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30.07.2004 Authoritarian governments in many countries still control the free flow of information on the internet, shows a recently published global report by Reporters Without Borders. Besides, many democratic societies in Europe and America have started exercising surveillance on internet communication for controlling terrorism.

30.07.2004 Tanzanian Internet users, whose Internet Services Providers are peering at the newly launched Tanzania Internet Exchange Point, are enjoying up to 60 times faster access to local content, said Suhail Sheriff, interim chairman of the Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association.

28.07.2004 The prognosis based on the results of the results of The Internet Access Market in Croatia 2003-2008 study, conducted by the regional offices of IDC state that it is possible to expect 1,197,500 Internet users in Croatia by the end of 2004.

19.07.2004 The Grameen Bank will further strengthen its ICT and phone network in the villages of Bangladesh with the World Bank award for ICTs.

17.07.2004 A Canadian company has been contracted to extend Sonatel, Senegal’s national telecommunications provision, into rural areas. Senegal ranks second in sub-Saharan Africa for internet connectivity, surpassed only by South Africa.

14.07.2004 The Asian Development Bank will be supporting an ICT project in Mongolia to bring information resources within the reach of rural schools. The ICT for Innovating Rural Education project, which is also being backed by the Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology, aims to boost creativity in classrooms, build an efficient school management system and create non-formal learning opportunities. About 10,000 students in 36 schools are going to benefit from the initiative.

12.07.2004 Sweden has been in the forefront to enact a legislation on electronic signatures.

07.07.2004 I am Souhayr Belhassen, Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights and Vice-President of the Tunisian League for Human Rights. At the beginning of this WSIS second phase, civil society organizations present in Hammamet wish to express their objectives and their working priorities in view of the Tunis Summit in 2005... (continua all'interno)

01.07.2004 Policy makers from Indian government will deliberate on broadband and ICT development in a two-day ministerial conference from July 1 to 2 in Bangkok. The conference is being organised by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) to establish a framework of activities for broadband deployment in the APT member countries.