The Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines, is providing free use of broadband Internet facilities for small and medium entrepreneurs in 10 SME Centres in the country, including the cities of Bacolod and Iloilo.
Five state universities and colleges (SUC) in Philippines are set to receive 6.5 million pesos from the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OPAPA) to develop an e-Learning and distance education programme for the country
Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) has made a major contribution to the implementation of e-Government in Brunei by undertaking a detailed review of the programme.
Connect 2006, an Information Technology and Communications event jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Tamil Nadu Government, with the theme of ‘creating a knowledge-driven ecosystem’ saw a total of over 80 speakers addressing various issues and challenges faced by the IT industry in Tamil Nadu, and an attendance of over 1,500 unique visitors.
According to Khalid Al-Tawil, Director General at the National Information Centre in Saudi Arabia a lack of strategic planning is a major obstacle in the development of e-Government in the region.
According to Khalid Al-Tawil, Director General at the National Information Centre in Saudi Arabia a lack of strategic planning is […]
Microsoft Bangladesh Country Manager Feroz Mahmud said that Information technology (IT) was the best means of power to eliminate poverty, while speaking as the chief guest at a function on ‘Partners in Learning’ programme jointly organised by Northern University Bangladesh (NUB) and Microsoft Bangladesh Limited on the NUB Rajshahi campus.
Tamil Nadu has a potential to achieve 25 percent share of the Indian market for Information, Communication and Technology, which is about $30 billion revenue across IT and ITES sectors.
In a survey conducted by Department of Education (DepEd), Philippines, reveals that twenty-five thousand public elementary school students are sharing one computer while the ratio for high school is 111 students per computer.
