The Afghan mobile network operator, Roshan has teamed with Cisco, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) to expand Healthcare Access by linking Afghan hospitals to International Medical Institutions.
Two reputed IT firms of India, Hughes Communications Ltd, one of the leading providers of broadband satellite networks and services and Microsoft have rolled out a campaign in Jaipur, India to encourage rural citizens about the use of ICT for socio-economic empowerment.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called the federal Government to implement world-class broadband infrastructure as a national priority. ACS is also establishing a National Telecommunications Special Interest Group with the alliance of Telecommunication Society of Australia.
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Speaking at the two-day meeting with the Presidential International Advisory Council on Information Society and Development (PIAC) in Mpumalanga, President Thabo Mbeki said that South Africa had to become an advanced information-based society in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools were the drivers of economic and societal development.
According to United Nations rankings, South Korea tops the list by beating the rest of the world for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
Wisconsin State Senator Ted Kanavas said that Senate Bill 483, which is known as the Broadband Deployment Act (BDA), was signed into law.
