Archive for March, 2010
In a world where many governments struggle with bringing broadband Internet to every home as a public utility, developing nations need to exercise great creativity in delivering “any” internet access to the community.
Filed under: Government Regulatory, International ICT, Internet and Telecom, Social Issues, Social Networking | 1 Comment
Tags: batam, ict, indonesia, internet, jakarta, samarinda, warnet
In the mid-1990s, as an operations manager with Sprint International, I worked in Jakarta to deliver a direct X.25 expansion to PT Indosat from the old SprintNet packet switching network. Today’s Jakarta is wired. Sitting in my hotel room I count not less than 20 visible WiFi connections.
Filed under: Government Regulatory, International ICT, Internet and Telecom, Open Topics, Social Issues | 1 Comment
Tags: broadband, ict, indonesia, jakarta, mobile, palapa
Broadband communications access is rapidly gaining traction as a “4th Utility” in countries around the world. Recently, at Digital Africa 2010 in Kampala, several ministry-level delegates referenced their national initiatives building the “4th Utility” as among their highest priorities. On March 16th, FCC Chairman Genachowski stated “…broadband is essential for opportunity in America – for all Americans, from all communities and backgrounds, living in rural towns, inner cities, or in between.”
Filed under: Energy, Government Regulatory, International ICT, Internet and Telecom, Social Issues, environment | Leave a Comment
Tags: 4th utility, broadband, digital africa, fcc, genachowski, national broadband plan
Concluding three days of intense discussion, debate, and a surprising sense of cooperation, on Thursday evening the Honorable Aggrey S. Awori, Uganda’s Minister of ICT, brought the Digital Africa Summit 2010 to a close.
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Tags: convergence, digital africa, ict, uganda
Do You Mean We Import Chalk?
Something as simple as chalk, a tool used by nearly everybody n the country, was not being produced in the domestic business sector. Dr. Bukenya changed that. The chalk problem was quickly rectified, and a new program of “can we make it in Uganda” started. The basic idea is if the product is capable of being made in-country, then Uganda should not pay another country for the product.
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Tags: 4th utility, digital africa, Dr. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya, elearning, ict, uganda
At the Digital Africa Summit 2010 in Kampala, Uganda, discussion is rightly focused on both telecommunications policy and economic development. Cloud computing is a topic heard among sidebar discussions, although it has yet to hit the mainstream of conference programming. Kicked off by Dr. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya, Vice President of Uganda, the conference also included ministers of communications from Uganda, Niger, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso.
Filed under: Cloud Computing, Government Regulatory, International ICT, Internet and Telecom, Social Networking, Virtualization, citizen journalism, environment | Leave a Comment
Tags: burkina faso, cameroon, cloud computing, digital africa summit 2010, Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya, kampala, niger, uganda
For the first time in over ten years, I spent the night without Internet access. Ten years of working in remote parts of Mongolia, Vietnam, Palestine, Indonesia, and other small and developing countries, and in March 2010 I finally hit the access wall.
Filed under: Burbank, Energy, Government Regulatory, International ICT, Internet and Telecom, Social Issues, citizen journalism, environment | 7 Comments
Tags: addis ababa, developing country, ethiopia, internet, UNDP, usaid, world bank
CNN, Fox, and MSNBC had one theme in common throughout the rapidly unfolding Chile earthquake events, and preparations for a tsunami event around the Pacific – “send us your images, reports, and video, but do not put yourself in danger.”
Filed under: International ICT, Internet and Telecom, Social Issues, Social Networking, citizen journalism | 1 Comment
Tags: chile, citizen journalism, facebook, hawaii, mobile phone, propaganda, sms, tsunami, twitter
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John Savageau is a life long telecom and Internet geek, with a deep interest in the environment and all things green. Whether drilling into the technology of human communications, or describing a blue whale off Catalina Island, Savageau will try to present complex ideas in terms that are easily appreciated and understood.
John Savageau is President of Pacific-Tier Communications based in Honolulu, Hawaii
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