The Royal Customs and Excise Department, Ministry of Finance has signed a contract with Tooy Office Equipment and Trading Co. for the supply of an e-Custom computer system in Brunei.
LG Telecom has launched new service called PassON, so that citizens of Korea can pay their highway tolls through their mobile phone.
The Indian parliament panel has criticised the government for not preparing a new set of laws on cyber crime and instead taking a “short cut route” of making changes in the existing norms.
Dubai e-Government signed a memorandum of strategic partnership (MOSP) with Etisalat, the UAE’s leading telecommunications provider, to deliver a range of ICT solutions to Government units in the UAE and across the region.
In Orissa, a state transport bus service is providing Internet connectivity to rural regions of the state.
Singapore has signed an agreement with Indonesia to cooperate in the field of information and communications.
The Department of Economic Development (DED) of U.A.E launched three new e-services as a part of GITEX Technology week. Created in collaboration with Dubai e-government, the new services allows the customers to track the status of transactions, pay for transactions, request certificate delivery and attend to fines through the DED websites.
The Environment Ministry of Germany has urged people to avoid using Wi-Fi wherever possible because of the risks it may pose to health.
The Indian Government announced that all the Road Transport Offices (RTOs) throughout the country would be computerised by March, 2008 in a INR 190-crore project.
The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT), India has successfully tested the first e-governance project on its open source software in Tier-I locations of the State for the Civil Supplies Department.
