The ministry of National Economy and Omantel have signed an agreement to design, implement and manage a unified e-Government network. The agreement comes as part of the government’s plans to realise the Digital Oman initiative and e-Governance.
Microsoft has partnered with the Gujarat government to enable effective e-Governance under Project Bhasha.
Two information technology (IT) training centres, called Telecentre and e-Care, will be established in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) under a Taiwanese project, aiming to assist local businesses in IT application.
At a national meeting on e-Governance, recently held in Beijing, China, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice-Premier Huang Ju have called for faster and more comprehensive development of government websites in order to provide a more better and transparent on-line services to citizens.
The Government of South Korea approved a bill to step up measures against online forgeries of official documents, including stiff punishment for counterfeiting and enhanced forgery prevention systems.
China wants to give a big boost to its education sector with the help of Information and Communication Technologies -based (ICTs) distance education and e-Learning.
About 60-70 percent of the land area of India could be officially available on the Internet based on several wide parameters including latitude, longitude, altitude, water bodies and forest cover in about a year’s time.
Mobile ICT is an area that is going to become increasingly important in the coming months and years. It is a technology that small and medium sized enterprises can use to punch well above their weight in the marketplace.
The Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, India, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has suggested to the Tamil Nadu government to set up an Information Technology Task Force to address issues related to the IT sector.
A large volume of rainfall data from various locations and an Australian Rainman software package enabled scientists at the Department of Agricultural Meteorology, the Directorate of Soil and Crop Management Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to put together the seasonal rainfall forecast for the South West Monsoon.
