Full Coverage: Communication

30.12.2005 The e-Dispute© prototype provides fast online arbitration, mediation and conciliation services. Claimants and respondents can be anywhere in the world and select from a range of languages to work in. They can send messages securely and explain their preferences to an arbitrator.

30.12.2005 If you needed any further demonstration of Google's contribution to the economy, go to Google Book Search on the Internet, type "Google," and see 34,000 published pages that mention the search-engine company and scores of books that are devoted solely to it.

30.12.2005 US based PeerMe Inc on Thursday launched its Internet voice communication systems in India which the company said would be free and unlimited.

30.12.2005 The Reserve Bank of India is focusing on research and analysis of the productivity trends in India on a continuous basis, Y V Reddy, Reserve Bank of India governor, said.

30.12.2005 The world today is shaped by the advancements in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The relevance of ICT to the development of individual, organisations, nations and the entire world cannot be over emphasised. Nigeria has come to realise the fact that no modern economy can be sustained without integral ICT and has adopted the technology towards the growth of our economy.

30.12.2005 TechnoFuture, an innovative computerized educational tool, was launched last week by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) at a roundtable chaired by President Olusegun Obasanjo. The project is with a view to bridging the digital divide that currently exists between Africa and the developed world.

29.12.2005 The Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of the city police is all set to announce the guidelines for internet centres in the wake of e-mail threat to Parliament and US consulates recently.

29.12.2005 A two-day National Colloquium on RTI witnessed the identification of the judiciary as being foremost in effectively implementing the Right to Information Act.

28.12.2005 This article by McBean aims at providing a basis for discussing issues regarding the information society, communication and partnership building between developed and developing countries.

27.12.2005 The Orissa RTI rules will be revised to make them citizen friendly & consistent with the Act, says Nabeen Patnaik, C.M. of Orissa told a delegation of Right to Information Activists led by Mrs. Aruna Roy.

27.12.2005 While powerful illegal internet telephony operators keep on draining out hundreds of crores taka each year, the government is delaying the process of awarding licence for VoIP operation on various pretexts ignoring a fresh recommendation of Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Authority (BTRC).

27.12.2005 The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh has increased from 4.0 million to 10.02 million registering a growth of nearly 150 per cent during the last one year after the announcement of new discount packages by the telecom operators.

26.12.2005 Save the manuscripts with digital preservation techniques for future generation. Manuscripts are the treasure of our old great heritage. We should use the modern information technology to save manuscripts and other rare materials. This is the outcome of seminar on “Digital preservation of Manuscripts and Rare Materials” held on 24th Dec. 2005 at Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, India.

26.12.2005 The Indian bureaucracy is on the brink of a revolution with the Right to Information (RTI) Act ready to usher in transparent governance, says the country's first Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah.

26.12.2005 For just 4 cents, the services and information of 15 departments of the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh, India, can be at the service of the people. As per the Jan Sampark Project, which the UT Administration plans to launch in April, 2006, 70 kiosks will be set up in the city’s sectors and villages to provide services and information of 15 UT departments, central government departments and private establishments.

26.12.2005 OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) launches open archive initiative to make available development literature and thoughts to everyone using open archiving software customised to suit the need.

26.12.2005 he All India Cable Operators Association plans to move the Bombay high court challenging the same court's order banning telecast of films rated 'A' and 'UA' on television channels.

26.12.2005 After months of wrangling over finances and responsibilities, the European Union is set to launch the first of two experimental satellites in its Galileo navigation system on Dec 28, 2005.

26.12.2005 Assam cabinet has approved the set of rules and regulations related to the newly adopted Right to Information (RTI) Bill and okayed appointment of a Chief Information Officer and Information Officer in the state.

26.12.2005 The state government is contemplating to amend certain provisions of the Orissa Right to Information Rules-2005 to make the law more effective and citizen-friendly.