Weekly Newsletter, 29 September, 2006 [Read articles of i4d august 2006 on Media and ICTs] This is our regular weekly bulletin that highlights recent developments in ICT sector including the events, happenings and announcements. The documents are available free on subscription. Send your comments and suggestions on newsletter: info@i4donline.net magazine: http://www.i4donline.net/feedback.asp NEWS COMMUNITY RADIO NR5 to fill the airwaves full time after receiving fund http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=2&newsid=5748 Proposal of advertisements on community radio is passed http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=2&newsid=5756 Muslim community radio station in Black Country http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=2&newsid=5790 e-COMMERCE 60 percent of e-Commerce transaction in India is travel-related: Promod Haque http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5749 e-Ticketing attracts new players http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5768 Internet advertising revenue breaks record http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5781 National e-Commerce portal in Vietnam reports growth in business http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5804 HSBC commercial banking awarded in Britain http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5805 EDUCATION UK: ICT savvy school gets award http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5754 Bangladesh: UGC to develop ICT-based programmes in higher education sector http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5747 UNESCO organises ICT conference in Fiji to integrate IT in schools http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5762 School ties up with Airtel to launch website http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5767 New high-tech gadgets for inter connectivity of schools http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5770 Education Ministry gears up to modernise education process http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5775 ICT training for Ghana journalists http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5780 NEPAD scores ICT education of students in Africa low http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5798 e-GOVERNANCE Karnataka to launch Rural Digital Service in rural areas http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5758 Digital surveillance is needed to avert terrorism http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5745 South Korea ready to share technical skills in the field of eGov with UAE http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5760 Brunei: Local ICT training is vital to produce skilful human resources in ICT http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5786 Improvement requirement for useful e-Government services in Europe http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5810 e-Governance programme to begin in Ghana http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5792 HEALTH Missouri Rehabilitation Centre starts telemedicine service http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=4&newsid=5751 Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen honoured by eHealth Initiative http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=4&newsid=5799 Initiative to promote electronic health records in the USA http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=4&newsid=5800 Houston software firm shop in The Netherlands soon http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=4&newsid=5801 TECHNOLOGY Microsoft may offer free web-based business software http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=11&newsid=5750 Dell to ship desktop with AMD processors to India soon http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=11&newsid=5764 China goes for ultrafast Internet http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=11&newsid=5782 'Unique Phone' launched by Orange http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=11&newsid=5811 TELECENTRE Website brings little difference in the lives of villagers http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=13&newsid=5789 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Getit Infomediary launches GetitNOW, a 24-hour tele-information service http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5752 Celtel invests $700 Million into its Nigeria operations http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5784 Pakistan geared to become regional hub of IT and telecom business http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5794 Hurungwe West in Zimbabwe to get Net-One mobile network http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5802 WIRELESS Intel launches wireless Internet in Amazon island city http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=12&newsid=5755 GENERAL Internet will expand massively by 2020, but... http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5771 Phishing attempts almost doubled http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5777 ICT National Summit opens in Tashkent http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5783 RTI Act- awareness essential http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5773 'Knowledge management' workshop to be held in Chennai (India) http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5796 CONTENTS AGRICULTURE LIVELIHOOD COMMUNITY RADIO e-COMMERCE EDUCATION e-GOVERNANCE HEALTH TELECOMMUNICATION OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY WIRELESS GENERAL FEATURED ARTICLE Child Rights Information Network (CRIN): ‘Right’ from the beginning http://www.i4donline.net/articles/current-article.asp?articleid=378&typ=Features Telecentre Movement in the Pacific: Connecting the island communities http://www.i4donline.net/articles/current-article.asp?articleid=422&typ=Features Accelerating delivery of health services http://www.i4donline.net/articles/current-article.asp?articleid=343&typ=Features ANNOUNCEMENT eLearning Africa 2007 http://www.i4donline.net/announcement/announcement.asp For subscribe/unsubscribe to daily/weekly/monthly i4d newsletter www.i4donline.net/reges/registration.asp You can search all the 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