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10.12.2004 RailTel is authorised to plan cyber café, integrated with telecom facilities such as Internet, email, audio/video chatting and Internet telephony on franchisee basis at important stations only, in a phased manner. As part of this project, cyber cafe has already been set up in New Delhi station.

10.12.2004 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said that it may approach the government or the Supreme Court for more power as the Authority has been accused of not acting tough on inter-connection disputes between public sector undertakings and private telecom operators.

10.12.2004 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed relaxed licensing conditions by recommending the government to allow news and current affairs on community radio stations.

08.12.2004 Over 60 representatives from 16 countries in the Pacific Region
attended the Pacific Telecentre Workshop held during 1 to 3 December 2004 in Brisbane, Australia. ICT infrastructure development including rural telecentres has been identified as the priority target for Pacific Islands.

08.12.2004 The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) of UK government has recommended the use of open source in its recent report. The authors of the report have mentioned that the the growth in the adoption of open source software raises implications for future Government policy.

07.12.2004 The first version of OpenOffice.org in Swahili, the language of at least 70 million Africans, has been released. Developers said they overcame several translation and infrastructure difficulties to come up with Jambo OpenOffice.org 1.1.3.

07.12.2004 The South African communications minister has asked all stakeholders to use ICTs to address the needs of people with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups so that they are not left out of the information society. He encouraged the ICT industry to design services that are affordable and accessible.