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Editor of opposition Belarusian website found dead
Information Policy | web log 04 09 2010 MINSK, Belarus -- A popular opposition website in authoritarian Belarus says its editor was found dead amid an ongoing crackdown on government critics and independent media. Natalya Radina of the Charter97 website said 36-year-old Oleg Bebenin's body was found Friday...
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The first website dedicated to IGF in Romania - www.igf.ro
Information Policy | web log 03 09 2010 by Adela Danciu A new website focusing on Internet Governance is online since yesterday - http://www.igf.ro. It is the first website entirely dedicated to this topic in Romania and it aims at informing and raising awareness among the Romanian Internet...
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Ukrtelecom to be offered at USD1.5 billion
Information Policy | web log 03 09 2010 Ukrainian incumbent PSTN operator Ukrtelecom is expected to be offered for sale at a starting price of UAH12 billion (USD1.5 billion), State Property Fund (SPF) announced yesterday. Ukraine's Millenium Capital commented that the price guidance provided is not far above...
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The Economist: A virtual counter-revolution
Information Policy | web log 03 09 2010 The internet has been a great unifier of people, companies and online networks. Powerful forces are threatening to balkanise it THE first internet boom, a decade and a half ago, resembled a religious movement. Omnipresent cyber-gurus, often framed by colourful...
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Internet Freedom Movement Urges Public To Fight International Agreement, ACTA
Information Policy | web log 03 09 2010 The Internet Freedom Movement (IFM) has issued a video bulletin exhorting users of the internet to defend their freedoms by any means necessary. This comes in the wake of recent news that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is due to...
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Social media helped fuel Gap's Groupon phenomenon
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 The viral success of Groupon's Gap offer, which yielded $11 million in sales, was helped by a combination of social-media tools, including being featured as Twitter's "Earlybird Offers" special of the day, tweets by Gap to its 30,000 Twitter followers...
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Second Internet Exchange Point Launched in Kenya
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 New facility in Mombasa expected to accelerate and promote Internet development in the region August 13, MOMBASA, Kenya - The Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) today announced the creation of an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Mombasa. The...
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An interview with: Jyrki Pulkkinen Global e-Schools and Community Initiative
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 Everyone agrees that telecommunications services can dramatically alter the education system. Telecoms can change—and indeed is changing—the way people learn, share information, publish and interact both inside and outside a traditional classroom setting. The potential to help educate those without...
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GSA Reports Global LTE Network Commitments Pass 100
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 The industry body has said that numbers of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network commitments are up 71% in the last six months alone. On top of the 101 Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network commitments in 41 countries, the Global mobile Suppliers Association...
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10 misconceptions about Web privacy
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 The debate over Web privacy has given rise to a number of misconceptions about how personal information is collected and used by Web firms, writes economics professor Paul H. Rubin. The idea that information is collected and used anonymously is...
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Ping! Apple enters social media market via music
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 Ping - Apple's new social media network - will allow users to follow friends' music interests working in a stream of updates similar way to Facebook or Twitter Having cornered the MP3 player, mobile phone and computer tablet markets with...
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MTS Belarus takes 3G coverage to all regions
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 Mobile operator MTS Belarus has launched commercial 3G services in all regional centres of the country. The 3G/3G network currently covers 39 percent of the country's population. The operator has introduced unlimited web browsing via handsets using the Opera Mini...
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Regulator Resumes Mobile Spectrum Tender in Costa Rica
Information Policy | web log 02 09 2010 Costa Rica's telecoms watchdog has published the bidding conditions for country's first spectrum tender, which will open the mobile sector for competition. Costa Rica's telecoms regulator has published the bidding rules to participate in the tender process for three licences...
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Water, soil and data
CTA | ICT Update 30 08 2010 A project in Swaziland uses remote sensing and GIS to identify irrigable farmland. The data are analysed to improve the efficiency of project management processes.
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A plan for the future
CTA | ICT Update 30 08 2010 Tanzania’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation has developed an ICT strategy, which includes using GIS, radio and cell phones, to deliver irrigation and water services.
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A balanced delivery
CTA | ICT Update 30 08 2010 Irrisat-SMS combines satellite data, information from local weather stations and feedback from farmers to deliver daily, detailed irrigation scheduling advice via SMS.
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Remote control
CTA | ICT Update 30 08 2010 Managers of the Office du Niger irrigation scheme in Mali are using remote sensing data to analyse the efficiency of the system without having to physically check the infrastructure. The information will help them prepare for future expansion.
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Network Neutrality Is Law In Chile
Information Policy | web log 30 08 2010 An anonymous reader writes "Chile is the first country of the world to guarantee by law the principle of network neutrality, according to the Teleccomunications Market Comission's Blog from Spain. The official newspaper of the Chilean Republic published yesterday a...
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ICANN Publishes Draft Agreement on .XXX With 30 Day Comment Period
Information Policy | web log 30 08 2010 by author David Goldstein ICANN has published a revised proposed registry agreement with ICM, the controversial applicant for the .XXX Sponsored Top Level Domain (.XXX sTLD) as well as documentation submitted by ICM Registry in connection with the expedited due...
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Swedish Government Reveals Plans to Cut TeliaSonera Stake
Information Policy | web log 29 08 2010 The government plans to sell a portion of its 37.3% stake in the incumbent to help fund sweeping economic and social reforms. The Swedish government revealed plans back in 2008 to divest its remaining stake in the incumbent, but the...
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German law bans Facebook research for hiring decisions
Information Policy | web log 29 08 2010 Employers in Germany will be allowed to enter job applicants' names into search engines and professional networking sites but must not look at their profiles on Facebook, under a draft law that was approved by the Federal Cabinet yesterday. The...
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Tasmania's Innovation Strategy, 2010
Information Policy | web log 28 08 2010 Tasmanian Government, Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts, August 2010. "... Tasmania is leading the implementation of the Australian Government's National Broadband Network roll-out, enabling innovation in education, health, tourism and other industries. In this way Tasmania will...
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Sri Lanka blocks over 100 porn websites
Information Policy | web log 28 08 2010 COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has blocked over 100 porn websites that allegedly feature local men and women, the government said Thursday, in its biggest yet Internet censorship move. The Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has been asked to prevent...
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The International Telecommunication Regulations: time for a revision?
Information Policy | web log 26 08 2010 The policy governing all international telecommunications services between countries rests on principles embodied in one relatively short document: the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs). They represent almost certainly the oldest regulations of their kind in existence. Originally dating back to the...
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H.264 answers Google's open codec with forever free license*
Information Policy | web log 26 08 2010 * Free forever for free apps only MPEG-LA — the organization that oversees the H.264 video codec on behalf of patent holders such as Apple and Microsoft — has made its latest move in what's shaping up to be an...
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