Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul Otellini announced that Intel will increase efforts in Turkey to drive greater technology accessibility, Internet connectivity and enhanced education to advance knowledge and skill development, job growth and quality of life.
Through its World Ahead Program, Intel, together with several local technology companies, will make available a new type of low-cost, fully featured desktop PC to first-time computer users, and the company will significantly increase its work with educators to improve teaching and learning.
“By multiplying the effects of computers, the Internet and education we can greatly enhance the lives of Turkey’s people who previously haven’t found it within their reach,” Otellini said today in a speech before the country’s government and business leaders.
While explaining that the importance of accelerating the reach of technology’s benefits was a critical component of Intel’s global business success, Otellini demonstrated a prototype of the low-cost, fully featured small form factor desktop PC that Casper, Exper and Vestel plan to make available in three months. The Intel technology-based, high-quality desktop PC is designed to introduce a new set of people to the world of technology and will be priced at less than US$300.
Citing the critical role locally relevant technology plays in extending the reach of the technology, Otellini also demonstrated Intel® Core™2 Duo processor-based Vestel notebook PCs that were wholly manufactured in Turkey. Intel assisted Vestel with the design of the notebook PCs, which will be introduced later this summer and address the growing mobile PC demand by consumers and businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
