as to achieve marked improvement in economic outcomes.