Globally
- The government has launched a Digital Inclusion Strategy to reduce the number of UK people who are not online by 25%. The strategy brings together 40 public, private and voluntary sector organisations who have signed a UK Digital Inclusion Charter to get 2.7 million additional people online by 2016, and a further 25% every two years after that.
- Safaricom is offering free Wi-Fi to Kenyan workers who commute on private minibuses in order to try and connect Africa’s unconnected. Safaricom is also installing Wi-Fi routers at city train stations and small-town barber shops. The company also takes a router-laden bus to rural areas on market days to create a temporary Wi-Fi hot spot. Staffs use a loudspeaker to announce that free Internet is available and help shoppers set up free email accounts.