The BSNL plans to migrate 5 per cent of its customer base of over 5-crore to 3G around the middle of 2009. Movie-on-demand, video streaming and video calling are among the services promised by 3G cellphone technology and would reach all south Indian mobile users soon.
Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in a step to boast its e-Governance adoption, will tie up with Axis Bank to facilitate payment of municipal taxes through the internet and credit or debit cards. Axis Bank was chosen for the facility as it already provides similar facilities in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Faridabad, Ranchi and Amravati.
The low awareness of value added services (VAS) restricted the growth of value added services in rural India, says a study carried out by Lirneasia, a regional information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation capacity-building organisation active across the Asia Pacific region.
Young Indians (Yi), a forum of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), plans to launch an online interactive platform for young people (below 40 years) of the country in another three months. Yi has a network of about 5,900 farmers and 3,200 students.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued the Standards of Quality of Service (Broadcasting and Cable Services) (Cable Television
A United States’s (U.S.) Government travel reservations website (GovTrip.com) used by several federal agencies was hacked recently such that it shunted unsuspecting users to a malicious domain. GovTrip.com is still offline after the attack.
As informed by Minister of Panchayati Raj, Mani Shankar Aiyar, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, the Union Government has proposed a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for e-governance in Panchayati Raj Institutions (e-PRI).
The Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) is launching the biggest biomass-generated power project in the country in 2009-10, which will provide electricity to around five lakh poor households in the state at an affordable price.
