Asian Conference on the Digital Commons and iCommons iSummit 2006
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Singapore spurs e-Payment
A new national standard has been launched to facilitate interoperable electronic payment in the Singapore, and spur the use of paperless payment.
ICT to strengthen India
The Technology Sabha 06, organised by the Indian Express Group at Goa, brought into focus the various e-Governance initiatives undertaken by the central and state governments and the industry
Delhi traffic police to go tech-savvy with simputers
Delhi traffic policemen are getting tech-savvy soon with the introduction of the simputers in the city. Delhi traffic police is planning to purchase simputers, which is very useful for the field transactions by the traffic police officers for challans and other services related with smart card based driving license and vehicle registration certificate.
CDMA mobile to hit Indian market
Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs, in his visit to India said that the company would aim to make CDMA mobile services more affordable in India by encouraging local manufacture of handsets, and not through a reduction in royalty rates.
40th niche for India in global ICT index
India, being the fastest growing cellular market, has slipped one position to 40th rank in the global Network Readiness Index for 2005-06, according the report published by World Economic Forum (WEF). India was ranked 39th in last year’s report.
Low-cost rural ATM with biometric sensor in India
Grammteller, a low-cost ATM machine, developed by the Telecommunications Network (TeNet) Group of IIT, Chennai is being tested in the metropolis at two places. The kiosk
iN2015, transformation of Singapore powered by infocomm
Singapore has drawn a multi-billion U.S. dollars blueprint for transforming the state into an intelligent nation and global city powered by infocomm in a decade.
TTF for sub-Saharan Africa
In the conclusions of the first meeting of the Telemedicine Task Force (TTF) for sub-Saharan Africa was held in Brussels, the potential of satellite telecommunication technology was demonstrated as a tool for supporting healthcare systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
UK: e-Collaboration services for MoD staff worldwide
New secure communications services to support the UK
