Pinoy people’s PC
THE DEVELOPMENT Bank of the Philippines-Data Center Inc. (DBM-DCI) recently launched a computer deployment project for Filipinos in the grassroots.
“Kompyuter sa Bawat Pilipino Movement” (KPM) aims to provide Filipinos from various economic sectors an opportunity to own a computer and use them to provide basic e-services.
The project is targeted at housewives, out-of-school youth, returning overseas workers, and other home-based Filipinos.
DCI Chief Operating Officer Andrew Martino Guitarte said the project aggregates several other government and private sector IT initiatives, one of them the People’s PC program maintained by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and Intel Philippines.
Guitarte said they have also partnered with a telecommunication carrier to provide the broadband connection, and another private firm that provides computer skills training, and would announce other partners soon.
Under the KPM project, Filipinos in target provinces can acquire a People’s PC unit with either a Wifi or WiMax connection as well as basic desktop functions. [source]