Are there any benefits to the Digital Divide?

Due to the fact that internet technology is not evenly distributed around the world and as a result, there is the issue of the digital divide.Developing countries have the opportunity to access internet technology whereas developing countries do not have information technology facilities which deprive them from development success and knowledge of society and economy.Countries with awareness of information computer technology are able to obtain advanced education and are able to develop the skills required in order to access present and oncoming technology.  If the two types of world citizens were provided with the equal opportunity of access to information computer technology There remains the stark disparity between two types of world citizens: one empowered by access to information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve their own livelihood; the other stunted and disenfranchised by the lack of access to ICT that provide critical development opportunities.  Indeed, those developing countries which fail to keep up with the accelerating pace of IT innovation may not have the opportunity to participate fully in the information society and economy. This is particularly so where the existing gaps in terms of basic economic and social infrastructures, such as electricity, telecommunications and education, deter the diffusion of IT.