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Sri Lanka telecenter connectivity story 1: Not an infrastructure issue always…
Ambuluwawa, about 1,100 m above sea level, is probably the highest point in the vicinity of Gampola. Not surprisingly, all telecom operators exploit the geography. Transmission stations/towers encircle the summit. (See above) That is what one calls infrastructure.
Just 10 km away, Sirimalwatte Ananda thero, a young and energetic Buddhist monk, runs a Nenasala, a telecenter [...]
Bangladesh: ‘Broadband to one third of people by 2015′
The government hopes to provide internet facilities to 30 percent of the country’s population and community-based broadband to all villages by 2015, the chief adviser’s press secretary Syed Fahim Munaim said on Sunday.
The press aide was briefing reporters after a cabinet meeting which passed the “National Broadband Policy 2008″.
Munaim said the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, [...]
Three days with Telecenter Family (and Four Lessons learnt)
“I came more to learn from you; than to teach” was the message I passed before my two presentations with Sujata. Thanks Fusion/Telecentre.org for the opportunity. The three days spent with 200+ telecenter operators from eight provinces in Sri Lanka was a worthy investment. One does not interact with so many ground level ICT4D practitioners [...]
Sri Lanka: Is Computer Literacy a politically dependent variable?
What is the correct computer literacy figure in Sri Lanka? Is there one figure? We ask this because we hear different answers.
According to HE the President of Sri Lanka it is pretty impressive at 25%. This what he said in the 60th Independence day speech as reported by Daily News the next day:
“We have given our [...]
Internet out in Jaffna, according to Free Media Movement
Free media Movement – Sri Lanka
Press Release
30 January 2007
Internet facilities and 8,000 telephones cut off in Jaffna Peninsula
The Free Media Movement (FMM) is deeply disturbed to learn that basic communications facilities to the Jaffna Peninsula have been blocked from 28th January 2007. Internet facilities and around 8,000 landline telephones of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) are [...]
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