communications

27.10.2004 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is going to appoint a consulting firm to propose a set of guidelines for satellite broadcasting in India. Satellite broadcasting services in India provide their services without any government intervention in absence of any licensing procedure.

18.10.2004 The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) in partnership with Anna University is going to organise an international workshop on community radio from 13 to 18 December, 2004 in Chennai. Managers of community radio stations will learn techniques of installation, commissioning and management of the radio stations in the workshop.

18.10.2004 According to the UNDP research, BiH has very poor gender balance when it comes to employment of women in ICT. According to the research data from employment biros and e-Readiness assessment women hold just one third of jobs related to use of ICT. Having in mind that according to the EUSTAT (EU agency for statistics) demand for ICT is 12% higher then current EU supply, BiH has historic chance to combat unemployment through development of ICT industry.

18.10.2004 According to the UNDP research, BiH has very poor gender balance when it comes to employment of women in ICT. According to the research data from employment biros and e-Readiness assessment women hold just one third of jobs related to use of ICT. Having in mind that according to the EUSTAT (EU agency for statistics) demand for ICT is 12% higher then current EU supply, BiH has historic chance to combat unemployment through development of ICT industry.

18.10.2004 According to the UNDP research, BiH has very poor gender balance when it comes to employment of women in ICT. According to the research data from employment biros and e-Readiness assessment women hold just one third of jobs related to use of ICT. Having in mind that according to the EUSTAT (EU agency for statistics) demand for ICT is 12% higher then current EU supply, BiH has historic chance to combat unemployment through development of ICT industry.

15.10.2004 The state government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu will fund its village administrations to help them use ICTs to provide services to rural citizens in the tune of Rs. 1 million. The scheme is going to be implemented in all 1,113 villages in the state.

14.10.2004 India's public sector communication company BSNL is planning to bring wireless to rural areas as private companies fail to provide services.

14.10.2004 The United Kingdom will use advanced technologies to sensitise young people about local issues during the Local Democracy Week from October 18 to 24. With £4 million available for the e-Democracy National project, the local administration will use technologies such as mobile phone games and online real-time councillor to encourage the youth’s participation in political
processes.

13.10.2004 The Manthan Award, an initiative of Digital Empowerment Foundation along with others, will attempt to recognise and award the best e-Content practices in India. Three winners are going to be selected from each of the eight themes identified for the Award. The winners will subsequently be promoted through road shows and nominated to the international award of the World Summit Award to be held in Tunis in 2005.

12.10.2004 The latest materials on ICT, including topics ranging from policy to gender and advocacy journalism, can be found in the multimedia training kit for the staff of Unesco’s community multimedia centres.

12.10.2004 Police have shut down Radio Restinga, a community station broadcasting in a Brazilian neighbourhood from where the World Social Forum was launched. Ironically, the radio station had a few months ago been hailed as an example of a successful community media channel.

11.10.2004 OneWorld South Asia has launched its free medical phone service in the slums of Badarpur in New Delhi so that people can inquire about the services of the local hospital through this interactive system. Jayashree Maji and Atanu Garai file a report.

11.10.2004 As OneWorld South Asia launches its free medical phone service in the Badarpur community in Delhi, the community can send queries through this interactive voice responce system about any services of the local hospital round the clock. Report Jayashree Maji and Atanu Garai.

06.10.2004 Will broadcasting survive convergence, and should it survive? The question is the groundwork for the book “Broadcasting & Convergence: New Articulations of the Public Service Remit”. The book is a culmination of two years of collaboration between media scholars and practitioners and focuses on the future of the public service media.

06.10.2004 Some research projects carried out last year at BiH level provide devastatingly low data on internet use. With a population of approximately four million, only some 100,000 are regular or occasional users.

By Tatjana Tapavicki Duronjic

01.10.2004 Researchers have come out with a unique mobile phone technology that helps health workers monitor HIV patients cheaply and efficiently.