[DDN] VoIPocalypse Now

Pyramid Research, a USA-based consultancy firm, has released a report on Portal VoIP services and fixed telco operators, "VoIPocalypse Now: How Google, Skype, and Yahoo! Will Change Fixed Telcos Models". While unable to get a copy of the full US$1,490 report, below are some comments on the recommen

[DDN] Re: HELP: ICT Data and Indicators

Dear Ismael, See: Towards an African e-Index http://www.researchictafrica.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=504&CAMSSID=e6501939a722422e76cfe7915ff21cdc Telecom Demand: Measures for Improving Affordability http://www.regulateonline.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=

[DDN] Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives

New Book: Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives The Regional Dialogue on Information Society (DIRSI – Diálogo regional sobre la sociedad de la información) launched its new work, _Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives_, on 17 November at the World S

Re: [DDN] TIME LINE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE? Do You Have These Included?

Bonnie, Thanks for this quote. Yes, it is available online: Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/sermons/680331.000_Remaining_Awake.html - akm -- Amy Mahan Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: "There can be no gainsaying of the fact that a gre

Re: [DDN] a tip about the amazon.com wish list spree

Dear Phil, It is weird and disappointing that you would use DDN space to provide advertisement time to Amazon.com - especially in support of their intrusive and extensive information collecting systems. According to the Contest Rules only people living in the US are eligible to win. Thus, the wind

Re: [DDN] Definition of Podcasting

Four Minutes about Podcasting http://www.cadence90.com/wp/index.php?p=3548 This is a good little film on podcasting and how to access podcasts and use them. Wikipedia also has a good informative entry for Podcasting. - Amy. > Hi everyone, > Could someone send me a good reference for t

[DDN] World Dialogue on Regulation: New Players in Network Development

http://www.regulateonline.org/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,4%207/ Dear Digital Divide members, This is a reminder that the online Dialogue on Diversifying Participation in Network Development begins tomorrow (20 June). You are warmly invited and strongly encouraged to participate i

[DDN] Stimulating Investment in Network Development: Roles for Regulators

New World Dialogue on Regulation book available in print and online __ Stimulating Investment in Network Development: Roles for Regulators http://www.regulateonline.org/content/view/435/31/ __ The final report from the second WDR research cycle has been r

[DDN] Diversifying Participation in Network Development

Invitation to participate in a six week online dialogue: World Dialogue on Regulation: Diversifying Participation in Network Development new dialogue, 20 June – 29 July 2005 You are invited to participate in the next online World Dialogue on Regulation (WDR) session de

[DDN] Gender & ICT Awards 2005

Deadline for applications: 30 April 2005 == FINAL WEEKS FOR APPLICATIONS! GENDER & ICT AWARDS 2005: Honouring women's innovative and effective ICT initiatives for gender equality and women's economic empowerment ===

[DDN] Research Coordinator

Please distribute widely. **Apologies for cross-posting** Coordinator Multi-site Research Project: One-year contract position; May 2005 - May 2006 Gender Research in Africa on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Empowerment (GRACE) The GRACE project is a partnership between

[DDN] The Real Digital Diversity

Another response to the Economist article on the digital divide.. The Real Digital Diversity by Seán Ó Siochrú http://www.regulateonline.org/content/view/346/40/ The Economist on March 10th published an article claiming that the mobile phone alone could bridge the digital divide. Under the title

[DDN] OPINION: The Digital Solidarity Fund and The Economist

Another response to the Economist article on the digital divide, from the Association for Progressive Communication (APC). OPINION: The Digital Solidarity Fund and The Economist APC’s policy manager, Willie Currie, responds to an editorial on the digital divide from The Economist magazine in whic

Re: [DDN] phone vs net

Andy, All good comments below. One point though - Grameen Telecom is successful not just because of the phones disbursed via the programme, but because it mediates the relationship between telephony and financial management. The success of the programme is contingent on its business model in

Re: [DDN] phone vs net

> As many know, the Economist printed a nice summary on the idea that > the phone out ranks the computer for economiic development. Rather than "nice" this was a horribly reductive, anecdotal summary of ICTs and economic development - and indeed, yet another Economist call for privatisation and

Re: [DDN] Regarding the cellphone users

Further to the comments on mobile, it is also important to differentiate the pre-paid mobile sector, which is increasingly used in developing countries as a stand-in for fixed-line connections. For Africa, the percentage of mobile users who use prepaid is 85.3%. Generally, the poorer the coun

[DDN] IWD

Dear DDN - Happy International Women's Day. - Amy. -- Amy Mahan Montevideo, Uruguay www.lirne.net www.regulateonline.org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivid

Re: [DDN] Help for community radio stations

> Second, while there has been a lot of talk about podcasting, and > other audio deliveries, and some talk about internet (streaming) > radio, there hasn't been much talk about reducing the divide by > combining the power of the Net with the reach of conventional radio. > "The One to Watch: Radio,

[DDN] Draft Concept Paper on a National All-Hazards Warning System for Sri Lanka

In response to the catastrophe of December 26th 2004, the World Dialogue on Regulation's Asian partner, LIRNEasia, is collaborating with the Vanguard Foundation to help better prepare Sri Lanka to face disasters that may come its way. Following an expert consultation on the topic, a draft pape

[DIGITALDIVIDE] Gender & ICT Report

"Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: A Regional Report on Gender and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)" Commissioned by UNDP, this report represents a joint effort of UNDP and UNIFEM to deepen kno