NRA Websites: Benchmarking National Telecom Regulatory Authority Websites is the title of a report just published by LIRNE.NET. The report takes a detailed look at the state of regulatory authority websites in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and North America and identifies benchmarking indicators for evaluating them.
The Association for Progressive Communication (APC), the Third World Institute (ITeM), and Dutch development organisation Hivos, launched the watchdog report Global Information Society Watch (GISW 2008) at the Third Internet Governance Forum in India. It is the second edition of this landmark report and focused on “access to infrastructure”.
Click here to go to the GISW 2008 report.
One of the characteristics of the ‘Information Society” is the abundance of information. The key is finding ways to navigate, to sort the wheat from the chaff. And so it is with information about the Information Society. That is why the arrival of GIS Watch is so welcome. No other publication, to my knowledge, is dedicated to monitoring the ongoing evolution of the Information Society from the perspective of civil society, and particularly the growing movements for people’s empowerment rooted in the global South.
Marc Raboy – Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications at McGill University (Canada)
The Nordic and Baltic Journal of Information and Communication Technologies – nb!ict - is an international journal promoting debate on ICT developments among academics, analysts, professionals and practitioners. The theme of the November 2008 issue is New Mobile Technologies and Services: Business Models and Adoption. In addition, the development of telecommunications in Greenland is examined.
Click here for the Editorial of the current issue by Anders Henten.
The following papers are included:
The Nordic and Baltic Journal of Information and Communication Technologies – nb!ict
The Research ICT Africa (RIA!) August 2008 Policy Brief is based on the preliminary analysis of the Individual and Household ICT Survey undertaken by the network.
The policy brief provides a snapshot of ICT development in Ghana, which has not been robust despite the country having been amongst the early reformers of the African ICT sector. In spite of improvements in certain sector segments, others such as household fixed line, internet access and public telephones, need policy support to catalyse their development.
Click here to download the RIA! Policy Brief (PDF format)
For further information about this report, contact:
Dr. Godfred Frempong <gkfrempong [at] stepri.csir.org.gh>
Knud Erik Skouby and Reza Tadayoni of the Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI), in cooperation with Hugo Jost of Ascom AG, have undertaken an independent assessment of mobile broadband coverage and capacity in Denmark. CMI designed the test and Ascom has undertaken the actual measurement to test coverage and different aspects of capacity. Four networks are included in the assessment: Sonofon, TDC, Telia and 3.
Click here to download the full report: Managerial Report Mobile Internet Benchmarking (PDF format).
