[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Telecom leader Ericsson has launched the ‘Gramjyoti Rural Broadband Project’ in the village of Vadugambadi in Tamil Nadu, 60 kms from Chennai (India).
Tulip IT Services Limited (Tulip) has announced that it has been awarded with the West Bengal State Wide Area Network Project.
Soon, filing of returns will become much more easier for the value added tax (VAT) for citizens of Pune (India).
It is a landmark achievement for India, that its telecommunications network has crossed the 200 million mark for wireless subscribers.
Several companies including Skype, Yahoo, MSN, Net2Phone and Google are currently under the government’s scanner regarding payment of service tax since they have provided illegal Internet telephony services in India.
Ericsson has launched a trial rural broadband project in Tamil Nadu to deliver telemedicine and interactive education services at an affordable price in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has urged the Indian Government to take the urgent policy measures to boost broadband growth in the country and ask BSNL and MTNL to adopt a a franchisee model where by local players can use their copper lines to offer high speed Internet services.
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in the Union Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Ministry has chosen Jawaharlal Nehru University to conduct a research on implementation of the best practices in governance in India.
During the inaugural of the three-day Seventh International Conference on Cyber Crime, which was organised by the Interpol and hosted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has called for creating a culture of “cyber security awareness” and taking effective preventive measures.
