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Internet

December 2006

29.12.2006 Kako bi dale uvid vo situacijata so telekomunikaciite vo Kosovo, go intervjuiravme Anton K. Berisha, upravnik na kosovskata Uprava za regulacija na telekomunikacii.
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [communications]
27.12.2006 Internet Makedonija, na denesnata pres-konferencija, gi negirase tvrdenjata na Agencijata za elektronski komunikacii deka pazarot na internet uslugi e celosno liberaliziran. Spored Internet Makedonija, smesno e da se zboruva za postoenje na konkurenten pazar koga cenite za internet pristap vo Makedonija se tripati povisoki od drugite zemji vo Jugoistocna Evropa, a kvalitetot e nizok.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [e-governance]
26.12.2006
A dozen village information centres functioning in the tsunami-hit coastal villages of Tamil Nadu get Internet connectivity. This facility would provides the fishermen have access to video conferencing, weather reports, local market network on fishing trade in these villages.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [capacity building] [international cooperation]
Photograph by the trainee
21.12.2006 A five-day training programme on computer applications and its effective usage in advocacy and communications at rural level was organised for the field functionaries of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) at New Delhi from 18 – 22 December, 2006.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [capacity building] [knowledge & ICT] [media technologies]
Image: Photograph by the trainee
21.12.2006 Vo sreda, 20 dekemvri 2006 godina, NVO Infocentarot od Skopje, vo sorabotka so Mladinskiot obrazoven forum (MOF), organizirase debata na tema „Dali tradicionalnite mediumi ja gubat mladata publika?” Debatata se odrza vo Klubot na pratenicite vo Skopje.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)]
19.12.2006 Izleze od pecat vtoriot broj na Vodicot za IKT na Metamorfozis, koj e posveten na otvoreniot pristap.
„Otvoreniot pristap pretstavuva besplatna dostapnost na digitalni sodrzini preku internet. Najpoznata i najlesno izvedliva forma na otvoren pristap e objavuvanje recenzirani naucni trudovi od akademski spisanija bez ocekuvanje avtorite da bidat plateni za toa.”
Prezemeto go vodicot...
Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)]
Indian farmers burn genetically modified crop
19.12.2006 Farmers in Raigad district, in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, use satellite imagery to prove that their lands are fertile, thus thwarting the government's move to acquire their lands for the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at cheap rates by claiming it was not productive land.
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From: InfoChange
Related topics/regions: [India] [human rights & ICT]
Image: Indian farmers burn genetically modified crop © Inter Continental Caravan
19.12.2006 With the government’s clearance of support from USO fund for mobile operators, a unique opportunity is emerging to connect rural areas and to help them expand their stake in the emerging knowledge economy says Mahesh Uppal.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [communications] [knowledge & ICT]
19.12.2006
The Digital Divide Report presents the information and communication technology diffusion index (ICTDI) for 2004.
There is an immense information and communication technology (ICT) gap, a “digital divide”, between developed and developing countries. A person in a high-income country is over 22 times more likely to be an Internet user than someone in a low-income country.
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Related topics/regions: [knowledge & ICT]
15.12.2006 Kako bismo dali uvid u situaciju s telekomunikacijama na Kosovu, intervjuirali smo Antona K. Berishu, ravnatelja kosovske Uprave za regulaciju telekomunikacija.
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [communications]
15.12.2006 The Citizens’ Pact for SEE launched the Guide to Visas website, dedicated to all people who need information on travel to most European Countries.
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Related topics/regions: [South East Europe]
Journalists filming in Hebron
15.12.2006 A growing number of journalists are being imprisoned around the world for publishing their work on the Internet, with one in three cases made up of individuals whose work appeared primarily on the web or by e-mail, a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found.
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Related topics/regions: [China] [culture] [human rights & ICT] [media technologies]
Image: Journalists filming in Hebron © Committee to Protect Journalists
13.12.2006 To get an insight of Kosovo telecommunications situation, owpsee interviewed Anton K. Berisha, Chairman of Kosovo’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [communications]
08.12.2006 Disabled students attend a computer training course in the newly established UNDP ICT-centre for the motor handicapped in the Barzeh area of Damascus. Ahmad, a 17-year old student on crutches, comes every day from a village 30 km outside of Damascus to attend computer courses at the Computer Training Centre.
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From: United Nations Development Programme
Related topics/regions: [Syria] [IT training]
06.12.2006 Only three out of 100 leading websites around the world meet the needs of persons with disabilities, British disability expert Simon Norris told the United Nations, adding that businesses are stepping up to the challenge.
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Related topics/regions: [access]
05.12.2006 Uusi informaatio- ja viestintäteknologia (ICT), kuten internet, multimedia ja kannetavat laitteet, muuttavat sekä ihmisten välistä kanssakäymistä että kulttuuria. Naisten oikeuksista puhuttaessa ICT:tä voidaan arvioida kahdella eri tasolla eli edustuksellisuuden ja viestinnän näkökulmista.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [communications] [culture]
04.12.2006 On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, that falls on 4 December, the UN will seek to improve accessibility by persons with disabilities to the Internet, cell phones and other information technologies. Speakers and experts will discuss e-accessibility at a panel discussion at the UN office on Monday, December 4, 2006.
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Related topics/regions: [access] [capacity building] [human rights & ICT]
01.12.2006 Ministria e Arsimit do të investojë nga buxheti i saj 7,4 milion euro për informatizimin e shkollave duke bërë të mundur që në 2007 rreth 90 për qind të nxënësve në shkollat e mesme dhe 50 për qind të tyre në arsimin bazë 9-vjeçar do të kenë mundësi të përdorin internetin në shkollë.
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Related topics/regions: [Albania] [education & ICT]
01.12.2006 Posle edna godina rabota za sozdavanje podobar i popristapen internet za site gragjani, zdruzenieto Internet Makedonija konstatira deka sostojbata ne e mnogu promeneta. „Korisnicite na internet plakaat ubedlivo najvisoki ceni vo Jugoistocna Evropa, postojano se zalat na nekvalitetni uslugi, a internetot ostanuva luksuz za mnozinstvoto gragjani na Republika Makedonija”, rece Aleksandar Nikolov, Pretsedatel na organizacijata.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [civil society & ICT] [communications]
01.12.2006 Koga vo juni 2005. www.telekom.yu/ na Telekomot vo Srbija mu istece osmogodisniot dogovor za monopol, poznavacite na telekomunikaciskiot pazar se nadevaa deka vo narednata godina i vo Srbija ke stigne konkurencija vo ovoj sektor, a so nea i pad na cenite i podiganje na kvalitetot na uslugite. Godinu i pol podocna, sostojbata na srpskiot telekomunikaciski pazar ostana nepromeneta, a spored Strategijata za razvoj na telekomunikacite, koja neodamna ja usvoi Vladata na Srbija, monopolot na Telekom Srbija fakticki se prodolzuva do 2010.godina.
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Related topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [communications]

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