Discussion to develop sustainable economy

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

A one day seminar,

Med-e-Tel 2007: An International Platform Showcasing e-Health

[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The eINDIA2008 Conference and Exhibition, a premier event on ICT4D (Information and Communication Technology for Development) in India, was held between the 29th – 31st July, 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India.

Discriminants for the adoption of ICTs

[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The study aims at identifying factors that discriminated non-ICT using small firms from the rest in Costa Rica.

Biofuel: Source to power base stations in rural India

Indian mobile operator Idea Cellular, Ericsson and the GSMA’s Development Fund have joined together to develop biofuels as a source of power for wireless network in rural India.

TN (India) State Govt adopts open source

Tamil Nadu (TN), the state of India is adopting open source software to solve security and high costs of Windows systems. The State Government has announced that the sate adopting SUSE Linux.

Deal on e-Trading services in India

In India, IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd has inked an agreement with the Bank of Rajasthan to offer advanced e-Trading services.

Prioritising ICT at global meet by Nepal

The government of Nepal considers information and communications as the priority sector playing the pivotal role in changing the socio-economic landscape of the countries like Nepal, as stated by Shanker Prasad Koirala, acting secretary at the Ministry of Information and Communications of Nepal.

Spanco Telesystems sets call centres for Indian Railways in India

Spanco Telesystems is going to set up call centres for Indian Railways in India. Spanco has bagged to set up, maintain and operate call centres for Indian Railways for 10 years. The company will set up four regional call centres in northern, eastern, western and southern part of the county

Malta invites Indian IT & ITES firms to promote ICT in the country

Malta, the tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea has invited Indian technology firms to set up near shore facilities to serve European and North African markets. Since Malta is member of European Union (EU), Malta has given preference to the development of ICT sector.

India’s IT hub in Kolkata gears up for E-security

Kolkata’s emerging IT hub is geared up for E-security barely days after a young woman working at a call centre was arrested for splurging Rs 200,000 with credit cards of her company’s US clients.