PMC scouts for IT experts from pvt sector
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to take help of the IT experts from the private sector to improve the use of IT in civic functioning.
Railtel (India) OFC communication network to cover 5000 railway stations
RailTel Corporation of India a public sector undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways, is planning to extend its Optical Fibre Communication (OFC) network from about 2900 railway stations covering 30000 route kms at present to 5000 railway stations in the country covering 45000 route kms in order to provide bandwidth and multi-media services.
ELCOT successfully implements first e-Governance project
The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT), India has successfully tested the first e-governance project on its open source software in Tier-I locations of the State for the Civil Supplies Department.
Technology assistance for NGOs
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
On 27 August 2007, NASSCOM Foundation (NF-www.nasscomfoundation.org) announced the launch of BiG Tech (www.bigtech.in), a technology assistance programme for non-profits and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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.
