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Internet

January 2006

Chart of internet users in Macedonia.
27.01.2006 The Media Development Center published part of the results of the research “Technical Conditions and Potentials of the Broadcasting Activity in Macedonia”. The research was conducted by the research agency SMMRI (Strategic Marketing and Media Research Institute) and was financed by FOSIM together with OSCE.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)]
Image: Chart of internet users in Macedonia.
25.01.2006 En el marco del VI Foro Social Mundial se desarrollo en el día de hoy en el Hotel Caracas Hilton, el seminario taller Sociedad civil, información y comunicación en el mundo globalizado. Los nuevos desafíos.
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Related topics/regions: [Uruguay] [civil society & ICT] [communications] [human rights & ICT]
24.01.2006 From the expanding reach of broadband to city-wide Wi-Fi networks and the use of internet telephones, trends are developing in Southern and Central Africa and beginning to spread across the continent, says a new report from the London-based Internet company Balancing Act.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related topics/regions: [Central Africa] [Southern Africa] [communications]
13.01.2006 Madurai, Jan 12: A Tamil internet browser that would help rural people understand the web pages has been developed by a Dindigul-based youth R Duraipandiyan.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [ICT in poverty reduction]
12.01.2006 The number of Internet users surpassed one billion in 2005 — up from only 45 million in 1995 and 420 million in 2000, with India accounting for 50.6 million. While the U.S. continues to lead with nearly 200 million Internet users at the end of 2005, China and India are now in second and fourth place among Internet users.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [communications]
For every can of cheese, Vinozito throws in gratis internet card
11.01.2006 The “Vinozito” Association of Farmers from Kicevo started offering a montly internet prepaid card (200 and 400 Denars value) to go with every canister with cheese sold by its members.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)]
Image: For every can of cheese, Vinozito throws in gratis internet card
10.01.2006 Makedonija mora da napravi strategiju ako želi da pobegne sa dna lestvice po broju korisnika interneta, upozorili su eksperti. Prema nedavnim istraživanjima, citavih 70% stanovnika nikada nije koristilo internet, dok tek 6% svakodnevno izlazi na mrežu.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [communications]
09.01.2006 Macedonia needs a strategy if it wants to escape the bottom rankings in the world in terms of internet use, warn the experts. According to recent surveys, full 70% of the population have never used internet services, while mere 6% go online on daily basis.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [communications] [e-governance]
05.01.2006 Singapore's National Library through its portal and its digital library has extended access to its more than 500,000 e-books to book lovers all over the world.
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Related topics/regions: [Singapore] [South East Asia] [Asia and the Pacific] [knowledge & ICT] [World Wide Web]
04.01.2006 The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management is organising a national conference on "Digital Libraries: from Technology to Culture" on January 7, 2006.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [communications] [education & ICT] [knowledge & ICT] [World Wide Web]

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