Tagged: Digital Divide
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Report calls for doubling number of women and girls online in developing countries News
12.01.2013 Doubling the number of women and girls online in developing countries from 600m today to 1.2bn in three years could potentially pump an estimated US$13bn-US$18bn in annual GDP... -
Could you go tech-free for World Computer Literacy Day? News
29.11.2012 Irish-based charity and social enterprise Camara Education is challenging all us technophiles to go without technology for 24 hours to highlight the digital divide that still... -
Irish Govt may invest €200m to make superfast broadband universal News
30.08.2012 Ireland’s Government may make a long overdue investment in broadband infrastructure to the tune of €200m to ensure regional towns and districts get the same quality broadband as... -
More than half of population to have high-speed broadband by 2015 News
30.08.2012 Today at the Croke Park Conference Centre, Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, launched Ireland’s National Broadband Plan, laying out targets to achieve at least 30Mbps... -
Broadband in Ireland equals jobs in Ireland News
10.05.2012 There is an intrinsic link between broadband rollout and local job creation. Local authorities must realise this as Ireland approaches a National Broadband Strategy.Tags: Digital Divide, BT, Vodafone, Jeroen Hoencamp, Fibre, Pat Rabbitte, Ireland, Job Creation, Broadband, -
UPC launches Internet Buttons to help seniors navigate web News
26.03.2012 UPC has launched a new webtool called Internet Buttons which can be set up to allow people new to the internet - particularly older people - to quickly access services they... -
Apple’s move into textbook business will be a game changer News
12.01.2012 All wags are waxing on about Apple launching into the education books business or the textbook business on 19 January at an event in the Guggenheim in New York. It is being... -
NUI Galway’s ‘Click & Connect’ computer training seeks to close digital divide News
10.01.2012 Anyone who believes they have been ‘digitally excluded’ now have a chance to brush up on their skills, courtesy of a new computer training initiative from NUI Galway, Limerick... -
Ireland 53rd in the world for download speeds – new report News
08.12.2011 The latest Ookla Net Index shows that Irish broadband speeds in terms of downloads are 53rd in the world, leaving the country trailing developing nations like Mongolia, Moldova... -
‘Get Your Folks Online’ helps you teach your parents how to use the web News
25.11.2011 Google and Age Action have joined forces to create ‘Get Your Folks Online,’ a website which gives people the resources to them help teach older family members how to use the... -
Digital Ireland Forum to address nation’s economic opportunity News
25.07.2011 A panel of digital leaders led by Oscar and BAFTA-award winning film producer and former UK government digital adviser Lord David Puttnam will focus on the digital economy... -
‘Data is the new oil’ News
23.06.2011 The Government’s new taskforce is focused on delivering 30Mbps broadband for all, and 100Mbps for half of Ireland’s citizens. But will it succeed?Categories: Telecommunications, Networks, Mobility, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Government, Economy, Digital 21, Communications -
UK to give free laptops and broadband to poor students News
11.01.2010 In a visionary stg£300-million move to remove a potential educational digital divide, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed a plan to provide free laptops to more than...Categories: Comms -
ComReg seeks consultants for digital TV switchover News
27.05.2008 Ireland’s national telecoms regulator ComReg has issued a tender notice seeking consultants to advise it on a suitable approach to its digital dividend strategy, or the... -
Call for schools’ broadband to benefit communities News
21.04.2008 The Schools Broadband Service should be expanded to enable communities to avail of high-quality broadband cheaply, the incoming president of Chambers Ireland has suggested.Categories: GovernmentTags: Digital Divide, Chambers Ireland, -
Internet wins the hearts [and wallets] of Irish silver surfers News
19.03.2008 While only 21pc of adult internet users are older than 50 years they account for the largest online spend across a range of internet areas including holiday and travel services,... -
DCC provides senior citizens with PCs and IT training News
12.03.2008 Dublin City Council is kitting out 15 sheltered housing complexes for senior citizens with computers and broadband connections this year in a bid to get older residents...Categories: Government, R&D -
Holy smokes, it’s the silver surfers! News
10.03.2008 In their rush to be all things cool and trendy, mobile networks and broadband providers are overlooking an important market, the over 55s, with the result that the digital... -
eBay Ireland report shows ‘two-tier online nation’ News
22.01.2008 After tracking the nationwide activity of online shoppers throughout 2007, eBay Ireland found a large discrepancy between e-commerce habits in the 26 counties.Categories: Business