Can 5G help close the digital divide?

Jonathan Andrews asked a group of North American CIOs–from Chicago, Salt Lake City, Long Beach and Kansas City–what their cities are doing to close the digital divide

What steps are being taken in your city to close the digital divide and the device divide?

Danielle DuMerer, former CIO & Commissioner, City of Chicago

In Chicago we believe it’s critical that we make information and technology accessible to our residents through key anchor institutions like our libraries and senior citizen centres. Thanks to the partnership with the Department of Innovation & Technology and the Chicago Public Library (CPL), the library system is the number one provider of free Internet access ...