ICT can be considered to be built on four pillars: computing, connectivity, content and human capacity. While computers and the internet were a focus, ICT applications can be divided into two categories - those reliant on communication networks, and those that are human-independent and make decisions without human intervention. ICT is integral to economic growth, especially in knowledge economies, and can help achieve UN Millennium Development Goals through efficiency, transparency, new opportunities, and empowering citizens.

1. ICT can be considered to be built on the 4 C´s: computing, connectivity, content and human
capacity.
ICT is much more than computers and the internet or even telephony, even though the digital
divide and issues of internet governance were much of the focus of World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS). Applications of ICT can be divided under two broad categories. The
first are those largely dependent on traditional communications networks. The second group of
ICT, we shall call Human Independent, where information is processed and decisions are arrived
on the basis of present criteria without human intervention at the time of decision making.
ICT is a fundamental part of economic growth, especially for the so-termed knowledge economy.
ICT can help achieve the MDG´s by: increasing efficiency, transparency and competitiveness,
opening up new opportunities and business models, and empowering citizens.