ITU Distributes DataWind’s UbiSlate7Ci tablets to all Global
Youth Summit Delegates
UbiSlate7Ci (commercial version of the Aakash2) tablet used by
youth delegates from over 100 different countries to inspire the course for
humanity’s future
New
Delhi/San Jose, Costa Rica, 11 September 2013: The International Telecom Union’s BYND2015 Global Youth Summit
started with a bang in Costa Rica as youth delegates completing their
registration, were each provideda UbiSlate7Ci tablet computer (commercial
version of the Aakash2) to use throughout the conference in order to help
inspire them to think about the power of computing and internet access to solve
global problems.
ITU
secretary-general HamadounTouré noted "The BYND2015 Summit is a showcase
of the power of technology to connect and empower people and to bring them
together around a common cause; to collaborate and create solutions for their
future.”
One
of the Summit’s focuses is on how ICT can positively affect the role of
developments in Education, Health care and helping the environment and
delegates have been asked to focus on how this can be achieved globally. The
tablet, which had previously been launched by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon,
was chosen for the delegates due to the enormous difference that it has made in
changing the landscape of accessibility to low cost computing and Internet
access globally.
Derek
Kopke, Executive Vice President for International Business Development at
DataWind, who addressed the
Summit sharing his views on the impact of ICT on education, said “We were
honored to be asked to fulfill the needs of the ITU in getting low-cost tablets
to all delegates at the Summit so that they can see what can be achieved with
such technology. The response has been exceptional.” The tablets will now
follow their new owners back home to help spark further dreams of what can be
done when ICT breaks down the price barrier.
“We’re
excited to see the low-cost computing and internet access revolution we helped
start in India with the Aakash tablets, spreading globally and empowering the
youth to make changes for the better”, said Suneet Singh Tuli,
President & CEO of DataWind Ltd.