Ideas for Thailand’s digital transformation
The world is witnessing the greatest information and communications revolution in human history. Digital technologies provide access to huge amounts of information at all times, allow us to stay in touch with friends and relatives much more easily, and offer new opportunities for business and leisure. The sky is the limit!
The information revolution has reached billions of people around the world, and more people get connected every day. However, many others are not yet sharing in the benefits of modern digital technologies. There are the digital “haves” and digital “have nots”.
Today, 95% of the global population have access to a digital signal, but 5% do not; 73% have mobile phones, but 27% do not; slightly less than half of all people (46%) have internet, but the majority do not; and only 19% of the world’s population has broadband. There also are persistent digital divides across gender, geography, age, and income dimensions within each country.
Why should we care about overcoming this digital divide, and what can we do?