The government of Malaysia will continue to implement measures to ensure that Malaysia remains a choice destination for Information and Communications Technology-based (ICT) investments.
The Government of India is trying to entrench the country towards an e-Governance era and projects like Rajiv Internet village (RAJiv) are ideally placed to provide a solid foundation to the rural parts of the country.
[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Uks was the first civil society organisation in Pakistan to launch a radio production house in July 2003. The most noteworthy feature of Uks Radio Project is that an all women team of journalists and broadcasters runs it.
Illegal foreign investments are now banned in booming telecom sector and value added services including Internet portals, e-Commerce and search engines in China.
At a technology awareness seminar for the financial services sector, sponsored by Fujitsu and the Ministry of Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Business Development, at Hilton Barbados, the Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Business Development Minister, Lynette Eastmond has said that there is not much more that government can do to create an enabling environment for greater use of e-Commerce in the financial services sector.
Sri Lanka has signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communication in International Contracts, known as the Electronic Contracting Convention, at the UN Headquarters recently.
The Members of Parliament in Kualalampur, debating the Electronic Commerce Bill, asked for the proposed legislation to provide better protection to people transacting business through e-Commerce.
Two information technology (IT) training centres, called Telecentre and e-Care, will be established in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) under a Taiwanese project, aiming to assist local businesses in IT application.
China’s B2C (business to customer) e-Commerce market reached RMB 854 million in the first quarter of 2006, increasing 12.79 percent quarter-over-quarter, which is lower than the growth rate of 19.92 percent for the fourth quarter of 2005.
