Ken Novak: Digital DevelopmentCommunications and info tech in developing countries, especially wireless broadband and high-value applications(Untitled)- July 28, 2003 Indian Railway Internet Cafes: "The Union Minister of Railways Shri Nitish Kumar inaugurated a Cyber Express Café at Platform 12 of New Delhi Station at a function here today. .. The Minister announced that RailTel would establish such cafes on all railway stations gradually to provide internet and other telecom connectivity to passengers, industries and market places as &145;A&146; category Internet Service Producer licensee. The Minister also announced that RailTel would introduce.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/28.html#a1106 (Untitled)- July 25, 2003 Internet Booms in Baghdad with Phone Lines a Mess: "The local phone system in Baghdad is a mess, with only half of the lines working and international calls impossible more than three months into the U.S.-led military occupation. But the Internet business is booming. Since U.S.-led forces ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in April, dozens of Internet cafes have sprouted across Baghdad and more are on the way. Cafe owners connect via satellite in the absence of working land...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/25.html#a1100 (Untitled)- July 22, 2003 Engineers Without Borders - USA: Building a Better World One Community at a Time: "The mission of Engineers Without Borders is to help disadvantaged communities improve their quality of life through implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects, while developing internationally responsible engineering students. " Canada has 21 Chapters. EWB doesn't have a digital development focus yet, but culd benefit from one.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/21.html#a1094 (Untitled)- July 22, 2003 Falun Gong's on TV: "MILLIONS of Chinese television viewers got a shock this week June 2002 when Falun Gong propaganda was beamed into their living rooms as members of the banned sect hijacked one of China's main television satellites. And in Beijing, surprised residents answered their phones this month to find a recorded Falun Gong message, up to five minutes long, attacking the Government's anti-Falun Gong claims point by point. The hacking incidents highlight Falun...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/21.html#a1093 (Untitled)- July 19, 2003 Bridge gives new lustre to the city of gold: The rivival of Johannesburg: "Most guidebooks have yet to register the fact, but South Africa's sprawling metropolis is in the process of transforming its core into a commercial and artistic hub.. In fact the entire continent is pressing into Johannesburg in the form of refugees and economic migrants from Zimbabwe, Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria and Mozambique, hustling a living whatever way they can and turning it into one of the world's most...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/18.html#a1090 (Untitled)- July 17, 2003 DOT-COM Alliance Newsletter: Regular USAID newsletter concerning telecenters and other digital divide projects.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/17.html#a1087 (Untitled)- July 17, 2003 World's poor to get own search engine: "Let us assume you are in Malawi," explained Prof Amarasinghe, "and the computer lab does not have access to the telephone line all the time." "If you want to find some new information about malaria, you are prompted with a message that says 'we are going to send a query through e-mail, it is OK'. "At night, when the phone line is available, the teacher can dial out and send the queries." The request is sent to computers at MIT in Boston, which then search.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/17.html#a1085 (Untitled)- July 9, 2003 Solar Rural Telephony in Tibet : There will be "satellite-connected public payphones in more than 1,300 Tibetan villages by the end of 2003. Kyocera is working with Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. to provide the systems to China Telecom Tibet. Approximately 3,500 Kyocera KC-80 photovoltaic modules will be used to power the systems, which will vary in size from 240 watts to 1,200 watts, depending on individual requirements. Kyocera Solar and Gilat have been providing solar-powered...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/09.html#a1061 (Untitled)- July 8, 2003 Searching for a Dial Tone in Africa: review of resistance to VOIP by ghana's telephone company, listing several companies using private satellite internet.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/07/08.html#a1057 |