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10.02.2006 The Australian Information Industry Association's 2006 iAwards are set to recongnise ICT innovation across a total of 19 key industry categories with nominations closing on February 23rd, 2006.

iAwards will be presented for ICT solutions across a total of 19 key industry categories - agriculture and primary industry; applications and infrastructure tools; communications applications; community education and training; e-government and services; financial applications; general applications; healthcare; industrial applications; media and entertainment; research and development.

10.02.2006 Nigeria Investment Promotions Commission (NIPC) revealed that the investment friendly atmosphere prevalent in the country in the last five years have attracted well over $5 billion worth of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into the country in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.

10.02.2006 Community radio has demonstrated its benefit in transmitting local information, e–learning, entertainment, disaster management and mass awareness on different issues in the countries of South Asian subcontinent. However, due to the indifference of the Bangladesh government, the country is yet to benefit from this technology.

08.02.2006 Malaysians above the age of 17 are invited to take part in the first Creative Commons Malaysia Competition organised by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC).

08.02.2006 The company uses a system to block sites carrying indecent images of children, which has been thwarting 35,000 hits a day for four months.

08.02.2006 Pondicherry Local Administration Minister A. Elumalai has said that the administration would spare no efforts to provided basic amenities to the citizens.

08.02.2006 Minister of State for Railways R. Velu on Tuesday declared open a novel facility of railway information on SMS at the Bangalore City Railway Station. The South Western Railway (SWR) on Tuesday launched services to offer railway information on SMS and credit/ debit card-based vending machines to issue unreserved tickets.