Colombia: The strategy of opening educational institutions as community...
The policy of opening public ICT access centres that operate within educational institutions presents an opportunity to expand access to broadband infrastructure, as observed by Olpa Paz, Mauricio...
View ArticleColombia: Communications Fund
Colnodo, Colombia’s AndinaTIC member, analysed the role of the country’s Communications Fund. The institution is part of the Ministry of Communications and administers the funds transferred by the...
View ArticleColombia: Social appropriation: The implementation of the new Compartel...
The action consisted of approaching the decision-makers for the Colombian government’s project to supply community internet access centres in schools, through which close to 1700 new telecentres will...
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APC member Colnodo condemns anti-piracy law
“APC member Colnodo has issued a report about Colombia’s controversial “two strikes” bill. Under this law, file-sharers caught with copyrighted content can lose their internet connections or even face...
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Op-Ed: Colombian Law Sets Dangerous Precedent says APC
Colombian lawmakers are studying the “Lleras law”, the latest effort by that country to secure a free trade agreement with the United States by submitting to U.S. demands to comply with U.S....
View ArticleSpectrum in Colombia: Towards a participative model
In Colombia, several government initiatives aim at broadening telecommunications access for the whole population through spectrum. Colombian civil society should make the most of recent opportunities...
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Colombia redefines its spectrum management plan
Management of the spectrum in Colombia is migrating towards a more flexible and participatory model. Nevertheless there is still a need for greater involvement of community media and social...
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Participation in Cyber Stewards network reinforces Colnodo's work on...
The Cyber Stewards network organised a meeting that took place on 17-18 March 2013. APC member Colnodo took part in a workshop at the meeting, themed “Governance without government in cyberspace?”...
View ArticlePress release: Freedom of expression and hate speech continue to dominate...
Between 22 April and 3 May 2013, the UN Human Rights Council held the 16th session of its Universal Periodic Review. APC, together with its members and partners, developed submissions for the inclusion...
View ArticleAPC members in 2017: Building and supporting community cellular networks in...
Thanks to support through an APC subgrant, Rhizomaticawas able to support a number of emerging initiatives in Brazil and Colombia regarding community cellular networks. These are basically...
View Article“We can't just sit back and wait”: Indigenous, black and campesino...
The “digital divide” in Colombia is particularly wide in rural communities, since service coverage, especially cellular mobile service, is concentrated in urban centres. In 2017, communities in the...
View ArticleComments on the draft 2020-2024 spectrum policy in Colombia
Most of the spectrum sharing to date has focused on TV white spaces, and extending it to the IMT bands, those used for mobile broadband, and hence being able to reach users' handsets, is a major...
View ArticleInternational civil society organisations demand that the Colombian...
We firmly reject the violent repression in Colombia in response to the massive protests which began on 28 April. The Colombian state has the obligation to adopt the necessary measures to guarantee...
View ArticleHRC47: Joint oral statement on Colombia
Karisma, FLIP, ILEX, CEJIL, IFEX, Derechos Digitales and APC urge the Human Rights Council to call on the Colombian state to guarantee, respect and protect the exercise of human rights online and...
View ArticleSeeding change: Colnodo supports the operation of community networks in...
How are APC members improving their communities' lives? In this column we're highlighting stories of impact and change by our members, supported by APC subgranting. Colnodo made meaningful...
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