BytesForAll (also known as B4A or BfA) is a South Asian initiative to focus on how information technology and the internet can help in taking up social development issues. It is one of the oldest ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) networks in South Asia. It was launched at a time when ICT4D was yet to become a buzz-word on the development circuit, and was still largely unnoticed for its potential. FLOSS-inspired BytesForAll was founded in July 1999 by Frederick Noronha of Goa, India and Partha Pratim Sarkar of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is inspired by the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) model, and says it prefers to be an unfunded, volunteer-driven project. In 2005, BytesForAll became the lone member of the Association for Progressive Communications or APC in South Asia. Mailing list BytesForAll_Readers had some 1,548 subscribers as of October 2006, and describes itself saying it "is particularly designed for BytesForAll readers and supporters who want to take part and want to be updated about ICT and development-related issues in South Asia." The BytesForAll mailings and discussions via its mailing list are summarised and published each month in the i4d magazine published from near New Delhi each month. BytesForAll has also shared contents and columns with the Spider internet magazine of Karachi, Pakistan (Dawn Media Group), and earlier with the Express Computer magazine of the Indian Express group of Mumbai, India. Among oldest BytesForAll also describes itself as "being one of the oldest network on ICT4D issues in South Asia". Its mailing list, which is watched by a number of ICT enthusiasts and academics across the globe sees itself as a forum that "encourages a free flow of information and a lively debate and discussion on people-oriented IT practices." The first issue of BytesForAll e-zine (July 1999) is archived online by the Inti.be website. Volunteers, team Run by a volunteer administration team. One of the goals of the BytesForAll project is to build people-to-people links across the diverse yet similar countries of South Asia, a region which is home to a huge population, but also faces a lot of political trouble at times. BytesForAll is a virtual organisation which does not have a physical office or entity. Its members and volunteers interact via cyberspace, through email and occasional group chat sessions. News, criticism of South Asian ICT issues BytesForAll has emerged as one of the credible sources of