National News: April 2009

[This article was published in the April 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

BSNL Towers in Semi-Urban Areas to be Leased Out

Separation of USOF, DoT For Rural Telephony

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recently recommended separation of the USOF from the department of telecommunications and make it an autonomous body on the lines of the National Highways Authority of India.

NHAI, India plans to automate data collection process

National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), is automating data collection, updation and management of Road Information System (RIS) for National Highway Development Project (NHDP) corridors in India. Oracle is providing the backend database for all the applications.

E-toll plazas to be soon established in India

The Government of India would be deploying state-of-the-art technology in order to increase the average distance covered by vehicles per day from 250 km to 400 km, thus bringing it nearer to the average in developed nations.

NHAI plans to deploy ERP for data integration in India

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to deploy enterprise resource planning (ERP) for better internal management in […]

Tollgate goes online in Andhra Preadesh, India

Officials of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Vijayawada, (Andhra Preadesh) have achieved a record by providing a leased line with 128 kbps data circuit at Pottipadu.

Electronic toll collection (ETC) in India

The clash of technology standards like that of GSM and CDMA in the telecom space may be replicated in India’s road sector for the electronic toll collection (ETC) operations.