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UAE to set up Internet city in Damascus, Syria
A Greek experts delegation representing IDF Greece Company specialised in designing projects of Internet cities visited Damascus, Syria, according to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Communications and Technology of Syria and the UAE al-Kawnia Group for Investment.
Government Technology (GT) Summit & Exhibition 2006 in Dubai
Dubai-based World Development Forum has announced the launch of the Government Technology (GT) Summit & Exhibition 2006, in association with the UNDP and The League of Arab States, a three-day event on 3-5 September 2006 at the JW Marriot Hotel in Dubai.
Drive for e-Gov fuels strong growth in IT spend in APAC
According to IDC, the drive for e-Government, operational efficiency and the pressure to build an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) savvy nation is fuelling strong growth in IT spending for the public sector in the Asia Pacific region.
SE Borders action plan adopts ICT infrastructure
An outline for action plan for Scottish Enterprise Borders (SE Borders) was made for the heading year.
India: HRD ministry rejects OLPC idea of MIT Media Lab
The Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry of India has strongly disapproved the idea of ‘one-laptop-per-child’ (OLPC) being aggressively marketed by Nicholas Negroponte of MIT Media Laboratory. HRD contends that spending Rs 450 crore on digital empowerment can be better spent on primary and secondary education.
e-Admissions in London
In order to comply with the e-Government requirement for all local authorities to provide online school admissions facilities for the September admissions round, the 33 London boroughs have worked together to provide a system via a single portal.
e-Governance for poor in India
The Indian government has come out with a visionary National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) that will definitely put India firmly on track for using IT for better governance.
e-Programme initiatives to promote more desktops in India
The e-Governance initiative to bring connectivity through out the country may result in the increase of desktop buyers in the next two years in India.
