Event Watch
[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Look out for the eGov events to be held in the month of November 2008.
IT superpower India not a hot spot for Wi-Fi
India is lacking behind in the index of the world Wi-Fi rankings. India has only 454 public Wi-Fi hotspots. While US leads the Wi-Fi hotspot index with 64,670 public hotspots followed by UK (30,613), Germany (21,236) and France (22,799) hotspots.
ICT-related patenting
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Patent-based statistics, indicators and data help one to know about the dynamics of innovation process, and the existing linkages between innovation system and economic growth across various geographies in different points of time.
Projects launched to make Taiwan model society for ICT applications
The projects ‘M-Taiwan’ and ‘U-Taiwan’ are aimed at universalising Internet services using ICT in Taiwan.
Taiwan to set up IT training centres in HCMC
Two information technology (IT) training centres, called Telecentre and e-Care, will be established in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) under a Taiwanese project, aiming to assist local businesses in IT application.
Taiwan seeks to bridge the digital divide in Gambia
The Secretary of State for Information, Communication and Technology (DoSICT), Gambia, Mrs Neneh MacDouall-Gaye, said that her department appreciates the gift from the Taiwanese ambassador, Dr Patrick Chang because the donation is significant to the development of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in Gambia.
e-Revenue in Thailand
[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Government is one strategy of the Royal Thai Government. It is in this context that every government agency is therefore now moving forward to modernise its office by using information and communication technology (ICT) to provide move e-Services to the public.
Potholes in the free-way
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Asia-Pacific countries are adopting public sector reforms to better compete in the regional and global economy by strengthening markets and individual choice and in turn economic growth and poverty reduction.
