A $1 billion investment in technology from Intel in wireless broadband helps to bridge the 'digital divide' in the developing world, and creates connections to industrialized countries.  Connectivity is delivering big impacts on education, healthcare and daily life.  This video does a good job of describing how emerging economies are using connectivity to make a substantial difference to the lives of their citizens. 

In 1970, South Korea's gross domestic product per person was on a par with the poorer nations of Africa.  In 2004, it joined the "trillion dollar club" of world economies and in 2005, surpassed Taiwan in total GDP to become the 10th largest economy in the world.    

Canada posted three communities, including Ontario, to ICF's Smart21 of 2010.

Riverside, CA was one of the communities named to ICF's Smart21 on October 16.

Three Virginia, USA communities were named to ICF's Smart21.