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Businesses Challenge Carriers to Deliver a Reliable E-business Infrastructure |
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Alex Dobrushin |
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Vice-President of Marketing |
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Amber Networks |
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| Reliability of e-business networks and infrastructure is now a key consideration for providers and customers. Customers are increasingly seeking the near perfection of 99.999% ('five nines') availability 24 hours a day. Every lost minute means lost business and lost profits. Downtime is no longer acceptable, says Alex Dobrushin, Vice-President of Amber Networks. The clever e-business users are moving to real-time network management and negotiating clear service level agreements with the third-party vendors that operate their systems. |
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Egypt's Big Leap |
| Author: |
Amr Hashem |
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Head of Policy Unit |
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Ministry of Communications, Egypt |
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| The telecommunications revolution hit the world with a vibrancy and urgency that caught many nations off-balance, sending them spiralling in their efforts to readjust, reassess, and reconstruct their technology infrastructures and development schemes. It took a solid vision, a comprehensive blueprint and unyielding commitment on the part of Egypt's leadership to place the country smoothly and prominently on to the international telecommunications map where it now boasts a world-class telecommunications infrastructure. The foundation of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in 1999 was the first page of a new chapter for the nation. It echoed foresight and awareness; a leadership concerned with catching up with advanced nations in the digital divide and re-inventing Egypt as a regional telecommunications hub. |
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E-Learning in Africa: Key Trends |
| Author: |
James Lundy and Debra Logan |
| Title: |
Vice-President and Research Director |
| Organisation: |
Gartner |
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| E-learning, in one form or another, is on the agenda for many enterprises and governments. There are a number of key trends that will shape the future of e-learning in emerging economies and elsewhere. E-learning is an important technology category for emerging economies. The following are the key trends that those who are interested in using e-learning in the developing world should be aware of. |
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4 |
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Launching Africa into the Information Age |
| Author: |
Jay Naidoo |
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Chairman |
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Development Bank of Southern Africa, South Africa |
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| Africa has the highest density of countries classified as least-developed countries or LDCs. Given the scope and magnitude of the continent's development needs, building the continent's information infrastructure is the key challenge. With the vast majority of the continent's population living in rural areas, bridging the digital divide is an imperative. |
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5 |
| Topic: |
Renaissance and Reality: African Integration and the Telecommunications Buildout |
| Author: |
K.Y. Amoako |
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Under-Secretary and Executive Secretary |
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United Nations and Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations, Ethiopia |
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| Since the early 1990s Africa's telecommunication landscape has been transformed beyond recognition, with many countries on the continent opening up this sector. As a result of the liberalization and deregulation of the telecommunication sector more lines have been added, spurring the development of value-added services. Even though the current telecommunications reforms have not emphasized accelerated infrastructure development, there are clear signs of greater availability of services within countries. Mobile telephony and the Internet are spreading beyond capital cities - a good indication of the scope of the telecommunication buildout on the continent. These efforts should be consolidated with further steps in the liberalization of the telecommunication sector, including strengthening institutional and regulatory mechanisms to attract more investment. However, the reality is that Africa still suffers from a lack of adequate telecommunication infrastructure to bolster the continent's entry into the information age. It is increasingly becoming evident that ICT applications can provide enormous opportunities for education, health care, income generation and other goals in social advancement. Consequently, there is a strong need to expand the communication infrastructure and networks to help meet development goals, especially as Regional Economic Communities move towards economic integration. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
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The United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force |
| Author: |
Pekka Tarjanne |
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Executive Co-ordinator |
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United Nations ICT Task Force, U.S.A. |
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"The Task Force belongs to all of us - governments, civil society, the private sector, the organizations and agencies of the United Nations system. Let's nurture it together."
This quote by Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, reflects the objectives that the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UNICTTF) will tackle during its three-year term.
The UNICTTF is a new global policy body established by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to bring the benefits of the global digital revolution to the developing world. Launched on November 20th, 2001, the task force (TF) brings together high-level representatives of governments, the UN system, the private sector, non-governmental organizations and the academic community, and is the first United Nations endeavour to fully incorporate world business leaders able to offer a unique perspective and expertise from their respective fields. Through this system of collective input, our TF has already achieved a common understanding on priorities and tasks, as well as on most effective modalities for achieving the goals set out in its mandate. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
| Topic: |
VSAT - A Bridge for Africa's Digital Divide |
| Author: |
Martin Jarrold |
| Title: |
Director, International Programme Development |
| Organisation: |
Global VSAT Forum |
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| "Given their limited resources and facilities, it is unconnected communities that need the benefits of broadband applications to deliver critical services through great distances." (Jumpstarting Affordable Universal Access in Africa: The Telecom Africa Initiative by Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr, PhD). Is there such a technology and service solution? Yes; satellite communications and VSAT (the very small aperture terminal). |
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Article no.: |
8 |
| Topic: |
WIPONET Global Intellectual Property Network |
| Author: |
Colin Buffam |
| Title: |
WIPONET, Chairman |
| Organisation: |
Communication Users Association of South Africa (CUASA), South Africa |
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Article no.: |
9 |
| Topic: |
Wiring Africa from Cape to Cairo |
| Author: |
Mike van den Bergh |
| Title: |
Chairman |
| Organisation: |
Communication Users Association of South Africa (CUASA), South Africa |
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40KB |
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