On challenges and opportunities in second wave of ICT revolution for south Asian countries

During the last three decades Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has expended itself in an exponential manner and made it possible to access right information at right time by an individual organization or culture. Structure of ICT market has been changed completely by digitization and competition. Third generation cellular, WiMAX, cable and fiber infrastructure etc. are passing through rapid technological innovations. Further Asian countries hold only two percent of world's income but accommodates about one fourth of the world's population out of which about half are below poverty level. ICT revolution in these countries has gained momentum but still many communities have almost nil access to the value added information. In this paper challenges and opportunities in ICT implementation to various field in south Asian countries have been investigated with an emphasis on ICT revolution and its applications in agriculture, Health care and Medical, Traffic Management, Electricity and Power management, School Education and Police force.