Indian Government opts WiMax for CSC
The Government of India has opted for WiMax technology to connect rural India for the common service centres, as part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).
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Indian Communications Minister, A Raja rules out auction of 2G spectrum to new players
A Raja, Communications Minister ruled out auctioning 2G spectrum to new players in order to maintain level between new and existing service providers.
Telecom spectrum policy should be fair, transparent: PM Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India stated that the policy regime to allocate radio frequency or spectrum should be done fair, transparent and in equitable manner.
Singapore’s ultra-high speed digital highway ready by 2015
The Government of Singapore is planning to launch Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN), which will provide ultra-high speed connectivity by 2015. The Government will open bid for all interested parties to submit their bid to design build and operate the passive infrastructure layer of the Next Gen NBN.
e-Payment of direct taxes may be made mandatory in India
In order to popularize e-Payment of taxes among the 3.2 crore-odd income tax payers in the country, the Income-Tax Department of India is making mandatory e-Payment taxation for certain categories.
National awards for e-Governance 2007-08 includes agriculture as a focus sector
This year, the National e-Governance is going to expand with the introduction of two new categories. In addition to six categories, the Government of India decided to award exemplary work in a ‘focus sector’ which would be selected every year.
Bio-metric passports for India soon
India’s Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, E Ahamed,recently said at the lower house of the India Parliament- Rajya Sabha,that e-Passports would initially be introduced for diplomats and officials as a pilot project by the middle of 2008. Based on the experience of the pilot project, the government would then issue e-Passports in the ordinary category, which could take another year.
Denmark becomes the first Open Standards Country
From January 1, 2008, the Government of Denmark has made it mandatory for all local government bodies and associations of Danish regions to use open standards for software, according to an agreement between the Danish Government, the association of Danish regions and the local governments of Denmark. This decision has been taken by the Danish Government in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the public sector and ensure seamless task flow easily between various systems and organisations.
BTN targets to set up 40,000 telecentres in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN) is coming up with the laudable initiative of Mission-2011, in which BTN is targeting to set up 40,000 telecentres by 2011.
UK Government is ‘failing on e-crime’
The UK Government has been accused of failing to take e-crime seriously by IT chiefs at some of the UK’s biggest companies.
