Around 7.64 million telephone connections have been added during September 2007. Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) stated in its press release that the number of subscribers have already crossed 250 million.
Soon villagers of Bihar would be able to access Internet in their villages. The State Government has initiated a plan to take information technology to the grass root level by setting up the common service centre, called Vasudha.
The Indian Railways will soon be able to conduct all its business transactions online, including those related to freight services and even scraping auction, apart from providing all transport-related information to travelers.
Bulgaria has begun an online electronic prescriptions project using a citizen-held e-health card. In its first online transaction, the Government is providing Bulgarian electronic health card (eCard) to access eHealthcare services beginning with e-Prescriptions.
The Government of India is planning to install rural ATMs, called Gramtells at post offices across the country.
The Department of Science & Technology has launched a portal on project, called
The Government of India is working on proposal to use multi-application smart cards with unique IDs or citizens to better monitor
Soon, the number of WiMAX users in Taiwan will reach 782,000 by the end of 2011 according to the Report of ‘2007 Asia – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Taiwan’.
The United Nations telecommunications agency in Geneva–International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved the broadband technology WiMax as a global third-generation communications standard.
The Malaysian-based company HeiTech Padu Berhad has launched a smart card, which offers variety of functions, including e-banking, payment of utility bills, e-passport in a single card.
