The benefits of information and communications technologies can be found in every area of human activity: better farming using GPS and micro-dosing of fertilizers; precision manufacturing; buildings that know how to economize on energy use; and, of course, the transformative, distance-erasing power of the Internet. Mobile broadband is already connecting even the most distant villages in rural Africa and India, thereby cutting down significantly on the need for travel.
信息和通信技术所带来的好处可以在人类活动的所有领域看到：GPS和滴灌技术所带来的农业进步、精密制造、能自动实现节约能源的建筑，更不用说消除距离隔阂的互联网了。移动宽带已能将最偏远的非洲和印度农村互联起来，从而大大降低差旅需要。