Archive for the ‘International Developments’ Category

OnSat Inaugurates Wireless Internet System In Honduras

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 27, 2000– OnSat.net Canada Inc. (“OnSat” or the “Company”) (CDNX:ONS. – news) and the government of Honduras, including the Honduran Vice President and the Honduran Council of Science and Technology (“COHCIT”), have officially inaugurated San Ramon Centro as the first OnSat Solar.net Village® installation, which is the precursor of a […]

The International Association of Students in Economics and Business Management-Mexico Selects Fusion Networks Software to Create Portal

MIAMI, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ — Fusion Networks (Nasdaq: FUSN – news), a leading provider of Internet software and applications, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with The International Association of Students in Economics and Business Management’s (AIESEC) Mexico Chapter to provide its ICRM/V2 portal software to promote the interests and content […]

India to Produce More Techies

BANGALORE, India — India will double the student capacity of engineering colleges in the country next year to meet surging demand for skilled technology professionals, a senior government official said on Wednesday.

Uzbekistan Strides Forward into the Virtual World

TASHKENT, Nov 1, 2000 — (Times of Central Asia) In the age of globalization, the process of intense social differentiation taking place in the CIS countries, and in Uzbekistan in particular, goes along with intensive informational differentiation. The latter, against sociologists’ opinions, is not directly connected with the financial situation of this or that social […]

Proposal to Expand Distance Education in Mexico Stirs Controversy

A growing debate in Mexico over distance education has pitted populists against the pro-business team of the president-elect, Vicente Fox, whom critics accuse of abandoning the country’s proud tradition of free public education.

ReadyGo, Inc. Announces Major European Partnership Agreements

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Oct 31, 2000 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) — ReadyGo(TM), Inc., creator of the easiest and fastest web authoring tool for building e-Learning courses, today announced three major partnerships in Europe. The new partners, DeltaConsultores(TM) in Portugal, Formacion y Consultoria, S.A(TM) (FYCSA(TM)) in Spain, and Studi.com(TM) in France, will translate the ReadyGo Web […]

Brazil: Dtcom Starts in Brazil

Integrate TV and Internet in the remote corporate teaching is one of the goals of Dtcom, to start operations in the Brazilian market in the early November 2000. With R$15mil investment the company expects to train the employees of its clients via TV or computer.

WORLD BANK: “Virtual University” to Benefit Nonprofit Latin American Organizations

OCT 31, 2000, M2 Communications – WASHINGTON — The World Bank Institute, The Nature Conservancy and TEC de Monterrey today announced the creation of a “virtual university” in nonprofit management for Latin American institutions.

TeleLearning 2000: A Global Forum for the State-of-the-Art in Online Education

VANCOUVER, Oct. 30 /CNW/ – Canada’s students have the highest levels of Internet access in the world after Sweden’s according to a recent survey conducted by the Angus Reid Group. With substantial infrastructure in place, it has never been more timely to explore how to effectively integrate learning technologies into school curricula, post-secondary courses, and […]

[Adult] ILLITERACY

Pakistan has the highest adult illiteracy rates of any big emerging economy, according to statistics published in the World Banks World Development Report.