SINGAPORE - More than 80,000 Singaporeans have pledged their support to help vulnerable groups gain digital access and connectivity through the Data for All initiative launched on May 21 at the Digita
l for Life Festival.Through this initiative, three major telcos - StarHub, Singtel and M1 - have each committed to providing 10,000 mobile data lines, which will benefit 30,000 Singaporeans.
At community and lifestyle hub Heartbeat@Bedok, where the festival is being held this weekend, Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo said on Saturday that the festival has drawn more than 13,000 participants who attended various activities physically since its launch on May 21. They visited exhibitions put up by social service agency Lions Befrienders, Google and the Association of Information Security Professionals , and observed workshops held by non-profit organisation Vivita and volunteer group SGBono.
The retiree said:"I live alone. With this device, if anything were to happen to me, at least people will know." "Technology is advancing and the ones who have access to it are just getting more and more advanced... But some children from low-income families are just getting started on their first laptop or their first Internet enabled device."
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