BTTB continue to extend its service
Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) is yet indecisive on stopping the facilities of telegraph services on technical grounds.
e-Navigation for safer and cleaner marine environment
UK is planning to adopt a technology offered by Automatic Identification System (AIS) to underpin electronic navigation and facilitate a safer, modern shipping industry.
SMS to retrieve lost mobile phone
Do not worry for lost mobiles since from now on tracking a lost or stolen mobile handset is just a SMS away.
DoT has to think wire-line
Spectrum crunch is forcing the Department of Telecom (DoT) to think wire-line. The DoT has asked non commercial users of spectrum such as Defence agencies to shift their communication links from wireless to wire-line mode wherever optic fibre cable is available.
Simputers make traffic management easy
Software experts have designed simputers to help the traffic cops to better equip them in the management of burgeoning traffic in Indian city Bangalore.
Wireless technology can help track trapped miners
Ekahau Inc., the world leader in location-enabling enterprise Wi-Fi network, has announced that its Real Time Location System solution (RTLS) is ready for installations in underground mining and tunnel work sites to track the accurate location and movement of miners.
Korea Telecom deploys IP traffic management solution for e-Government project
Caspian, a supplier of advanced policy-based traffic management solutions for IP networks, has recently announced the successful deployment of its Media Controller solutions by Korea Telecom (KT) for South Korea’s e-Government project.
Draft Bill in Kenya legalises e-Documents
For the first time, electronic signatures and documents will be legally binding in Kenya according to proposals contained in the draft Information and Communication Bill 2006.
E-Textbooks to Debut in March
Electronic textbooks will be available at elementary schools as innovative educational tools starting in March in Korea.
e-Governance Conference in India calls for PPP
The three-day ninth National e-Governance Conference last week recommended higher adoption of public private partnerships (PPP) and amendment to the sections on e-Governance in the Information Technology Act. The conference, attended by heads of State IT departments and representatives from IT majors, also wanted legislative changes to boost the PPPs, besides urging the Government to evolve a policy on user charges.
