Report on Telecom Sector
The Indian telecom sector is currently witnessing a resurgent growth and has emerged as the fastest growing telecom market in the world with the addition of over 8 million subscribers per month…
Wireless Internet Facilities over Television
Over 110 million households may soon be able to avail broadband services over the cable television network across the country said telecommunication experts…
ICT Penetration in Malaysia
Yee Moh Chai, State Minister of Resource Development and Information Technology Datuk, Malaysia, said that the broadband penetration rate in Sabah is one of the country’s lowest, at 11.9 per 100 household…
Lanka Government Network Reaches its First Stage of Completion
Lanka Government Network (LGN), a Government intended project has completed its first phase of completion under the supervision of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), covering five provinces in the country…
High Speed Internet Connectivity at Affordable Rates in Punjab
HFCL Infotel Limited (leading telecom provider in Punjab) announced the induction of high-speed bandwidth for the subscribers in the state. This will enable over 60,000 homes in Punjab to experience data, voice and video connectivity through seamless broadband.
All Govt. Schools to have Internet Connection by 2012
The Minister of Communications and IT Thiru A. Raja announced that broadband connectivity will be provided to all Government Higher Secondary Schools under Rural Broadband project by the year 2012…
3G Spectrum Allotment to be Completed by Jan.’09
At a curtain raiser ceremony for the forthcoming India telecom 2008 event in New Delhi yesterday, the Minister of Communications and IT, Thiru A. Raja has reiterated that the process of allotment of spectrum for 3G will be completed by January 2009…
Event Watch
[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Look out for the eGov events to be held in the month of November 2008.
TRAI’s Reach in Sept. 2008
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in a recent press release disclosed that,a total of 9.79 million telephone connections (Wireline and Wireless) have been addedduring September 2008…
World Bank releases ICT development funds to Africa
The World Bank has given about US$424 million to Eastern and Southern African countries for a program designed to improve regional communication infrastructure and increase the deployment of e-government.
