President Clinton and the other leaders dedicated themselves to help remedy the situation. There will be a Digital Opportunity Task Force to help coordinate government efforts. The private sector, including America Online and Cisco, will contribute as well through new projects. Equally as important, and in keeping with our philosophy of local solutions for local problems, each area of the world is working on its solutions. We support the eEurope initiative and objectives, and we particularly agree with the goal of lessening regulation on electronic commerce.
Individual countries have their policies also.
While the U.S. is perhaps has the highest proportion of Internet users in the world, that picture is changing fast. And, within 6 years Chinese will likely be the most widely used language on the Internet. The wireless revolution will push the Internet revolution to an entirely new level. By years end one in five cell phones worldwide will be capable of Internet access and within five years, a half a billion people worldwide will access the Internet through a wireless device. Wireless Internet access will not only mean that more people will have access, but it also means that the reach of the Internet into many more aspects of our lives - e.g., into our cameras and cars.