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March/April 2005 Update
Australia
Promoting suicide online outlawed Australian
Senator Chris Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs, has been adding fuel
to the fiery debate about euthanasia. The Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related
Material Offences) Bill 2005 creates the offence of using the Internet to spread
information about how to commit suicide. ... click here
for more. Cambodia
Privilege, business or service? The high-flying
ideas of the UN World Summit for the Information Society - where the representatives
of the governments of the world declared their common desire and commitment to
build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society,
where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge
- has not influenced day-to-day struggle in Cambodia... click here
for more. Indonesia
2.4 GHz WiFi band unlicensed A significant policy
and regulatory change occurred on 5 January 2005 when the minister signed the
Ministry of Transportation and Communication Act No.5/2005. It unlicensed the
2.4 GHz band used by WiFi equipment.... click here for
more. Malaysia
Government to be IPv6 compliant by 2008 The
government aims to have all its facilities IPv6 compliant by 2008. This was announced
by Halim Shafie, Director General of the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications
at Universiti Sains Malaysia after he had launched the National Advanced v6 Centre
of Excellence (NAv6) located on the Penang campus of the university.... click
here for more. Mongolia
First ICT trade show a success The first ever
exhibition of ICT products and services was held at the Academy of Management
on 23 March 2005. The main purpose of this event was to expose the ICT sector,
its products and services to decision makers.... click here
for more.  |