The Ministry of Information & Communications Technology (MoICT) of Jordan has signed an agreement with regional technology and management firm to develop an electronic service that facilitates the issuance and renewal of vocational licenses in the country.
Nokia Siemens Networks has received a rural tender from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) to deploy broadband access across 7,000 Indian villages.
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has launched a INR 2.4 crore computerisation of initiative planning permission application process.
Soon Karnataka will have 400 wireless loop (WLL) stations, which will increase the landline capacity from 1.8 lakh to 4 lakh.
In a bid to encourage cellular operators to expand their coverage in rural areas, the Indian Department of Telecom (DoT) is working on a scheme, which may allow operators to contribute only 2 per cent of their annual revenues to the Universal Services Obligation fund.
HCL Infosystems has introduced its environment protection initiatives under a comprehensive programme, called
The Belgium government is planning to issue multipurpose national chip cards to all citizens and residents.
Dubai eGovernment has received ISO 9001:2000 quality certification from IMS Certification, an independent international certification body.
The Singapore Government will invest US$2 million to encourage the development of ICT applications to improve the cost-efficiency and quality of healthcare services in the island-state.
It is expected that e-Commerce market in India will reach INR 9,210 crore by the end of the financial year, 2007-08. e-Commerce had an estimated market of INR 7,080 crore at the end of 2006-07.
