Internet

29.10.2004 The revamped African ICT Policy Monitor website aims to strengthen the voice of civil society organizations in Africa in ICT policy making. An online repository of resources will enable NGOs to lobby for pro-poor ICT policy.

29.10.2004 East Europe lags far behind its western counterpart when it comes to access to internet. In a recent survey, it is revealed that as much as three quarters of Bulgarians have never used this media.

29.10.2004 Come January 1, 2005, registering .in domain name online will take only 24 hours in India, thanks to the upcoming new domain name registration policy. The policy, entrusting the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) as the new registration authority, will spur the growth of internet in India.

28.10.2004 This analysis by the China Academy of Telecommunications Research shows the growth in the country’s fixed and mobile telephony and internet sectors.

28.10.2004 India’s communications and IT minister, Dayanidhi Maran, is soon announce a policy for .in domain registration in the country. The policy aims to promote websites with generic .in domain name as part of the website’s address. The National Internet Exchange of India is expected to be the administrative body for registration.

27.10.2004 Indian communications and information technology ministry has announced a new policy to create infrastructure needed to implement and promote e-governance in the nation.

20.10.2004 This paper, published by The National Post and Telecom Agency of Sweden, gives the basics of wireless broadband access.

20.10.2004 UNDP-APDIP is initiating an Open Regional Dialogue on Internet governance aimed at facilitating a participatory dialogue in the Asia-Pacific region and providing input to the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) process and to the United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance (UN-WGIG).

15.10.2004 A consortium comprising Microsoft, Intel, Citibank and Pac Soft Solutions has offered a software called Lyceum aimed at providing low-cost futuristic technologies for the Indian education sector through a connected learning solution.

13.10.2004 Association for Progressive Communications has condemned the action by US and European law enforcement agencies to seize independent online news service Indymedia’s web servers, which has led to the closure of more than 21 of the more than 140 Indymedia websites worldwide since October 7.

08.10.2004 Afghanistan and UNDP have recently announced a two-year partnership to undertake activities for capacity building for improving public services using information technology. This will also facilitate citizen’s access to ICTs.

08.10.2004 A digital online literacy course has been designed for agricultural professionals in the Asia Pacific region that would enable them to communicate with other individuals connected to the Internet.

07.10.2004 In order to stop cyber crimes and terrorism, a south Indian state plans to ask Internet cafes to provide the police with a register of names and addresses of all their clients.

06.10.2004 The Internet is being used widely by sophisticated traffickers peddling endangered species around the globe, according to wildlife crime experts.

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

05.10.2004 The state of Karnataka in India is about to pass regulations forcing cybercafes to provide the police names and addresses of all its clients. Reporters Without Borders has condemned this move as a threat to the freedom to communicate.

04.10.2004 Indian government schools will start a web-based education programme to enable children access the Internet and interact with children worldwide.