Indian Government targets for 9 million broadband connections in 2007
Indian Government is expecting that the government has provided about 2.5 million in more than 1,000 towns in the country by the end of June, 2007.
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Kuwait based IT centre launches e-Gov services
The Head of Kuwait-based Information Technology Center Ali Al-Shareeda announced that soon the centre will introduce e-Governance services as a part of country’s e-government project in February 2008.
Kenya build Sh67bn digital city
The Kenya Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered into a Sh67 billion partnership to establish East Africa
Qualcomm deploys high-speed Internet centres in Sri Lanka
Qualcomm has partnered with a cadre of international business and government partners of Sri-Lanka to create a series of high speed Internet centres in towns outside Colombo.
SWAN project delayed in several Indian states
The flagship project of Indian IT Ministry in e-Governance, the INR 3,000 crore State Wide Area Network (SWAN) project under the US$ 6 billion NeGP (National e-Governance Plan) is now facing delays in several states.
1 million Green card holders to replace their cards
Around 1 million USA green card holders have to pay US$ 370 and get their cards renewed.
Trai wants telecoms operators to pay more for spectrum
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) of India has recommended wide range of measures for telecoms operators. TRAI said that the existing licenses should be permitted to provide services either of the technologies, called code division multiple access (CDMA) or global system of mobile communications (GSM) on certain conditions.
IIT Delhi Professor proposed Integrated model for information sharing.
Dr. Pankaj Jalote, Professor at IIT Delhi’s computer science and engineering department is designing a information sharing model to integrate the verification process of government departments.
Oman introduces e-Admission system
Oman has become the first country in the Middle East to adopt e-admissions for students, who are wiling for higher education courses.
Jaipur (India) plans to become Wi-Fi
The Rajasthan (India) Government is planning to make Jaipur as a Wi-Fi city by providing wireless Internet access throughout the city.
