The US Justice Department wants that Internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic. The Justice Department has said that it was opposed to “network neutrality”, the idea that all data on the net is treated equally.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
As part of the World Ahead Programme, Intel is enabling people in developing communities experience the benefits of the internet by increasing the availability of high speed wireless internet connectivity.
Indian Government is expecting that the government has provided about 2.5 million in more than 1,000 towns in the country by the end of June, 2007.
The Government of Kenya is aiming to provide better access of ICT to poor rural communities across the countries.
The State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to replace the landline telephony service with wireless phone in Kashmir.
A leading provider of broadband satellite networks and services in India, Hughes Communications India Ltd, and the leader in enablement and delivery of e-Governance and Information based services to Rural India, Comat , have with the Government of Haryana, to roll out e-Disha Ekal Seva Kendra across Rohtak division.
Portugal government ministers presented 5000 computers to people across the country as part of the drive to get the whole country on-line.
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The thrust of the Philippine government, as documented in the National Information Technology Plan for the 21st Century (IT21), is to bring the local communities online through the internet.
