Indian teledensity reaches 18.7 percent
Indian telcom sector has reached a teledensity level of 18.7%.by April 2007. The telecom sector is expanding by adding more than 4.9 million telecom subscribers in moth of April 2007.
e-Payments system reaches rural Azerbaijan
Electronic payment system has started to progress and reach rural areas of Azerbaijan. There are more than 1100 ATMs and more than 2000 POS terminals, while 10% are located in rural areas.
Indian Railways plans to set up GSM network in trains
Indian Railways is talking with telecom service providers BSNL and Bharti to set up a GSM network along its main routes of railways in India. The device would be pocket sized computer with a small visual display and miniature keyboard, will transmit information through the GSM network.
e-Logistics, TCS, Indian Railways plan to develop software to track trains online
Chennai (India) based company; e-Logistics has joined with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), IIT Kanpur and Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow to develop Satellite Imaging Software for Rail Navigation (SIMRAN).
Belief Euro-India e-Infrastructures Conference
[This article was published in the January 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The first European and Indian e-Infrastructures conference was held at the Grand New Delhi, New Delhi, India from the 14 – 15 December 2006 attracting over 250 ICT research, industrial and academic delegates.
Cellular Probe System solves congestion problem of Shanghai Traffic
TrafficCast International, TrafficCast China (Shanghai) and China Mobile has implemented the world
Telecommunications should spearhead development: Namibian minister
Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah urged the strong need to bridge the digital gap between different sections of the country’s population
e-Government uses the intelligent road
[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Research showed that most people have mobile phones in Malaysia no matter where they are and thus able to reach out to people in the remote area.
New Step In Telecentre Movement In Bangladesh
[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The culture of listening to the radio has almost disappeared.
CDMA mobile to hit Indian market
Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs, in his visit to India said that the company would aim to make CDMA mobile services more affordable in India by encouraging local manufacture of handsets, and not through a reduction in royalty rates.
