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Zambia adopts IP technology

For the first time, Rwanda and Zambia are broadcasting presidential campaigns and parliamentary polls using IP (Internet Protocol) teleconferencing technology and Internet broadcasting technologies, says Network World.

Rwanda is also installing the technology in all of the country's public institutions to enable videoconferencing of meetings, while the Zambian government is installing it in major hospitals across the country to help doctor and students consult with one another remotely.

IP teleconferencing technology has been deployed by the Rwanda IT Authority (RITA) to broadcast election proceedings on television. In Zambia, radio station Q-FM is broadcasting via Internet and satellite.

Rashweat Mukundu
Programme Specialist: Media Freedom Monitoring
MISA Regional Secretariat
21 Johann Albrecht Street
Private Bag 13386
Windhoek, Namibia
Tel: + 264 61 232 975
Fax:+264 61 248016
Mobile: 00 264 813 675 362
E mail rashweat@misa.org, misaalerts@gmail.com

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