The second phase of the World Summit on Information Society or WSIS took place in Tunisia from November 13-18. It was reported that about 25,000 participants attended. WSIS was first held in Geneva (2003) and forms, with this recent second event in Tunis, part of a global UN-driven strategy to help developing countries realise the promise of the 'Information Society'. The aim of WSIS was to enable developing nations to experiment and explore the potential of using ICT to spur their own development and growth.