e-Ticketing Kiosks launched by PIA
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) launched its first e-Ticketing kiosk in Karachi recently. This move is to facilitate round the clock access to national airline tickets on domestic flights.
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5000 Rural Blocks in India to get Wireless Broadband soon
India will connect 5000 blocks in the country with wireless broadband, once the spectrum is allocated later this year, announced Department of Telecommunications (DOT) , Government of India. The project will be undertaken along with the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). The plan aims to provide connectivity to villages coming within a radius of 10 Kms of the Taluka/Block headquarters.
Internet Browser Launched by Google
Google is launching an Internet browser which is said to give Internet Explorer and Firefox stiff competetion. The Browser is named as Chrome which will be launched as a beta for Windows machines in about 100 countries across the globe. The browser will work in machines equipped with Mac and Linux versions.
Farmers gets access to computers, Internet in Haryana
In yet another move towards e-Governance initiatives, the IT Department of Haryana Government, India, has decided to install computers with Internet facilities in all the 108 ‘mandis’ and 25 sub-centres of the agricultural marketing board of the state.
Parkway Hospitals, Singapore
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Technological Challenges in Distance Learning
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Connecting people, systems and services
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Launch of Telecentre Academy, Sudan
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
New Pension Records System developed by TCS
The pension record system in India will soon be digitised. India’s largest financial depository firm National Securities Depository (NSDL) will soon have a new record keeping system developed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
The evolution of Surgical Systems- robotics applied to medicine
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
