A developed national information
infrastructure is a necessary, though not a sufficient, condition for e-commerce
uptake of SMEs. Without reliable and inexpensive telecommunications and
other information services, SMEs will not be able to go online. An important strategy
in this regard is the construction of “telecenters” or electronic community centers
that would serve as a community-shared access and connectivity platform especially
in the rural areas (e.g., an electronic agri-information center which provides market
information to farmers in rural areas). These telecenters can also be a venue for
capacity building, skills enhancement, training, communications and content development.
65 Government can also adopt agglomerative approaches to Internet use to
reduce costs (e.g., export aggregators, such as B2B or B2C portals/exchanges for
SMEs, which will facilitate trading with fellow SMEs and with other companies in the
international market).
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