media technologies

18.05.2007 E-Choupal is a unique internet service that has been made available at the doorstep of farmers in India. Introduced by the retail sector, e-Choupal provides farmers with agricultural information through ICTs. Through the e-Choupal initiative, ITC has increased its competitiveness and empowered farmers through access to technology and the Internet.

10.05.2007 Panos South Asia (PSA) is organising a 5-day South Asian regional 'Online Radio Broadcasting Training Workshop' for media and other communication practitioners, from 19-23 June 2007 at its Media Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop aims to leverage the benefits that internet offers to radio and the ways of incorporating it into existing media strategies.

10.05.2007 Teachers from the National Institute for Disabled (NID), Khaling and Drukgyel Higher Secondary School have tied up with Media LT, an NGO spearheading ICT access for the visually impaired in Bhutan. The purpose of the training is to enhance their quality of work through Internet access and computer applications.

09.05.2007

09.05.2007 May 17 marks the inception of Information and Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency that works to develop telecommunications networks and services to bridge the digital divide. Following the World Summit on the Information Society, the UN has now declared the same date as World Information Society Day.

09.05.2007 Bharti Tele-Ventures, India’s leading telecom company, is planning to widen its coverage in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Airtel will reach 20,000 towns and villages in 2007-08, Bharti says.

07.05.2007 YK:n Informaatiokomitean (Committee on Information) kokouksessa puollettiin monipuolisen median käyttöönottoa. Sekä perinteisten että uusien medioiden avulla tulisi YK:n mukaan pyrkiä tehokkaammin levittämään rauhan, kehityksen ja oikeuksien sanomaa. Intian suurlähettiläs Ajai Malhotra sisällytti hyödynnettäviin informaatioteknologioihin niin lehdistön, radion kuin myös uudet webcast- ja podcast-teknologiat.