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From: D. Williams ([email protected])
Date: Sun Jul 20 2003 - 15:11:44 AST

### SPECIAL ISSUE ON RURAL CONNECTIVITY ###
This issue on 'Rural Connectivity' has attempted to identify solutions and
practices that try to connect the mass un-connected in South Asia and
elsewhere in the developing countries. Not only the technologies but also
the problems, prospects, policies and social implications of such solutions
are also discussed. The grim statistics of telecommunication penetration in
South Asia (that is given below) once again illustrates the need for an
alternative-innovative mode of connectivity that can even change the whole
information use and capabilities of the poor.
http://www.bytesforall.org/

>From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Bytesforall] BytesForAll * Aug 2003 EXTRACTS
>Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 14:54:15 +0530 (IST)
...
>Traditional knowledge holders often stand outside the fold of intellectual
>property rights and are negatively affected by them. A new handbook makes
>intellectual property issues and protection options more understandable and
>readily available for traditional knowledge holders, human rights NGOs, and
>legal professionals. In addition to introducing intellectual property
>concepts, this handbook contains a series of exercises to help the user to
>identify and classify types of knowledge, cultural aspects, and community
>goals related to specific knowledge claims. Through a series of exercises,
>it is possible for traditional knowledge holders to identify whether or not
>specific intellectual property protection options are relevant or
>appropriate for their knowledge. An electronic version of the handbook in
>PDF format is now available for download at:
>http://shr.aaas.org/tek/handbook/ More details from Stephen A Hansen,
>Project Director, Science & Intellectual Property in the Public Interest
>(SIPPI), American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York
>Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005 USA Tel: (202) 326-6796 Fax: (202) 289-4950
>email: [email protected] WWW: http://shr.aaas.org WWW: http://sippi.aaas.org
...
>The Nayudamma Information Bank contains information about and easy access to
>technologies supported by IDRC - technologies from the South for the South.
>Providing contact names for all the technologies described, it is a way of
>sharing and updating information on technological advancements for
>international development. The information bank has been named in honour of
>the late Dr. Yelavarthy Nayudamma, a Sri Lankan who dedicated his life to
>demonstrating how science and technology can and should be used for human
>benefit. http://indev.nic.in/indev/profNewsItem.asp?id=649
....
>Prof Ken Keniston <[email protected]>, that thorough researcher of
>ICT-for-development themes in India, was back scouring the country recently.
>Said he: "(M)y stay in India was productive and informative, not to mention
>enjoyable....As a result of the trip, and encouraged by Indian friends, I
>hope that an India-based project analyzing with some precision both the
>impact and the costs of the so-called 'ICT for the masses' projects could be
>undertaken over the course of the next two years." That could make for an
>interesting read. While we need not get pessimistic, it's long overdue that
>the hype be separated from the real projects with potential. See his site at
>www.kken.net
...
>Free/Libre and Open Source Software practitioners from Asia, Africa, Europe
>and Latin America recently got together to produce a manifesto on the role
>of Open Source Software (OSS) in the development cooperation context. They
>asked all stake-holders to pay more attention to OSS, and argued it should be
>employed wherever possible. http://sarai.waag.org/display.php?id=28
...
>That's the promise: affordable Internet connectivity for the masses.
>
>It seeks to combine the unique low-cost, wireless, Internet-ready attributes
>of ETHERchip with the convenience of a small, portable device. This
>promising the combination of the unique low-cost, Internet-ready attributes
>of ETHERchip with the convenience of a small, portable device.
...
>VillagePDA says access to Internet-based communications and information need
>not be "limited to specialized communication and computing devices that are
>priced beyond the reach of most people". http://www.villagepda.com
....
>This is a report from the Reporters without Borders, based in France. It
>says: "The Internet is the bane of all dictatorial regimes, but even in
>democracies, new anti-terrorism laws have tightened government control of it
>and undermined the principle of protecting journalistic sources. This report
>is about attitudes to the Internet by the powerful in 60 countries, between
>spring 2001 and spring 2003." Don't miss the chapters dealing with India and
>other South Asian countries. http://www.rsf.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=378
...
>bYtES For aLL is a voluntary, unfunded venture. CopyLeft, 2003. bYtES
>For aLL e-zine volunteers team includes: Frederick Noronha in Goa,
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>Islamabad, Archana Nagvenkar in Goa, Arun-Kumar Tripathi in Darmstatd,
>Shivkumar in Mumbai, Sangeeta Pandey in Nepal, Rajkumar Buyya in
>Melbourne, Mahrukh Mohiuddin in Dhaka and Deepa Rai in Kathmandu, among
>others. If you'd like to volunteer in any way, please get in touch.
>
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