Full Coverage: ICT

31.08.2006 The internodium.org portal reported last week that US NGOs CHF Montenegro (Community, Habitat and Finance), International Relief and Development (IRD) and the Academy for Educational Development announced the implementation of “Montenegro Connect” project for establishment of wireless network on the whole territory of Montenegro.

30.08.2006 ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006, the leading global ICT event, will be held in Hong Kong, China from 4-8 December. This is the first time this key networking event is being held away from its traditional home in Geneva.

30.08.2006 Talking with more than one funder about technology is akin to asking a roomful of people to look through a kaleidoscope pointed out a window. Even with the same instrument and the same view, each person will likely describe a different scene before them.

29.08.2006 ITU, in partnership with national carrier Bhutan Telecom Ltd (BTL), embarked on connectivity Dagana VoIP Project to expand the VoIP service to ten isolated communities in the remote province of Dagana, Bhutan.

29.08.2006 Delhi’s traffic intrigues Jim Wales. Wikipedia’s founder can’t miss the similarities with his free online encyclopedia that rewrote the rules of reference books business – everyone is driving all over the road and honking all the way.

29.08.2006 Ghana and the World Bank have signed two separate agreements for a grant of $55 million towards the implementation of the e-Ghana Project and the education for all-fast track initiative.

29.08.2006 Information overload and a virtual absence of formal training and infrastructure for information managers are posing a big challenge for companies globally. Most companies are today willing to put a hefty premium on qualified information managers who are hard to come by.

24.08.2006 NEW DELHI (IPS): When Deepak Jagdish, a young Indian student of computer science, explained to Bill Gates last month the complex navigation and processing system of new software, which mimics the echo location system used by bats, to assist visually challenged individuals move about safely, the founder of Microsoft remarked: ''I have never seen something like this''.

23.08.2006 The MOST Centre for Cultural Development and Information started its Odjek civic information portal, dedicated to the NGO sector in Montenegro.

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21.08.2006 The World Bank Group has approved a $40 million loan to Ghana, to support the implementation of selected components of the government?s Information and Communications Technology, (ICT) for Accelerated Development Policy.

21.08.2006 The Commonwealth Secretariat is assisting the Government of Bangladesh's 20 million taka (£153,000) initiative to develop four rural information and communication technology (ICT) access centres in the South Asian nation to promote the use of ICT for community development and commerce.

21.08.2006 Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency and the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase information communication technology penetration in Nigeria.

21.08.2006 Firms that wire up their workers with BlackBerry devices and other equipment that provides always-on connectivity with the office may wind up with liability for encouraging addiction among staff, US researchers warned today.

21.08.2006 The draft national policy for farmers put on the Government website is already under debate and it broadly provided 24 policy prescriptions to ensure the livelihood security of the farmers, said M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman of the National Commission on Farmers.

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21.08.2006 Free software is all about freedom – freedom of the users’ to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. I believe there are four kinds of freedom for the software users. I have identified four human rights. These are also rights that would define free software.

21.08.2006 Life Line to Business (LL2B. COM), an organization based in Chennai, was the proud recipient of the Manthan-AIF 2006 Award for "Best e-Content" in India for the category "e-Inclusion and Livelihood".

21.08.2006 On the edge of the expanding wave of Internet connectivity, Punavali Kalan is located deep in the impoverished region of Bundelkhand in India. This tiny community of 3,800 inhabitants is an oasis where local information is exchanged, discussed,...

21.08.2006 This report is based on six case studies of eGovernment activities in India analysis the impacts and costs Information and Communications Technologies for development.