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Rajasthan government signs MoU with Microsoft to provide free digital training to students

The Rajasthan government has signed a MoU with Microsoft to provide free digital training to 9,500 students of 50 government colleges in a year. It will also train 500 faculty members. The objective of this pact is to develop technical education at government colleges, capacity building, increasing digital literacy and improving digital education in Rajasthan. ..

Topics: Digital divide • Digital literacy • Employability • Information and communications technology • Literacy • Technology

BSNL becomes India’s first Mobile operator to launch Internet Telephony Services in India

State-run telecom firm BSNL has become the India’s first Mobile operator to launch Internet Telephony Services. The facility will allow users to dial any telephone number in India through its mobile app. Now, BSNL Customers will be able to make calls using BSNL’s mobile app “Wings” to any phone number in the country and even ..

Topics: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited • BSNL Broadband • BT Mobile • Information and communications technology • Telecommunications • Telephony

Nepal to host 2018 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

The International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from June 17. The theme of two day conference is “Sustainable Development Goals for Smart Society ”. The conference is organised by the Federation of Computer Association Nepal (CAN). According to organisers around 500 delegates, including ICT users, trainers, professionals, ..

Topics: Information and communications technology • Information Technology • Telecommunications

2018 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)

The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is observed every year on May 17 to raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. The day marks the anniversary ..

Topics: Digital divide • Information and communications technology • Information society • International Telecommunication Union • Internet governance • Non-profit technology • Sustainable Development • Sustainable Development Goals • Technology • Telecommunication • World Information Society Day

ICEGATE

ICEGATE stands for the Indian Customs Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data interchange (EC/EDI) Gateway. ICEGATE is a portal that provides e-filing services to the trade and cargo carriers and other clients of Customs Department (collectively called Trading Partner). By this facility, the department offers electronic filing of the Bill of Entry, Shipping Bills and related electronic messages ..

Topics: Bill of Lading • Computer data • Computer networking • Computing • Digital technology • E-commerce • Electronic data interchange • Information and communications technology • Supply chain management

Pan African E-Network Project

Pan African e-Network project is an information and communications technology (ICT) project between India and the African Union that seeks to connect the 53 member states of the Union through a satellite and fibre-optic network to India and to each other to enable access to and sharing of expertise between India and African states in the areas of tele-education, telemedicine, Voice over IP, infotainment, resource mapping, meteorological ..

Topics: African Union • E-government • Information and communications technology • Internet in Africa • Pan-African e-Network project • Technology • Telehealth