1Rob Frieden is Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to report on the International Telecommunication Union Telecom World Symposium and Trade Show held in Hong Kong in December 2006.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reports on some of the ideas presented at the symposium.FindingsThe paper finds that attendees got a first‐hand sense of Chinese ascendancy in information and communications technology (ICT) as well as the promise offered by ICT to bridge the digital divide.Originality/valueThe paper shows the ideas on bridging the digital divide presented at ITU World Telecom 2006.
