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Draft text (11/2009): Code of good practice on information, participation and transparency in Internet governance

analia — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:27:12 +0000

The Council of Europe, UNECE and APC have been reviewing the arrangements for
information and participation in entities concerned with Internet governance since the Rio de Janeiro meeting of the Int

Bringing affordable telecommunications services to Uganda: A policy narrative and analysis

LisaC — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:45:24 +0100

The liberalisation of Uganda’s telecoms sector came with a string of policy, regulatory and political failures, particularly related to the privatisation of the incumbent Uganda Posts and Telecommun

Réforme du secteur des télécommunications en Afrique : Cas d’échec de la privatisation de l’opérateur historique au Niger

LisaC — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:24:44 +0100

À l’instar des autres pays africains, le Niger compte recourir aux technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) pour réaliser son désenclavement et son développement économique

Paper 2 (05/2009): Mapping the information and participation practice of internet governance entities

kah — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:46:16 +0000

This discussion paper has been prepared for the Council of Europe, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) as part of their work to explo

A review of telecommunications policy and challenges in Rwanda

LisaC — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:02:22 +0100

The period after the 1994 genocide marked a moment of fundamental change in Rwandan communications. The government embarked on a policy that aimed to increase connectivity as a spur to development.

Communiquer pour influer en Afrique centrale, de l’Est et de l’Ouest (CICEWA)

LisaC — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:23:01 +0100

L’atterrissage en 2009 des câbles sous-marins de communication sur la côte Est de l’Afrique – qui commence avec Seacom et The East African Marine System (TEAMS) puis le Système de câbles sous-

Introductory report: Telecommunications Regulation and Broadband Development: Implications for the Andean region

analia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:53:09 +0100

In the early 21st century, fixed-line telephony was pushed into the background by the advent of mobile telephony, which is now being challenged by internet protocol (IP) communications, observe Guille

Bolivia: Universal Broadband Access: Advances and challenges

analia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:56:56 +0100

Orlando Arratia situates the problem in the extremely low ICT penetration rates in Bolivia and the lack of public policies to address the issue throughout many decades: only 1.23% of Bolivians own com

Ecuador: Wireless Networks for Development

analia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:03:26 +0100

Ecuador is one of the countries with the lowest broadband internet penetration rates in the region, a mere 2.7%, notes María Eugenia Hidalgo.

Peru: The Battle for Control of the Internet

analia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:08:54 +0100

Researcher Jorge Bossio poses the questions: Can you imagine a day when there are two kinds of internet networks, one open and public and the other closed and exclusive, similar to free-to-air televis

Venezuela: NAP: An Opportunity to Improve Universal Broadband Access?

analia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:14:17 +0100

Ysabel Briceño observes that the long distance that most internet traffic must travel outside the region before returning back to the region is a problem that affects both the quality and cost of com

Introduction to the Regional Advocacy reports: Universal Access Funds in the Andean Region

analia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:22:43 +0100

In his analysis, Hugo Carrión reflects on the political and economic context in which universal access funds emerged in the Andean Region and their evolution as mechanisms for achieving the objective

Colombia: The strategy of opening educational institutions as community internet access centres

florencia — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:48:48 +0100

The policy of opening public ICT access centres that operate within educational institutions presents an opportunity to expand access to broadband infrastructure, as observed by Olpa Paz, Mauricio Esc

Communication for influence (CILAC): research and advocacy

florencia — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:13:11 +0100

The Andean region has some of the lowest fixed telephone line, mobile telephony and broadband penetration rates of all Latin America, the continent with the starkest economic disparities in the world.

Colombia: Communications Fund

florencia — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:46:21 +0100

Colnodo, Colombia’s AndinaTIC member, analysed the role of the country’s Communications Fund.

Ecuador: Fund for the Development of Telecommunications in Rural and Urban-marginal Areas

florencia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:19:39 +0100

Universal Access Funds, in Ecuador as well as several other countries of the region, were created in response to liberalisation and privatisation policies of the telecommunications companies.

Peru: Fund for the Investment in Telecommunications

florencia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:27:15 +0100

This document studies the case of the Telecommunications Investment Fund (FITEL), the Peruvian government agency that provides universal access to telecommunications in rural areas, privileging social

Venezuela: Fund for Universal Service

florencia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:33:09 +0100

This exploratory study, carried out by Funredes and EsLaRed, analyses the use of the Universal Service Fund (FSU-Fondo de Servicio Universal) in Venezuela.

Colombia: Social appropriation: The implementation of the new Compartel telecentres

florencia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:37:34 +0100

The action consisted of approaching the decision-makers for the Colombian government’s project to supply community internet access centres in schools, through which close to 1700 new telecentres wil

Ecuador: Inputs from civil society for the formulation of the Communication Law

florencia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:40:06 +0100

The objective of this action was to include civil society’s perspective on the right to communication in Ecuador’s new communications law.