The 2005 hurricane season wreaked havoc in the Caribbean region. The storms left a death toll of 2,280 people in their wake, with more than 3 million people displaced and an estimated USD100 billion in economic damage.
Cambria will compile a feasibility study on a project to make the county a wireless hub.
The World Bank Group has approved 40 million dollars loan to support the Government of Ghana to implement selected components of its Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Accelerated Development Policy.
Amdocs Ltd. London-based concern will enter the business of running telecommunications networks with its $375 million acquisition of Cramer Systems Group Ltd.
Singapore has drawn a multi-billion U.S. dollars blueprint for transforming the state into an intelligent nation and global city powered by infocomm in a decade.
Celtel Tanzania Ltd, part of the Pan African Celtel Group has received a $90 million loan for network expansion.
Women and men have different patterns of using computers and Internet, says Eva Rathgeber. From this perspective, national governments should launch gender sensitive e-Government initiatives.
Australia is at the forefront of e-Government practice. This was announced by Gary Nairn at the e-Gov Forum at CeBIT, in Australia.
Viewing the extended potential of e-Governance, Bangladesh very recently the Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology has developed an information technology (IT) policy for Bangladesh, which would help furthering ICT developments in the country.
Kenya launched its National Information and Communication Technology Policy (NICTP) document.
