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4 days Residential Course on "HOW TO ENGAGE IN BROADBAND POLICY AND REGULATORY PROCESSES"

Vivek Kumar Verma wrote 3 months ago: THEME: HOW TO ENGAGE IN BROADBAND POLICY AND REGULATORY PROCESSES ORGANISER(S):  LIRNEasia and the I … more →

Tags: residential course, NLSIU - Bangalore, Indian Journal of Law and Technology, BROADBAND POLICY AND REGULATORY PROCESSES

When Worlds Collide #43: Toilets or Telephones? That’s the Wrong Question!3 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 5 months ago: Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 25 November 20 … more →

Tags: Sri Lanka, Culture, Environment, Sustainable Development, South Asia, water, Communicating development, ict, sanitation

When Worlds Collide #37: Raiders of the Open Internet?2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 7 months ago: Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 14 October 201 … more →

Tags: Innovation, Communicating development, ict, Education, internet governance, Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, facebook, Broadband Internet, World Conference on International Telecommunications

ITU proposals threaten Internet freedom and access

the Net economy wrote 7 months ago: By Catherine Hart – As the International Telecommunication Union’s December negotiations move … more →

Tags: Super Regions, broadband, First Amendment, Internet, united states, Africa, Egypt, International Telecommunication Union, Rohan Samarajiva

When Worlds Collide #25: Teleworking or not working?2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 10 months ago: Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 22 July 2012 B … more →

Tags: Sri Lanka, Culture, Transport, Journalism 2, ict, Employment, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Boris Johnson, London Olympics 2012

Do You HEAR Me? New film looks at voice-based emergency communications

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 1 year ago: Phoning each other during personal or shared emergencies is one of the commonest human impulses. Unt … more →

Tags: Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Communicating research, Digital Divide, Disasters, Documentary Film, Humanitarian Action, Humanitarian emergencies, ict

When Worlds Collide #12: Of Tsunami Waves and Twitter Ripples…4 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 1 year ago: Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 22 April 2012 … more →

Tags: disaster, Sri Lanka, media, Public Information, indian ocean, disaster communication, Tsunami, Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC), Department of Meteorology

BSNL $66 Tablets launched today

Thiruchenduran wrote 1 year ago: This could bring a huge leap in BOP broadband access, to developing countries in South Asia and neig … more →

Tags: Blogroll, mini-USB port, countries in south asia, canadian entrepreneur, 256 Mb Ram, SIM card, Port Bluetooth, BPO, Tablet

සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #55: මෙන්න අපේ ගෙදර හැටි!

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 1 year ago: This is my weekly Sinhala language column published in Ravaya Sunday newspaper dated 26 Feb 2012. In … more →

Tags: Communicating development, Communicating research, Hunger, poverty, Ravaya Column, Science Communication, Science journalism, Sri Lanka, Sustainable Development

Design!publiC Panel Discussion 5: Planning and Policy for Innovation1 comment

ckssathyan wrote 1 year ago: 18:26 Reto: I feel that there is a need for an international consensus and forum for innovation so t … more →

Tags: Design!publiC, Interesting Ideas, Anant Shah, BMGF, clpr, dalberg, Design Public Conclave, Dilini Wijeweera, FinNode

Just how many Internet users in Sri Lanka? Depends on whom you ask...2 comments

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 1 year ago: Have smartphone, will travel...Just how many Internet users are there in Sri Lanka? Looks like a sim … more →

Tags: Digital Divide, Digital Media, digital natives, ict, Internet, New Media, Sri Lanka, Telecommunications, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Kantale Dam Breach, 25 years later: Film captures memories and worries1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 years ago: Kantale Reservoir: Full again, but what if another dam breach happens as in April 1986? There are ap … more →

Tags: Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Communicating research, Disasters, Documentary Film, Education for sustainable development, Film Making, Humanitarian emergencies, Sri Lanka

Fraudband or Broadband? Find out for yourself! New film tells how...1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 years ago: The user is willing, but the network is not...? I once saw a sports car on the narrow streets of Mal … more →

Tags: Asia, Citizen Science, Communicating research, Digital Divide, Digital Media, digital natives, Documentary Film, ict, Internet

BROADBAND: What you are promised is not what you get!!

Anurag Sharma wrote 2 years ago: Hot news! Indian ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) are deceiving us! Lets wake up!! The below … more →

Tags: News, Airtel, broadband, BSNL, Chennai, IIT. TRAI, Internet, isp, MTNL

Less than 10% of Sri Lankans insured: Top industry official

jagdishhathiramani wrote 2 years ago: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100711/BusinessTimes/bt29.html Insurance penetration in Sri Lanka is less … more →

Tags: Economy, Sri Lanka, hambantota, Tsunami, MOTOR, Economic, Asia, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne

Asian Tsunami+5: Are we sure there won't be a surprise next time?1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 3 years ago: A monumental failure in communication... This is one of the most memorable cartoons about the Asian … more →

Tags: Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Humanitarian emergencies, ict, Internet, New Media, Public Interest, Sri Lanka, Telecommunications

Post-war Sri Lanka: Can we dial up a better future?1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 3 years ago: Chamara Pahalawattage: At 18, he is already using his 6th mobile (Photo by Niroshan Fernando, TVEAP) … more →

Tags: Communicating development, Digital Divide, Film Making, ict, Internet, New Media, poverty, Sri Lanka, Story telling

'Can you hear us now?' India's bottom millions connect to information society1 comment

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 4 years ago: Mobile champion: farmer Sayar Singh in Rajasthan, India - photo by Suchit Nanda for TVEAPAt the end … more →

Tags: Communicating development, Communicating research, Good Governance, ict, India, poverty, Telecommunications, bop, bottom of the pyramid

Video interview with Rohan Samarajiva on telecoms in Sri Lanka

Sanjana wrote 4 years ago: A video interview with Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director of Lirneasia and former Director General … more →

Tags: ICTs in general, ict, Mobile Phone, Mobiles, regulations, Rohan Samarajiva, telcos, telecoms, The Interview


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