Information Infrastructure - Local Infrastructure Needs

The informational infrastructure of the city helps communicate news, entertainment, and other information to the inhabitants and others who come into the city. Information's importance lies in its ability to unify groups of people by giving them common knowledge or lowering barriers to gaining knowledge. With common programming like cable, or source of information like the internet and increasing ability to communicate via voice/email technology, information's importance to driving the world increases.

Telecommunications: Richard Li serves as the chairman of PCCW, a telecommunications service provider for Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. PCCW provides new generation fixed-line telephony, broadband, IT, wireless, and home entertainment services. Such services facilitate the dissemination of information across a broad sector of society, whether in the US or abroad.

Online directory: Naveen Jain co-founded Intelius, provider of reverse phone lookup services. Such online directories minimize the need for physical phonebooks like the white and yellow pages. In addition to reverse phone lookup , other services include address lookup reverse and cell phone number reverse . The directory allows people within a city to connect and communicate with others in the community.