Dell Expands Global Philanthropic Efforts
Dell today launched an enhanced global philanthropic strategy providing additional support for education and digital inclusion initiatives the company considers essential to ensuring the next generation's success in the Connected Era.
From MarketWatch.com, September 23, 2008
Education Technology Spending To Top $56 Billion by 2012
In the United States, IT spending in education will reach $47.7 billion by the end of this year and is expected to top $56 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Compass Intelligence, an IT consultancy and market research firm. This growth in education--both K-12 and higher ed--is being fueled in particular by expenditures in telecommunications, collaborative technologies, and outsourced IT services.
From The Journal, September 18, 2008
High-Speed Internet Coming to Africa
On Sept. 9, O3b Networks — a Channel Islands–based telco backed by Google, HSBC and U.S. cable-TV operator Liberty Global — unveiled plans to offer cheap, high-speed Internet access via satellite to developing regions like Africa by the end of 2010. It's not the only ambitious scheme to bring the continent online. In recent months, work has begun on initiatives to connect countries in eastern and southern Africa — the only major populated regions not hooked up to the global broadband network of fiber-optic cables — to each other and the rest of the world through high-speed lines.
From Time.com, September 15, 2008
Was EarthLink's failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise?
The implosion of EarthLink's citywide Wi-Fi business may have been the best thing that ever happened to Wireless Philadelphia, the nonprofit charged with helping Philadelphia bridge the digital divide.
From CNET News, September 05, 2008
FCC Seeks Comments on E-rate Changes
For schools that rely on E-rate funding for telecommunications and Internet access, changes are afoot that could impact planning as soon as funding year 2009. The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comments on potential changes to the E-rate Eligible Services List that in some cases would narrow the list of eligible technologies and in some cases expand it. The notice was filed in the Federal Register Aug. 18, so comments are due in less than a month.
From The Journal, August 22, 2008
2 New Jersey Schools Deploy WiFi for Online Education
Two schools in New Jersey's Cresskill Public Schools are deploying a wireless network from Meru Networks to provide mobile Internet access and to enable access to online educational materials.
From The Journal, July 22, 2008
Michigan Communities Meet on Broadband Wireless Progress
Leaders of several of the projects met in May to discuss strategy and compare notes. And more meetings are planned, said Deputy Oakland County Executive Phil Bertolini, who is spearheading Oakland's effort.
From The Detroit Free Press, June 18, 2008
Austin Free-Net Helps Bridge Digital Divide
What happens when your family doesn't have a computer -- much less Internet access? There’s one local group that's trying to bridge this digital divide.
From CBS42 Texas, June 12, 2008
Chicago Community Leader Changes the Way We Talk about the Digital Divide
Maranda, 39, has pushed the phrase “digital excellence” to replace “digital divide” and to emphasize that people need more than a computer and training to harness the benefits of technology.
From Medill Reports, Northwestern University, June 12, 2008
Fresh Off the Wire: Wireless Philadelphia
Over the last week and a half a number of local private investors have been meeting with Earthlink, officials from the mayor’s Office of Information Services and the city solicitor’s office to figure out who the new owners of Earthlink’s $17 million network will be.
From Philadelphia Weekly, June 11, 2008
