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The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.

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Although cellular telephony was first introduced in 1983, only 41 percent of elderly households possessed wireless subscription service in 2003.

But by 2010, wireless adoption among the elderly has grown to nearly 80 percent.

Research Area: Wireless

Tags: rural, broadband adoption, digital divide, wireless, growth, mobile, elderly

“The Wireless Revolution: Are The Elderly Keeping Up?” Macher and Mayo. May 29, 2012
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