All Post Offices to Get Web Connectivity by 2012-13
It will be provided under the India Post Technology Project 2012 that aims to upgrade post offices in terms of technological infrastructure
Kapil SIbal Inaugurates Rural Service Centre in Haryana
Union IT & Communications Minister Kapil Sibal inaugurated a rural service centre (RSC) in Badshahpur village recently. The RSC set up by a private telecom infrastructure firm, as per the PPP model, will facilitate education through internet, telecom services, healthcare and e-governance-related services in rural areas.
Internet to Villages @ INR 23,000 Cr.
Centre has planned a total outlay of INR 23,000 crore over the next five years to take Internet facility to over six lakh villages across the country through one lakh Common Service Centres…
Indian Communications Minister, A Raja rules out auction of 2G spectrum to new players
A Raja, Communications Minister ruled out auctioning 2G spectrum to new players in order to maintain level between new and existing service providers.
DoT plans to auction for 3G spectrum
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India has decided to go for open auction of spectrum for 3G services, including mobile services, which will provide high-speed data over the Internet to users.
Cuba plans to become open source
The government of Cuba is planning to make the country as open source. Microsoft, software giant has cooperated with the government agencies and intelligence services.
African ministers to sign on fibre-project protocol
Eastern and Southern African communication ministers are going to sign the official protocol for the region’s ICT broadband infrastructure network, that includes the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), by month-end.
