Full coverage: Europe

15.05.2008 Figures supplied by UK's telecom regulator revealed that digital divide in the country has widened despite the government's promise of achieving Internet access for all. Income, ethnicity, region, and the presence of children in households appear determining factors for web accessibility.

12.05.2008 At the third annual National Digital Inclusion Conference held in London last week, stakeholders from government, industry and voluntary sectors acknowledged the need to make digital technologies an equaliser rather than a divider through radical interventions that reach excluded citizens.

08.05.2008 Increasing use of information communication technology by doctors in European countries has brought about massive improvement in healthcare services in the region. It is now being suggested that areas such as tele-monitoring, electronic prescriptions and cross-border e-health services need further development.