communications

30.03.2006 The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) has approved a US$10mn grant to support an information and communication technology (ICT) program for e-business and small and medium-sized enterprise development in Latin America, MIF parent organization, the Inter-American Development Bank, said in a statement.

23.03.2006 Imagine if the Internet superhighway really worked like its namesake, with travel costs tied to going farther and hauling more and speedier toll roads for avoiding traffic.

23.03.2006 China has shut down an unspecified number of domestic porn and illegal websites in its latest crackdown on Internet porn and piracy, state media reported today.

23.03.2006 Unidentified men have blown up the antenna of a government radio station in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region, halting its transmission, officials in the region said today.

23.03.2006 Namma Dhwani has gained a reputation of being perhaps the only community radio station in India to cablecast programs made by the community on a daily basis.

16.03.2006 CePIT-Centar za proucavanje informacionih tehnologija Beogradske otvorene škole - BOŠ raspisuje konkurs za pohađanje regionalnog onlajn programa "Informaciono društvo".

13.03.2006 The Revenue department in Karnataka needs reforms. A minister receiving complaints on his mobile will not end corruption, opines NArayana A in the Deccan Herald.

09.03.2006 Umetnička grupa dez.org organizovala je u beogradskoj Galeriji Ozon nedelju Otovrenog softvera.

08.03.2006 Venezuela's national IT institute CNTI expects to migrate 100% of its community IT centers (Infocenters) to open source software platforms before year-end, CNTI president Jorge Berrizbeitia told BNamericas.

08.03.2006 Of all the things to expect when walking into search giant Google's London office, a three-piece suit is not high on the agenda.

06.03.2006 A computer chat program that speaks Hindi could open up computers to India's illiterate millions.

06.03.2006 The telecom regulator might have made an effort to cut the STD and ISD tariffs by removing ADC on per minute basis on domestic calls and by reducing ADC on ISD calls, but the telecom operators including the government-owned PSUs have selectively transferred the benefit only to those who are making voluminous calls.

02.03.2006 An ICT (Information and Communication Technology)-based initiative in the Rajasthan desert by TERI is serving the rural population of about 90 villages, catering to their need for quality information and services. The project seeks to bridge the digital divide and information is provided to people, who are largely known as 'information have-nots'.