Intel spends $ 1 billion to promote Internet use in poor countries

On May 2, Intel said it is planning to spend $ 1 billion over the next five years to promote Internet use and IT training in developing countries. This is the company's latest move to break into new markets.

Named 'World Ahead' (towards the world), this program aims to bring high-speed wireless Internet to 1 billion people who cannot afford to go online, and train 10 million teachers in IT in education. .

Intel's program includes: trying to promote the promotion of cheap desktop computers in schools and villages in developing countries, where most people cannot buy their own computers. . The program also aims to promote the dissemination of WiMax (wireless broadband access technology), a new technology that many investors think is ideal for Internet development in poor areas.

Intel is currently experiencing a slowdown in the desktop industry, because its rich markets in the US, Europe and Japan have become saturated.

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