Digital Inclusion Report
A recent report by UK Online Centres, "Understanding digital inclusion" on digital inclusion makes the following observations.
• Despite developments in technology the uptake of ICT has largely plateaued.
• Access to ICT is not enough – a proportion of non-users of the internet reside in connected households.
• There is a demonstrable correlation between social and digital exclusion.
• Digital exclusion is unlikely to be adequately addressed in isolation from other policy areas.
• A significant proportion of the digitally excluded are at risk of deepening exclusion.
• Penetration by market forces is unlikely to eliminate digital exclusion.
• Digital exclusion is also unlikely to disappear over time through demographic developments.
• Extending digital inclusion can have tangible beneficial impact for national productivity and GDP
(Gross Domestic Product).
Interesting reading!