Resumen
The article discusses future of disparity between technologically developed and underdeveloped nations. Many interesting developments are anticipated for the global Internet community when currently developing countries dominate the global Internet community. This shift in the Internet user community will lead to greater internationalization of the Internet and will facilitate better representation of various languages and cultures. The Internet is forcing merger of computer communications, telecommunications, broadcasting, and publishing, with the Internet as the primary infrastructure. The last decade has seen the developed countries benefit from the Internet far more than the emerging countries. Countries such as China and India can narrow the Internet digital divide by effectively exploiting the Internet in their countries. Unfortunately, there will be many emerging countries that do not benefit from the Internet revolution, including many countries in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia and this aspect of the digital divide will widen in the coming century.