The Delhi cabinet has approved the draft Delhi Geospatial Data Infrastructure Bill, 2011 – a flagship project of the city government launched to frame and implement policies for issues relating to geospatial data. The Bill will serve as the base for planning and executing various development projects and utility services.
Telecom major Bharti Airtel announced the launch of its ‘airtel broadband TV’, which will allow its broadband users to watch live TV on their computers for a monthly rental of Rs 99.
University researchers in Taiwan have released a mobile phone application that with one touch can transmit to any number of people the location of users trapped in earthquake rubble or debris.
In a bid to make Goa “terror ready”, all major roads will soon be monitored by unmanned surveillance cameras, according to the Economic Survey tabled in the State Assembly recently.
The Delhi government is gearing up to complete the exercise of giving out the “Aadhar” numbers by October this year, with poor families set to get their Unique Identification Numbers ( UID) first.
Dubai Municipality has re-launched its web portal with a new design, the fourth since 1998, which was the first launch to create an e-audience for Dubai Municipality on the Internet.
The Election Commission will install web-based geographic information system (GIS) in West Bengal’s polling booths to help the State Chief Electoral Officer track them on their website.
Karnataka is all set to open a business process outsourcing (BPO) centre – the first of its kind in the country
In a bid to straighten up some e-Governance facilities Bengal has buckled up. EMC, a provider of data storage facilities has joined hands with the Bengal government to set up a state data centre (SDC).
The government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country. For this service the providers will get subsidy from the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund.
