Colombia?s first-ever telecenters, Colnodo?s Neighborhood Information Units, have been self-sustaining for the past two years. The NIUs are now feeding directly into a national telecommunications initiative, and the new business plan anticipates surpassing mere coverage of costs to achieve profitability. Check out the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse Project of the Week at http://www.digitaldividend.org/.
Las Unidades Informativas Barriales de Colnodo, la primera experiencia colombiana en ofrecer acceso comunitario a las TICs, han sido autosostenibles desde hace dos años. Ahora están contribuyendo a una iniciativa de telecomunicaciones nacional, y el nuevo plan de negocios espera superar la cobertura de costos para generar utilidades. Vea el Proyecto de la Semana en http://www.digitaldividend.org/.
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Friends,
Here is an interesting
update from the WRI Digital Dividend site, on telecenters in Colombia.
Regards, Jim
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From: Digital Dividends
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:33 AM
To: jim@geopartners.com
Subject: Colombia's First
Telecenters on the Path to Profitability
Colombia's
first-ever telecenters, Colnodo's Neighborhood Information Units, have
been self-sustaining for the past two years. The NIUs are now feeding directly
into a national telecommunications initiative, and the new business plan
anticipates surpassing mere coverage of costs to achieve profitability. Check
out the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse Project of the Week at http://www.digitaldividend.org/.
Las Unidades Informativas Barriales de Colnodo, la primera experiencia
colombiana en ofrecer acceso comunitario a las TICs, han
sido autosostenibles desde hace dos años. Ahora están contribuyendo a una
iniciativa de telecomunicaciones nacional, y el nuevo plan de negocios espera
superar la cobertura de costos para generar utilidades. Vea
el Proyecto de la Semana en http://www.digitaldividend.org/.
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The Digital Dividend Clearinghouse is an online platform for networking
and solution-sharing among digitally-enabled development projects worldwide.
Explore more than 400 projects at http://wriws1.digitaldividend.org/.
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