•      The Internet brings people closer together. Before the Internet, it was possible to keep in touch with relatives and friends across the country or around the world--but it was also expensive. 
•      Today, communicating with a friend in Japan is as easy and cheap as communicating with a friend across town, and families regularly use the Internet to keep in touch with far-flung relatives. 
•      Millions of people with shared interests--no matter how obscure--exchange information and build communities through Web sites, email and instant-messaging software. 
•      Using innovative accessibility aids, people with disabilities can use the Internet to help overcome barriers that prevent them from leading more productive and fulfilling lives.
•      Telemedicine and e-Health are broadly defined as the application of electronic communication technologies to the provision of healthcare, health education and health services.
•      Telemedicine applications can use Internet to transmit detailed medical images, as well as for videoconferencing to connect healthcare clinics in remote rural locations with experts and specialists located primarily in urban centers. 
•      In this way, rural clinics and hospitals can have access to the same medical expertise that is available in the most sophisticated urban hospitals. 
•      Telemedicine applications can allow health care professionals to monitor a patient’s health remotely and, using videoconferencing technologies can have access to critically needed specialists.
•      The most prominent example of how the Internet has resulted in innovative new services is the development of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). 
•      VoIP allows high quality two-way voice transmission over broadband connections, and is already revolutionizing the telecommunications industry. 
•      Calls made using IP technology or over the public Internet provide significant cost savings to consumers by eliminating most per minute long distance and local toll charges. 
•      Many VoIP providers are offering unlimited local and long distance calling plans for as low as N22 per minute. 
•      In addition to significant cost savings, VoIP facilitates advanced applications and capabilities including mobility, location independence including choice of area code, integrated messaging applications, voice access to e-mail and a common mailbox for voice, e-mail and Instant Messaging.
•      Cable companies and Broadband Over builders already offer television and video over their broadband networks. 
•      Telephone companies are seeking to offer similar services, delivering their own “triple play” to consumers. 
•      The increased capacity of these broadband networks combined with advances in data storage technology will spur increased Video on Demand applications.
•      Smart Homes: Homeowners can utilize broadband technologies to control the electronic devices in the home remotely. Lighting, heating and air conditioning, appliances, and home security and other systems can now be remotely monitored and controlled. 
•      In addition, advanced energy metering technology in the home will allow consumers to control their energy demand and respond to market signals.

•      E-government has become the prime tool for supporting government functions and interaction with citizens and businesses.