Indian Postal Services to be Computerised by 2013
In a new e-governance initiative Government of India (GOI) has approved a proposal for the
TCS to Build Puducherry Data Center
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that it has won a contract to establish and manage the State Data Centre (SDC) in Puducherry.
News: Auguest 2009
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India expects to collect INR 350 billion from the auction of third-generation (3G) radio spectrum, scheduled to happen by December this year. The auction would allow telecoms firms to offer services such as high-speed Internet and video downloads on mobile phones. The government had initially aimed to get INR 200 billion.
Broadband connectivity for all villages by 2012
The Central government’s Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund will provide broadband connectivity to around 50,000 villages in a phased manner.
National News: March 2009
[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Centralised IT Processing Centre in Bangalore
India
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh will launch the country’s first 3G services on the occasion of inaugurating the India Telecom 2008 today in New Delhi. The service will enable transfer of high speed data, video streaming etc. on mobile phones. The public sector MTNL is rolling out the 3G service…
3G Spectrum Allotment to be Completed by Jan.’09
At a curtain raiser ceremony for the forthcoming India telecom 2008 event in New Delhi yesterday, the Minister of Communications and IT, Thiru A. Raja has reiterated that the process of allotment of spectrum for 3G will be completed by January 2009…
Mobile Tariff Reduction
Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia speaking in Rajya Sabha yesterday, informed…to undertake a review of mobile termination charges…
New Telecom Policy to be developed by Government of India
The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Shakeel Ahmad has stated that the Government has proposed to develop a new National Telecom Policy.
Government of Uganda looking e-Gov to cut cost
While speaking at a one-day workshop themed: Enabling e-Governance in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala, Dr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of Uganda Investment Authority said that e-governance is the most effective way of reducing costs in running public affairs from the lower levels of government to the central government.As there are only four districts in Uganda that have access to e-governance; Kayunga, Mbarara, Mbale and Lira, ” Expenditure on local government affairs can reduce by 10 percent if e-Governance is promoted in all the 56 districts,” she mentioned.
