[Kictanet] CONVERGENCE: The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment

[alice at apc.org]

In the occasion of the Internet Governance Forum, the Association for
Progressive Communications is launching three new papers on key ICT
policy and internet rights issues.

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CONVERGENCE: The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment
By Kate Wild

This paper looks at the meaning and importance of convergence and
considers some of the challenges to implementing it, along with
strategies for overcoming them. It also provides a global perspective on
regulating convergence and broadband from ITU and then it looks at
experiences in North America and Europe as well as regional and country
approaches in Africa.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (English)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (French)

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OPEN ACESS: Lowering the costs of international bandwidth in Africa
By Mike Jensen

This paper was commissioned by the APC as part of the Catalysing Access
to ICTs in Africa initiative and to contribute to APC's efforts to
promote open access to ICT infrastructure in Africa. According to the
author, a variety of factors are responsible for the lack of acess to
bandwith in Africa, but the biggest cause is the high cost of
international connections to the global telecommunication backbones.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (English)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (French)

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WSIS: Whose information society? Developing country and civil society
voices in the World Summit on the Information Society
By David Souter

This paper summarises a study of developing country and civil society
participation and influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the
Association for Progressive Communications (APC). As well as analysing
participation, the study looked at the impact of WSIS on international
ICT decision-making in general and makes recommendations to all main
actors about how future decision-making might become more inclusive of
developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English)

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Les nouveaux thèmes émergents d'APC en anglais en français

A l’occasion du Forum sur la gouvernance de l’internet (FGI),
l’Association pour le progrès des communications lance trois nouveaux
articles sur les thèmes fondamentaux des politiques de TIC et des droits
d’internet.

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CONVERGENCE : L’importance de la convergence dans le contexte des
politiques des TIC
Kate Wild

La première partie de ce document porte sur le sens et l’importance de
la convergence et sur certains des problèmes associés à sa mise en
oeuvre, ainsi que sur les stratégies qui permettent de les surmonter. La
deuxième partie présente un survol de la régulation de la convergence et
de la bande passante par l’Union Internationale des Télécommunications
(UIT) et s’intéresse aux expériences en Amérique du Nord et en Europe
ainsi qu’à certaines approches régionales et de pays d’Afrique.

http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (Anglais)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (Français)

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ACCÈS OUVERT : Abaisser les coûts de la bande passante internationale en
Afrique
Mike Jensen

Cette analyse a été commandée par APC dans le cadre de Catalysing Access
to ICTs in Africa et pour contribuer aux efforts d´APC pour promouvoir
l´accès ouvert à l´infrastructure de TIC en Afrique. Selon l’auteur, la
situation actuelle de la bande passante en Afrique est attribuable à un
certain nombre de facteurs, mais elle est due essentiellement au coût
élevé des connexions internationales vers les dorsales de
télécommunication internationales.

http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (Anglais)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (Français)

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Uniquement en anglais:
WSIS: Whose information society? Developing country and civil society
voices in the World Summit on the Information Society
By David Souter

This paper summarises a study of developing country and civil society
participation and influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the
Association for Progressive Communications (APC). As well as analysing
participation, the study looked at the impact of WSIS on international
ICT decision-making in general and makes recommendations to all main
actors about how future decision-making might become more inclusive of
developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English)



A. Wanjira Munyua
National Coordinator, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
alice at apc.org
http://www.apc.org
http://www.catia.ws