Intel’s Chairman Craig Barette and Muhammad Yunus have signed an agreement on September 4th for the launch of Intel’s “World Ahead Program” in Bangladesh. Intel’s World Ahead Program is a global effort to provide people in developing countries with the benefits of better, faster access to information and communication technology(ICT). It aims to accelerate the access to ICT to the next billion users in the world and it integrates and extend Intel’s efforts to advance progress in 4 areas; accessibility, connectivity, education, and content. According to the press release, Intel and Grameen Solutions will jointly introduce several programs to make it easier for people across Bangladesh to access the vast resources of medical, educational and commercial knowledge on the Internet. They will also deploy a PC ownership program that will offer low cost PCs on easy monthly installments and will launch a project to set up telecenters across the country. The telecenters will enable employment opportunities for rural citizens to offer services such as Internet access, photocopying, printing and PC usage for e-government and e-commerce services. The telecenters will be financed through microloans. Grameen Solutions was founded by Muhammad Yunus to promote economic and social development through ICT and to create affordable technology solutions for ordinary people. The country-wide implementation of this program is also being launched with collaboration with the government of Bangladesh.