Indian Railways plans to sell rail tickets at petrol pumps, ATMs
The Indian Railways is planning to sell rail tickets at petrol pumps and automated teller machines (ATMs) in India.
e-Governance department offers SMS alert for Indian farmers
Bhoomi, part of e-Governance department in India has launched a new service for landowners.
Publicell allows customers for mobile banking in Rwanda
A Rwandan ICT company, Publicell has made partnership with Mobile Payments (MoPay) International to provide mobile payment system in Rwanda. The system will enable banks, telecom operators and bill issuing companies to allow their customers for the use of mobile phones and computer system to order and pay for goods and services.
Globe 7 launches Features-rich softphone tool
Globe 7, part of Northgate Technologies Ltd, has launched its enhanced version of Globe 7 softphone, with SMS and video streaming features. Globe 7 now has users across 187 countries accounting for over 20 million downloads.
United Overseas Bank in Singapore to implement two-factor authentication security
United Overseas Bank’s online banking customers will enjoy additional security as the bank is going to implement Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) in December 2006.
Taking e-Government onto a fast track
[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Recently the Cabinet gave its approval to set up one lakh Common Service Centres. What implications does this have for the estimated 13,000 kiosks currently operational in the country? This article highlights some of the lessons learnt from the existing CSCs and the issues that need to betackled for the ambitious roll-out.
Endeavours to localise mobile in Tamil tongue
Computing experts were asked to submit a proposal on standardisation of Tamil language usage over mobile phones by the sate government of Tamil Nadu, India.
NDPL serving consumers over eMails and sms
North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL), India has introduced two instant services for its consumers- bill alert and demand note alert.
Train ticket via SMS
Going a step ahead of e-Ticketing, the Indian Railway is thinking on the lines of introducing home delivery of tickets. Indian Railway is in talk with Reliance Infocomm for developing a programme to make ticketing via SMS possible. The Railway Ministry believes that this could turn out to be a money churner.
IVRS-based helpline launched for electricity consumers in Karnataka
For the first time in the India, the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL), along with All India Radio launched the 24-hour IVRS-based (Interactive Voice Response System) helpline called
