Campus Party 2008 in Bogotá

On 2008/06/23, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas

Campus Party in BrazilColombia is the second American country to be the seat of Campus Party, a Spaniard Festival on Digital Technology that will have Corferias as its headquarters between June 23 and 29.

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Colombia Passport. Campus Party is one of the biggest European LAN Party that recently conquered the Americas with its activities. A LAN Party is a big meeting of persons with their computers to play and share information and technology. It is realized every year gathering fans of technology from all Europe. This year Campus Party crossed the Atlantic first in Brazil by February and now in Colombia, a country that was not contemplated in the list, but the invitation of Telecom and the perspectives of a successful program in the second South American capital brought the Campus Party to the Andean nation. (more…)

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Colombians buying more computers

On 2007/12/13, In Economy, By Albeiro Rodas

Sells of computers rose to 80% in 2007

By Albeiro Rodas | Picture by Clara Campoamor.

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Colombians are buying more computers, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Communications, Mrs Maria del Rosario Guerra in her annual report.

Sellings of computers and Internet services rose to 80% during 2007 and the numbers are a result of a new tax policy to technological equipment in Colombia given by Law 1111 of 27th December 2006.

The 2006 law canceled what is called in Colombia “IVA” (Valued Added Tax) that used to make computers expensive and unreachable for the common Colombian pocket. The measure applied for computers with costs inferior to US$ 900. As a consequence. many Colombian families, companies, schools and other organizations could afford to get a computer and get access to Internet during 2007.

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