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
TECHNOLOGY
New Products by C-DAC
Four new products have been launched by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) which are, Saarathy (mobile navigation solutions); MI SDK – medical informatics SDK suite with SDK for DICOM and SDK for HL7; EQ-Check (software for computer aided seismic checking and design of concrete structures) and GO-Write (GIST online writer independent text entry).
Low-Cost Towers by Ericsson for Rural Connectivity
INR 5,000 crore will be spent by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of Government of India to ensure cellular connectivity in rural areas across the country. Towards this Ericsson will provide low-cost towers.
BJP Envisages IT Revolution For India
The indications are available in the IT Vision document of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) which it has released towards the upcoming elections indicate that India is soon to emerge as revolutionary power in the world. The detailed Vision Document is available here as well as www.lkadvani.in.
YES BANK Introduces RFID in Retail Banking
YES BANK, South Extension Branch, New Delhi, introduces RFID Technology for the First Time in Indian Retail Banking.
INR 670 Million Order from BSNL Bagged by Gemini Comm
INR 670 million order from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) for supply, implementation and maintenance of the latter’s rural mobile wimax project has been bagged by Gemini Communication.
National News: March 2009
[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
National News: March 2009
VAS for Rural India
The low awareness of value added services (VAS) restricted the growth of value added services in rural India, says a study carried out by Lirneasia, a regional information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation capacity-building organisation active across the Asia Pacific region.
First e-Court of India launched
The first model e-court in the country has been launched by the Gujarat High Court here recently. It has started functioning on a pilot basis at the Ahmedabad City Civil and Sessions Court, providing tamperproof authentic audio-video recording of proceedings with multi-point video conferencing facilities linking the courtroom, central jail, the police commissioner
Gurgaon, Faridabad:
Gurgaon and Faridabad all set to become Green Cities. Gurgaon and Faridabad in Haryana have been selected for development as solar/green cities under a scheme of the Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. In Principle approval has already been received for Gurgaon, it would be received soon for Faridabad as well.
