is report is a collaborative e ort between Cisco, the global leader in Internet architecture, and Global Business Network (GBN), the world’s foremost scenario consultancy. It is o ered as a contribution to ongoing discussions and e orts to harness the huge potential of Internet and IP networks to drive economic and human development around the world. is is of particular relevance to emerging-market countries where the relatively low level of Internet use today reveals a wide opportunity gap in terms of economic productivity and social inclusion. We hope that our discussion of key driving forces and uncertainties a ecting the Internet’s evolution and the scenarios that we’ve developed to illustrate how these.
