19 November 2008 | News

Filipino govt backs high school internet plans

To enhance the IT skills of high school students, the Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus recently announced plans to sustain the internet connection previously provided under the Gearing up Internet Literacy and Access for Students programme.

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12 November 2008 | News

Pupils in Malaysian state to get laptops

Each of Terengganu’s 25,000 pupils will receive one laptop from the state government next year.

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10 November 2008 | News

Low Cost Computers for Ugandan Schools

After two years of waiting, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions can now acquire low cost computers. The Uganda Ministry of Information and Communication Technology launched the Computers for Schools Uganda, a project aimed at bridging the digital-divide in the country.

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23 October 2008 | News

Fast wireless services set for rural areas in Japan

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has established a panel to promote next-generation fast wireless Internet communication services for rural areas.

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23 October 2008 | News

China approves pilot project to service rural areas with wireless

China’s Ministry of Commerce has approved MediaG3’s pilot project for implementing mg3 wireless broadband service to over 900 million people in rural China.

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22 October 2008 | News

Uganda's education needs internet subsidy

High internet connectivity costs remain a major handicap to the widespread integration of IT in teaching and research at Ugandan educational institutions.

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20 October 2008 | News

Malaysia builds 165 village IT centres

In Kuala Lumpur, a total of 165 Medan Infodesa centres, also known as IT centres, have been set up in villages to equip the rural folk with the necessary IT tools, facilities and training, in a bid to bridge the digital divide in the country.

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14 October 2008 | News

All Korean adults under 40 connected

Internet penetration young Koreans is almost 100 percent, according to the Korea Communications Commission (KCC).

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13 October 2008 | News

Malaysia launches high speed broadband deployment

The Malaysian government will invest RM2.4 billion (US$ 680 million) for the country’s national High Speed Broadband project, according to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

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10 October 2008 | News

‘Internet for Everyone’ campaign launched in Canada

Telecommunities Canada (TC), a national coalition of groups that promote and support community technology initiatives, has launched the “Internet for Everyone” campaign that seeks to put a national ICT strategy back on the federal agenda.

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10 October 2008 | News

Indian state to replace telegram with e-post

E-post will replace old system of telegram service across the Indian state of Kerala, according to the state’s Chief Post Master General (CPMG), Dr Udaya Balakrishnan.

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7 October 2008 | News

ICT initiative for African villages

The Imo State Government—a provincial government in oil-rich Nigeria—has plans to embark on an e-village project that would create a sustainable Information Communication Technology (ICT) foundation in the local government areas of the state.

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29 September 2008 | News

Singapore’s Next-Gen broadband network nationwide by 2012

All homes and businesses in Singapore are to be connected to the country’s 1Gbps all-fibre National Broadband Network by 2012. The Singapore Government has selected a consortium to design, build and operate the passive infrastructure, in a move seen as world’s most radical structural separation of fixed telecoms.

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23 September 2008 | News

Malaysian City to introduce free Wi-Fi

Free wireless internet access will be offered to the residents of Penang, a densely populated urban centre in northern Malaysia.

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11 September 2008 | Research

Poverty rate in Asia to be halved by 2015

The region is on track to halve the poverty rate by 2015 and achieve the number one target of the Millennium Development Goals, largely due to progress made in East Asia, particularly China, according to the United Nations’ latest report.

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18 August 2008 | News

Public call offices to become info kiosks in Karnataka

Public call offices (PCOs) in the Indian state of Karnataka will be converted into electronic information and transaction kiosks with free broadband connectivity (ePCOs).

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13 August 2008 | News

India to account for one-fifth of world’s WiMAX subscribers

A recent study puts the number of WiMAX subscribers in India at more than 27.5 million by 2012, around 20 per cent of the global figure.

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12 August 2008 | News

Bangladesh boosts digital inclusion with mobile broadband pilot

A three month trial aims to demonstrate the value of high-speed internet access for the provision of a range of advanced services – including mobile health and mobile learning – in the country’s capital, Dhaka.

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12 August 2008 | Feature

Setting state government IT policy in India

R S Sharma, Principal Secretary in the Information Technology Department of the State Government of Jharkhand, India, is responsible for formulation of State policies in the IT and e-governance area. He shares his perspectives on the implementation of various IT projects in all the Departments of the State Government.

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11 August 2008 | News

Hong Kong establishes task force on digital inclusion

The Government announced at the end of July the setting up of a Task Force on Digital Inclusion.

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7 August 2008 | News

Remote Thai province to deploy WiMAX

WiMAX wireless broadband network will be deployed in Mae Hong Son, a mountainous province in Thailand’s northwest, bordering Myanmar.

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6 August 2008 | News

Indian high court installs Wi-Fi

In India, the Delhi High Court has plans to install Wi-Fi connection in the court premises to promote e-Filing of cases.

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3 May 2008 | Feature

Sri Lanka's citizen services call centre

Sri Lanka demonstrates that developing nations can harness call centres to bridge the digital divide and deliver new levels of citizen service.

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28 September 2007 | News

Monitoring rural projects online in Malaysia

A new web portal will enable residents to access and monitor the status of rural development projects within their area

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3 September 2007 | Interview

How e-exams help provide speed and security

A school in one of India’s smallest states is pioneering the use of e-exams to help create a consistentcy, security and ease of use in its examinations system.

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29 August 2007 | News

Villages in Myanmar get connected

Myanmar government plans to wire villages

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26 July 2007 | News

Indian city development depends on e-governance

India’s Prime Minister has undelined the importance of e-government as part of the country’s roadmap for urban development.

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8 July 2007 | News

UNESCO launches ICT-in-Education online community

In July 2007, as part of the new “Knowledge Communities” project, UNESCO Bangkok launched an online ICT-in-Education community: an interactive forum which welcomes educators, teachers, administrators and policy makers and others to share their ideas and opinions on topics relating to the use of ICT in education.

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3 August 2004 | Feature

Mobile feedback in the Philippines

In the Philippines up to 150 million text messages are sent each day. By contrast there are only 3.2 million internet users in the country. So when the Civil Service Commission examined creating new channels for citizen feedback, it realised that the wireless channel was the way to go.

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