Pakistan is moving forward to bridge the digital divide in the country by improving the access to ICT for low income groups. The government is targeting to provide 1.6 million broadband connections in next three years.
Microsoft announced that the company will work with China government to craft tools for translating documents between the company’s Open XML and China’s home created Uniform Office Format (UOF). The company will support Open Document Format (ODF), the existing ISO standard for office documents.
The Delhi Minority Commission of India is planning to computerise all the mosques in Delhi. The computerisation of mosques will remove backwardness among muslims.
The Oman Government is planning to start the second phase of digital society programme, after successfully completing the first phase of the programme in the country.
The Government of India (GoI) is planning to start electronic auction of spices by July 2007 in the country as part of the its efforts to make it a global hub for processing and marketing of spices.
The Australian government will provide $13.6 million to protect Australians from sophisticated online attacks targeting their home computers and small businesses.
The State Government of Tamil Nadu (TN) is delivering good governance in the state. The government is pushing computerization and introducing the concept of of e-Governance to serve the people.
Madhya Pradesh (MP) is becoming India’s IT hub for a variety of reasons, mainly supportive infrastructure development and investment-friendly policy initiatives.
The National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) of India has introduced voluntary online e-Filing system for pharmaceutical companies to send their applications to NPPA for approval.
The Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) of Gujarat, India is working on a software to provide required information for the industry on their various applications.
