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Potential benefits of the wireless village programme in Malaysia for rural communities


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Sahharon, Hamizah and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2014) Potential benefits of the wireless village programme in Malaysia for rural communities. Journal of Applied Sciences, 14 (24). pp. 3638-3645. ISSN 1812-5654; ESSN: 1812-5662

Abstract

The main attempt of this study is to identify the potential benefits of Malaysia Wireless Village programme to rural communities in Malaysia. This is a conceptual study in which reviews of the literature and document analyses have been performed to reveal the potential benefits offered by the Wireless Village programme. A total of six potential benefits have been identified and discussed by the authors. It is hoped that such discussions will assist concerned parties in constructing concrete strategies for improving ICT usage among rural communities in Malaysia.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
Institute for Social Science Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/jas.2014.3638.3645
Publisher: Asian Network for Scientific Information
Keywords: Rural community; Information and communication technology; Rural development
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2017 03:41
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2017 03:41
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56679
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