Global Communications Newsletter, October 2010

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2010

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IEEE Communications Society

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Broadband Internet should be considered an indispensable service to an information-driven society. This newsletter provides topical information, events and effects of ICTs in development. More specifically in this issue: the FCC plan to increase faster web access and innovation in telecommunications, making connectivity available to poor and rural communities; the iREACH rural empowerment programme in Cambodia; and workshops and conferences in Lebanon and India.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ICT4D, TELECENTRES, E-COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY-OWNED ENTREPRISES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GENDER, EMPOWERMENT, CAMBODIA

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