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		<title>Appeal plunges telecoms sector back into limbo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Alison Gillwald, director of the Research ICT Africa (RIA!) network, in her article published in Business Day observes &#8220;the significance of the communications ministry’s decision to appeal against a recent high court ruling setting aside certain prohibitions in the telecommunications sector and the upholding of the automatic conversion of rights into the new licensing regime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Panels and Workshops - ICTD2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The organizers of the 3rd IEEE/ ACM International Conference on ICT and Development, ICTD2009 Conference (17-19 April 2009 at the Carnegie-Mellon campus in Doha, Qatar), would like to spur reflective dialogue among researchers and between researchers and development practitioners. Therefore a small number of panels will be chosen to be added to the program.
Panel proposals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITU reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008 (Bangkok, Thailand, 2-5 September), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched the new Asia-Pacific Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report - &#8220;Broadband in Asia-Pacific: Too much, too little?&#8221; The Report focuses on broadband connectivity as a vehicle for content to drive development and build a knowledge-based information society.

Click here for the Asia-Pacific Telecommunication/ICT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caribbean Internet Forum 2008</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/10/caribbean-internet-forum-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 6th Annual Caribbean Internet Forum will be held in Trinidad from 29-31 October at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of Spain. The Main theme of the event is Mobile Internet for Development.
Dr. Kim Mallalieu (University of the West Indies and DIRSI member), will chair two sessions, Caribbean Innovations for the Mobile Internet, and Next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for papers - Mobile 2.0: Beyond voice?</title>
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		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/10/call-for-papers-mobile-20-beyond-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIRNEasia  is organising the pre-conference event, Mobile 2.0: Beyond voice? [20-21 May 2009], for the 2009 Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) [21-25 May 2009]. A call for papers is being issued for the pre-conference event. 
Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important in bringing people into the Information Society. It is widely accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From digital inclusion to social networks and virtual worlds in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/09/from-digital-inclusion-to-social-networks-and-virtual-worlds-in-brazil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication research seminar by  Joe Straubhaar and Jeremiah Spence (both of University of Texas at Austin) is available for online viewing.
“This talk will trace the waves of thinking in Brazil about digital inclusion in terms of social thinking, policy choices, technology choices and programs, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMI - First International Conference on Converging Mobile Media</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/09/cmi-first-international-conference-on-converging-mobile-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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The Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI), of the Copenhagen Institute of Technology (CIT), Aalborg University, Denmark, will host its First International Conference on Converging Mobile Media on 28 November 2008. The conference is organized in cooperation with the Advanced technology network on Mobile Systems, CTiF Copenhagen, and CMI&#8217;s CAMMP Project.
William Melody, founder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIA! Policy Brief - ICT Access and Usage in Ghana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3G benchmarking in Denmark</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/09/3g-benchmarking-in-denmark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LINK Centre Master Programme – applications for 2009</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/09/link-centre-master-programme-%e2%80%93-applications-for-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/09/link-centre-master-programme-%e2%80%93-applications-for-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Graduate School of Public &#38; Development Management and the LINK Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Afreica are proud to inform that applications to join the January 2009 Master of Management in ICT Policy and Regulation degree programme are now open.
Click here for the programme brochure.
Contact Sue-Ellen Donough at the Admissions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIRNEasia - hiring in two positions</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/09/lirneasia-hiring-in-two-positions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIRNEasia seeks self-motivated and quality-conscious individuals to fill the following two vacancies:  Researcher / Project Manager and a Junior Researcher.
Click here for more information about the two open positions.
Deadline for applications: 5 October 2008.

LIRNEasia is an ICT policy and regulation think tank based in Colombo but working across the emerging Asia-Pacific. LIRNEasia generates and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of ICT4D Andean Network</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/09/launch-of-ict4d-andean-network/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/09/launch-of-ict4d-andean-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and a number of organizations working on ICT issues in the Latin American region, recently participated in a workshop in Quito,  Ecuador to build up a ICT4D Andean Network - APC&#8217;s CILAC project Communication for influence in Latin [...]]]></description>
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