Cheap laptops for the needy

Guyana has pledged to spend US$30 million in the next three years to buy 90,000 laptops and resell them at a discount to the poor.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says the project aims to improve education in poor communities.
The South American country is launching a new high-speed Internet service provided by the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Thecompanyisowned by Salem, Massachusetts-based Atlantic Tele-Network.

Jagdeo said late Thursday that the upgrade is a result of a US$60 million fibre-optic cable network installed in January that runs from Suriname to Guyana.
Another fibre-optic cable from Brazil is also planned.

– AP