This AsiaMedia article says “eight months ago, when Fizaz Ahmed opened an Internet service using a mobile modem in Kapalia Bazar of Jessore, the local people hardly knew what it was as the nearest Internet service was 35 kilometres away. Now the Internet is rapidly changing the lives of the people of about 15 villages around Kapalia Bazar.Villagers are now buying printouts of documents like passport forms or licenses from Fizaz’s establishment. For Tk 5, a farmer can obtain a listing of prices for any agricultural commodity sold at nearby markets. Students have started exploring admissions in universities and compiling education related information. Mothers and fathers are chatting with their expatriate children or relatives on the Internet where they can see each other through the web-cam.Fizaz’s Internet service is one of 80 Community Information Centres (CICs) set up with the help of Grameen Phone”.Further,”with the help and training from Grameen Phone, Fizaz took micro-credit worth of Tk 50,000 to set up this CIC with a PC, a GSM modem, a scanner, a printer and a web-cam.Based on the success of this venture, Grameen Phone expects to help roll out 500 such CICs across Bangladesh by the year-end and help spark local entrepreneurship and knowledge dissemination.”If one per cent of the population can be given Internet access, it will contribute to 4 per cent growth to export,’ said Erik Aas, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Grameen Phone”.

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