This means that there are 3.5 billion people who are yet to be connected. If it took the world 25 years to get half its population online, then will it take another 25 years to get the remainder online? What is even more interesting is that the telcos may not even be as proactive in connecting these remaining 3.5 billion people as they were in connecting the top billion who sit atop the pyramid. Because the returns on investment for connecting billions of people at the bottom would take long and not be favourable to their financial health. Will the bottom 3.5 billion be connected based on the same philosophy, mechanism and methodology of telcos as the top 3.5 billion?

Source: Mint March 02, 2017 20:17 UTC