enabling environment

The enabling environment refers to the national policies, laws, physical infrastructure (roads, electricity, etc.), and other infrastructure (access to education, access to banks, etc.) that need to be in place for people to be able to use ICTs to their advantage.

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Source: ICT for Rural Livelihoods

Rightsizing Telecoms

Submitted by sbahour on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 09:15
Occupied Palestine

The current financial crisis has been branded as that of the banking, insurance and automobile industries. However, other sectors—namely telecommunications—which are seemingly humming along should not be ignored by those interested in maximizing today’s economic lessons. Turning a blind eye toward a profitable industry should no longer be an option. Industry regulators and legislators must be prepared to take proactive action before an industry falters.

Taking inventory is a good starting point. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recently issued its 2009 Information Economy Report. The report focuses on the development implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) worldwide. The position of the US should be ringing some alarms.

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Cyber Forensics Expertise in India

Submitted by Kunal on Sun, 16/11/2008 - 05:01
New Delhi, India

In India we have very few Cyber Forensics Experts who can m

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We invite you to join Community Radio initiative in Bangladesh

Submitted by bnnrc on Sat, 09/08/2008 - 07:08
Dhaka

Community Radio has a very special place in BNNRC’s intervention.

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