Intel Chairman Unveils The Worlds Most Remote Digital City; Amazon effort marks global movement to bring technology to the next billion people.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 September 2006-INTEL CORPORATION: Intel Chairman Unveils The Worlds Most Remote Digital City; Amazon effort marks global movement to bring technology to the next billion people(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20092006 PARINTINS, Brazil - In one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, the Amazon, Intel Corporation has created a wireless, high-speed Internet network for residents to access vast resources of medical, educational and commercial knowledge through computers.

The project is part of the Intel World Ahead Program, an initiative in which Intel plans to invest more than $US 1 billion globally over the next 5 years to accelerate access to computers, the Internet and technology for people in developing communities. The...