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[Franck Martin]

I thought you would be interested by what his happening here during the
ICANN meeting in Wellington hosted by Internet NZ. These are only
extracts, please refer to the full text pointed by the links.

I think it was a great week for the Pacific Islands and deals were made
and more technical support for Pacific Islanders.

Thanks InternetNZ and the NZ Government to make it happen.

Cheers

http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=21082
* REGION: Pacific Organisations Deliberate On ICT Progress *

* Tuesday: March 28, 2006 *

Officials of the Forum Secretariat, Forum member countries’
communications departments, Council of Regional Organisations of the
Pacific (CROP) organisations and NGOs among others began deliberations
on the progress of ICT in the region and the next steps to be suggested
to the Forum countries’ ministers of communication who will meet later
this week.

/

/http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/rnzi/200603291604/22a059a
/


    Forum countries set to approve information technology programme

Posted at 4:04pm on 29 Mar 2006

Ministers from the 16 Pacific Islands Forum countries are tomorrow
expected to give the green light to the first stage of a programme to
spread Information Communications Technology through the region.



http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3617840a11,00.html


    Govt open to faster, cheaper broadband

27 March 2006


*New Zealanders need better broadband access, but the Government still
has an open mind on how that will be achieved, Communications Minister
David Cunliffe said today.*

Mr Cunliffe reiterated to an international internet conference in
Wellington that New Zealand needed better, faster, cheaper broadband
internet access.

"The status quo does not meet New Zealand's needs."


Mr Cunliffe's speech opened the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) conference.

ICANN is the international organisation that assigns internet domain
names. It has also been integral in designing internet protocols.

Mr Cunliffe said he would also chair a forum of Pacific communications
ministers on Thursday.

A series of meetings would also be held on Friday, which has been
declared Pasifika information technology day, in a bid to highlight the
importance of the technology to the Pacific.



http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/rnzi/200603272025/1279fa6


    Accessibility and affordability are two key issues for Pacific ICT
    strategy meeting to work on

Posted at 8:25pm on 27 Mar 2006

The Solomon Islands internet service, the People First Network, or
PFnet, is being touted as the type of service that the rest of the
Pacific might also use.

Improving access to ICT is why officials from the 16 Pacific Islands
Forum countries meet from tomorrow in Wellington.

They are here to develop a regional digital strategy as promised under
the Pacific Plan.



-- 
Franck Martin
ICT Specialist
franck at sopac.org
SOPAC, Fiji
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