NIGCOMSAT Limited, the company incharge of Nigeria’s communication satellite announced that the company will provide Internet facilities over 400 Community Tele-Centres (CTC) nationwide. The project is meant to provide affordable access Internet, multimedia and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) in remote and unserved urban areas.
A provider of Internet Protocol networking equipment including switches and routers, Juniper Networks, is now keeping its eye on e-Governance projects in India in partnership with various system integrators (Sis) and IT service providers.
Representatives from 21 countries of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have signed a new agreement on several issues including cyber security and universal access. Dubbed as the ‘Bangkok Declaration’, signed at the APEC Ministerial Meeting on Telecommunications and Information Industry (or TELMIN) in Thailand.
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry of Thailand has formulated ICT strategies for the next three years to promote the country as ICT hub of Asia.
All the General Post Offices (GPOs) of Pakistan have been computerised, while PC-1 for automation of 12,000 post offices has been sent to the government for approval, a source in Pakistan said. Automation of the institution under a new initiative would provide latest and modern postal services to the customers.
The Department of Information Technology announced that the year 2008 will be roll out year for Information and Communication Technology in the country.
The Gujarat (India) Government is bringing broadband connectivity to all villages of the state, so that every household can avail the advantages of information technology.
Dubai eGovernment is aiming to extend its e-Governance services with the launch of new initiative, the e-Permits system in partnership with Dubai Municipality, Dubai Customs and Dubai Police.
In a new initiative of the European Commission on Thursday, a public consultation on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology was launched. The technology can be used for a variety of purposes such as privacy, data protection and information technology.
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2006-07 were announced during the 2nd CSI Annual Convention at Grand Ashok, Bangalore, India on December 1st 2007.
