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News In the context of the education system, this can result in higher prices and a range of other unsatisfactory effects which have a negative impact on wider policy initiatives, including improving educational outcomes, facilitating home-school links...
[14 May 2008]
News But the latest statistics from telecoms regulator Ofcom paint a picture of a growing digital divide based on the much less idealistic lines of income and ethnicity. But those on lower incomes - and people from ethnic minority groups - are far more...
[07 Apr 2008]
News Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide This month, silicon.com has been busy wrestling with Android. Not manhandling tin men but exploring Google's new operating system for mobiles with our definitive Cheat Sheet guide to the nuts and bolts...
[27 Mar 2008]
News The EU has been keen to push the tech as a means of reaching out to those on the wrong side of the digital divide. The UN's comms agency, the International Telecommunications Union, is touting the importance of satellite technology in bridging the...
[06 Mar 2008]
News The UN agency for information and communications issues is looking to the heavens to bridge the digital divide. We need to form a global coalition to put together our resources and efforts within a framework of international co-operation and...
[28 Feb 2008]
News He warned the digital divide cannot be allowed to "reinforce social and academic divisions" and said: "We have to find a way to make access universal, or else it's not fair. The government has pledged £30m of funding over the next three years to...
[09 Jan 2008]
News This echoes the view of various industry speakers at a recent Westminster eForum conference on the future of broadband, who said public sector intervention is likely to be needed to ensure all areas of the country gain access to next-gen services...
[27 Nov 2007]
News With the long-awaited Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive coming into play this year to encourage companies to recycle and reuse their old IT equipment - some companies are sending their PCs to developing countries in a bid...
[15 Oct 2007]
News Philadelphia was the first city to make bridging the digital divide its primary objective for building a citywide wi-fi network. While there is little question that EarthLink's financial woes have slowed the market and may have even dampened...
[03 Sep 2007]
News EU telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, said the potential for Europe-wide mobile satellite services is "massive" and the Commission's proposal will help bridge the digital divide by improving coverage in the remote regions of Europe.
[22 Aug 2007]
News Noting that plans were already underway across Europe to open up the 2.6GHz band for mobile broadband usage, which could be WiMax or a variation of 3G, she again called the so-called digital dividend - the freeing up of spectrum brought about by...
[14 Jun 2007]
News How PCs are bridging the digital divide silicon.com raised more than £16,000 earlier this year on a 400km charity cycle ride in Kenya to provide PCs for schoolchildren in the country. More than one billion PCs will be in use worldwide by the end...
[11 Jun 2007]
News The digital divide between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is narrowing as more homes connect to broadband. The watchdog found more UK homes connected to broadband last year than in 2005 with the divide between the nation's fat pipe...
[24 May 2007]
News He said the aim of the research is to increase human interaction with technology, and create a technology that reduces the digital divide. This could mean moving the cursor, viewing a map, surfing the internet or even turning the pages of a digital...
[30 Apr 2007]
News If the UK fails to offer the same bandwidth as other countries the pace of innovation in the economy could slow and the digital divide could widen, according to a recent report from the Broadband Stakeholders Group.
[18 Apr 2007]
News The digital divide could deepen further and the economy suffer unless the UK improves its plans for the next generation of broadband within the next two years. If the UK fails to offer the same bandwidth as other countries, the pace of innovation...
[16 Apr 2007]
News The digital divide in Blighty could be set to deepen further as offline individuals are left behind their more tech-savvy neighbours. Fisher added there's a danger the digital divide will deepen as there are large numbers of people still struggling...
[19 Mar 2007]
News Indian services companies are opening business process outsourcing (BPO) operations in rural villages as a way of keeping down costs for customers while bridging the digital divide in the country. With the growth of the IT industry some Indian...
[09 Mar 2007]
News How recycled PCs bridge the digital divide Google launches apps suite for business silicon.com also met up with charities Computer Aid International and Computers For School Kenya to see first-hand how recycled PCs are bridging the digital divide.
[28 Feb 2007]
News The digital divide in Europe is being made worse by large discrepancies in broadband penetration rates across the 25 countries of the EU, according to a report last year from the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (Ecta).
[26 Feb 2007]
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