Taiwan Government to promote intelligent vehicles
By 2010, the Cabinet of Taiwan will earmark NT$5 billion (US$152 million) to help the country develop an intelligent vehicle industry.
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Thailand’s readiness to be new ICT hub of ASEAN
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) of Thailand announces readiness of Thailand to be new ICT hub of ASEAN.
Roll out plan of the IT roadmap focused in ‘e-Revolution’ 2006 curtain raiser
The ‘e-Revolution’ 2006 curtain raiser on July 19, 2006 focused on the roll out plan of the IT roadmap in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in India.
Haryana establishing IT enabled citizen services to rural areas
The State of Haryana in India is establishing a communication corridor that would enable Haryana government to take IT enabled citizen services to rural areas of the state, using various e-Governance initiatives and to manage the state government’s projects and programmes.
ICT training to more than 45 million people in Africa by 2010 by Microsoft
Microsoft is planning to assist in giving ICT training to more than 45 million people in Africa by 2010.
United Arab Emirates Knowledge Economy 2006 published
Madar Research Group has published United Arab Emirates Knowledge Economy 2006, the first complete assessment of the United Arab Emirates’ progress towards a knowledge-based economy.
Government of Thailand to crack down on 1900 chat lines
The Government of Thailand is threatening to crack down on 1900 chat lines that claim to offer love and friendship but are increasingly being used to provide sexual services.
Software developers to join e-Government project in Thailand
The Office of Computer Cluster Promotion (CCP) has been working with Thailand Science Park, the Software Industry Promotion Agency (Sipa) and Software Park Thailand to establish a project called the Open Development of e-Government Collaboration to allow local software-developers to participate in electronic-government development projects.
DoT orders ISPs to block few bloggings
In India, millions of domestic Internet users cannot access some of the world
EU to prepare standardisation policy on ICT
The European Commission has launched a study to prepare recommendations for the EU’s standardisation policy in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in order to establish objective findings reflecting the market needs.
