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20.09.2005 The final preparatory meeting for the forthcoming Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society opens today at the Palais de Nations in Geneva with UNESCO observers participating throughout the two week event.

19.09.2005 Som Datt Foundation, a registered charitable trust working for the under-privileged, has launched a mobile computer education bus with all necessary information technology facilities.

16.09.2005 Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has announced the formal go-ahead and timetable for the switch-over from analogue to digital television at the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge.

16.09.2005 The digital divide between rich and poor is slowly becoming a divide between African countries and the rest of the world, said Rudolph Muller, lecturer at the department of business IT at the University of Johannesburg and founder of the broadband Web site, MyADSL.

15.09.2005 Two cable TV networks in the Kannur district of Kerala have joined hands to introduce digital technology for transmission of signals for cable operators.

14.09.2005 Community radio(Anna radio 90.4 Mhz) is trying to empower communities and encouraging development through this cheap and ubiquitous technology

14.09.2005 Years ago, when mobile phones were the gadgets of the well heeled in other parts of the country, Kerala's fishermen brilliantly used them to negotiate price for their catch, and showed the world how ingenious use of technology can bring benefits to the grass roots level.Keralites continue to be as tech-savvy as ever, vigorously exploring the latest mobile phone technologies.

12.09.2005 The Vice-Chancellor of NTR Health University,Hyderabad, R. Sambasiva Rao, said that a digital library consortium, connecting all affiliated colleges and enabling access to a large number of books and journals would be launched in a few weeks.

09.09.2005 UK universities have joined calls for publicly-funded research to be freely available on the internet. In a position statement, Universities UK supports moves to broaden access away from subscription-based journals and - more recently - websites.

06.09.2005 Directors and assistant directors of state and private broadcasting corporations from 12 Arab countries started a one week training course on modern broadcasting management in Qatar’s capital Doha.

05.09.2005 The number of UK households with digital radio will rise 15 times over the next five years, a forecast by a broadcasters group claims.The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) says more than 40% of homes will have digital radios by 2009.