TRAI Brainstorms on Growth of Rural Telephony
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released draft recommendations on an Approach to Rural Telephony
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VoIP Phones Services in Bihar
One of the biggest benefit that Bihar is receiving through its setting up of statewide area network (SWAN) and secretariat local area network (SecLAN) is the use of VoIP (voice over internet protocol). VoIP phones have allowed free of cost phone connectivity among different government offices. Offices of ministers, departmental secretaries and other senior officials in the state capital have been fitted with VoIP phones.
e-Network Project Launched With Pan-African Reach
The Ministry of Communication, Ghana inaugurated the Pan-African E-Network project in Accra in collaboration with the Government of India. The project is supposed to connect all the 53 nations of the African Union (AU) by a satellite and fiber-optic network.
Servers of MEA Hacked
Servers of the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) have been hacked. Though the government does not have any specific idea about who the hackers were, the IP addresses left behind suggested the hand of Chinese. Indian officials are already on their way to China to investigate the matter further.
e-Network Project Launched With Pan-African Reach
The Ministry of Communication, Ghana inaugurated the Pan-African E-Network project in Accra in collaboration with the Government of India. The project is supposed to connect all the 53 nations of the African Union (AU) by a satellite and fiber-optic network.
GoI Sanctions US$351 Million For e-Services Network
US$351 million sanctioned by Government of India (GoI) to deliver government-to-government, government-to-business and government-to-citizen e-services in 32 states and Union Territories (UTs) across the country.
Rural IT Training For Youth of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu government has launched a Statewide Rural IT Finishing School programme to help students who had completed Standard X and above to become BPO employees.
Certified Course on Internet Surfing For Just Rs 125
Learn internet surfing for just Rs 125 at 2,000-odd Sify cybercafes through the country in just a ten hour course. Participants completing this course will be issued a certificate jointly by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and Sify Technologies and the certificate is signed by the Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT).
Apple Launches Safari 4 Browser
Apple has announced the launch of public beta version of Safari 4, claiming it to be the world
Effective Collection Processes
[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Income Tax Department under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India is directly responsible for tax collections across the country.
