All the General Post Offices (GPOs) of Pakistan have been computerised, while PC-1 for automation of 12,000 post offices has been sent to the government for approval, a source in Pakistan said. Automation of the institution under a new initiative would provide latest and modern postal services to the customers.
Nokia Siemens Networks has added Internet access capability to its Village Connection service for remote African villages. The Village Connection is an initiative to tap a potentially vast growth market by providing villages with low-cost communications in partnership with mobile service providers in Africa.
MY EG Services Berhad, the leading E-Government services concessionaire in Malaysia has launched online road tax renewal services in Malaysia.
Hyderabad based National Institute of Smart Government (NISG), a government advisory body on e-governance has tied up with TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal (Tapmi) to roll out one-year management programme that will offer specialisation in e-Governance.
South Africa will increase its total ICT expenditure from approximately R6bn in 2005/06 to R8bn in 2010/11 at a CAGR of 2,9%, according to recent report entitled, ‘ICT in National Government
The Northern Ireland Health Ministry has launched a new electronic patient record system, the NI Emergency Care Record (NIECR) to improve emergency care for patients attending accident and emergency (A&E) departments and
The Perlis government is undertaking a RM500 million project to implement high speed broadband access for businesses and schools. The project will also provide e-Government applications as well as broadband access at minimal monthly fees for businesses.
In Ireland, the Government’s e-Tender website has achieved a great success. The Government’s e-Tender was launched in 2001 to support EU procurement strategies.
The Maharashtra Government is planning to introduce an e-Stamping systemfor registration of property documents at the sub-register offices across the state. The state government is planning to introduce the pilot project in the next 15 days and it will be rolled out in a phased manner in rest of Maharashtra.
South Africa has recorded leadership in some key areas of ICT development according to a recent report produced by IBM, through its Institute of Business Value, and the Economist Intelligence Unit. These key areas include legal environment, consumer and business adoption of ICT, as well as government policy and vision around this strategic industry to the country
