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Infrastruktur / Infrastructure

  • Free data and cheap phones not enough, India needs good infrastructure!

    Quick Summary:

    • The past has been a proof that cheap and free are two words often thrown into the mobile sector, but seldom solved an issue.
    • They have to be supplemented with good infrastructure.

    Mobile phone ownership and coverage made a lot of progress as compared to essential factors like sanitation. More Indian households have access to a cell phone, than a toilet. Google’s Android and affordable handset makers have been instrumental in deep penetration of mobile usage in the country.

  • GB: Government puts in place £500m framework for educational ICT infrastructure services

    The Government Procurement Service (GPS) has published a prior notice detailing a £500m framework for educational ICT infrastructure services.

    GPS will be the contracting authority for services for customers such as local authorities, regional broadband consortia, maintained schools, free schools, academies, further education colleges and the skills sector.

    The framework agreement, which is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), will replace the Becta ICT services framework of October 2010.

  • GB: England: Kingston smart infrastructure pilot launched

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    • Kingston-Upon-Thames is working with Boldyn Networks to deploy a smart infrastructure pilot with smart columns providing high-speed connectivity

    The Kingston smart infrastructure pilot will see 20 CCTV sites with the smart columns deployed with scope to add IoT sensors to better manage borough services.

    Kingston Council is partnering with Boldyn Networks to roll out a smart infrastructure pilot across the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.

  • GB: Infrastructure and connectivity specialist brings East Yorkshire to the “digital forefront”

    Infrastructure and connectivity specialist Connexin has announced the expansion of its alternative, full fibre network built into Beverley as it continues with its mission to provide a “greater choice of broadband services for residents throughout the North”.

    Founded in Hull in 2006, Connexin proclaims itself to be an “innovative and disruptive” technology company specialising in building and operating award-winning Smart City infrastructure to support the Internet of Things.

  • GB: Pan-government network comes a step closer

    The idea of creating a single digital network spanning the entire public sector - a key element of the government's ICT strategy - has come a step closer with the completion of a pilot project.

    The Project Pathway team, consisting of two local authorities and two private sector suppliers announced the launch of the UK's first compliant public services network (PSN). Project Pathway involved Hampshire and Kent county councils, Global Crossing, Virgin Media Business and the Cabinet Office's pan-government PSN team.

  • GH: Health Ministry to introduce E-health infrastructure next year

    Mr Alban Sumana Bagbin, Minister of Health, has announced that the country’s health infrastructure would from next year be ushered onto an information technology system.

    He explained that it would enable patients seeking clinical care to have their vital information electronically measured, processed and sent via internet without follow ups.

    The 163 million dollars Exinbank package, according to Mr Bagbin, was being processed by the Ministry, for the E - health infrastructure, aimed at enhancing tele-medicine in Ghana.

  • GH: Vice President Launches Glo 1 Fibre-Optic Cable

    Vice President John Dramani Mahama at the weekend launched the services of Glo 1 submarine fibre-optic cable linking Ghana to the rest of the world expressing the hope that it would help deepen service delivery.

    He said: "It is our hope that it will improve our financial services, improve the health services and the educational system and transform the agriculture sector through value addition."

    Vice President Mahama lauded the steady growth of telecommunication services in Ghana with over 17 million subscribers, giving a teledensity of 75 percent compared to less than three per cent in 1997.

  • Ghana launches IT infrastructure software projects

    Government responsiveness to public and private needs is gradually becoming a reality in Ghana with the launch of two IT infrastructure software projects.

    The Ghana Information and Communication Technology Directorate (GICTeD) launched the Enterprise Architecture (EA) and the E-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) projects to facilitate the exchange of data between government agencies, public institutions and other relevant sectors to improve public sector service delivery.

  • GLO 1 Launches Services in Ghana

    Glo 1, a high capacity undersea fibre-optic cable, has today connected Ghana to West Africa and Europe. The 9,800km long submarine cable network, the first project of its kind to be executed entirely by a single organisation, berthed on the beaches of Osu, in Accra.

    The Glo 1 facility has been built with leading technologies backed by Globacom and Alcatel-Lucent and is set to transform the country’s communications landscape and present Ghanaian businesses with new opportunities of bridging the digital gap between Ghana and the rest of the world.

  • Glo launches fibre-optic cable in Ghana

    Glo 1, a high capacity undersea fibre-optic cable, on Friday went live with its services that will link Ghana to West Africa and the rest of the world through high speed data and internet traffic.

    The 9,800km long submarine cable network, the first project of its kind to be executed entirely by a single organisation, berthed on the beaches of Osu in Accra.

    "We are happy to announce that the wait is over and the Glo 1 is now ready to go live. The relevant tests have been concluded and the facility is now ready to carry traffic," Mr Adewale Sangowawa, Executive Director, Globacom told journalists ahead of the launch later on Friday.

  • Google strengthens its Africa infrastructure

    Google is set to open a Point of Presence (POP) in Nigeria, to cater for the increasing number of users to its sites and lower the cost of international bandwidth.

    Nigeria has the highest number of Internet users in Africa, at 43 million, surpassing South Africa, the largest economy. A report released by the ITU last week shows Nigeria's online community growing at a fast pace and Google products were the most visited by 43 million out of a population of 150 million.

  • IN: All Corporation schools to get Wi-Fi, other digital infrastructure

    The schools run by the Greater Chennai Corporation will now have Wi-Fi facilities under the Smart City Project.

    According to a Corporation official, providing Wi-Fi connections to the civic body-run schools is a part of upgrading digital infrastructure at the campuses under the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) initiative.

    “Even though the physical infrastructure will be upgraded only at 28 select schools, Wi-Fi and other digital infrastructure will be provided to all the schools,” the official said.

  • IN: PM Modi launches slew of infra projects in Kerala

    Pinarayi assures Centre of continued cooperation in implementing works

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a bevy of infrastructure projects in Kerala, including the 2,000-MW Pugalur-Thrissur high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission corridor.

    He said the power transmission corridor would ensure the transfer of a large quantum of power from the national grid to the State and guarantee reliable access to electricity.

  • IN: Centre to soon issued guidelines for scaling up cycling infrastructure in India

    The guidelines will be shared with cities as the part of the Smart City Mission of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs by Tuesday (October 20), officials aware of the development said.

    The central government is drafting guidelines to scale up cycling infrastructure in the country, including interventions such as segregated lanes, shared streets, and intersections.

  • IN: Karnataka: Information Communication Technology Group report focuses on infrastructure, talent

    The Karnataka Information Communication Technology Group, a special body established by the state government with the mandate to prepare a detailed plan for the next level of IT growth in the state, presented its report to the government on Tuesday.

    The report proposes strategies to develop talent, entrepreneurship and infrastructure, improve education and Karnataka's relationship with other countries, develop the ESDM (electronics systems design and manufacturing) sector, ready tier-II and tier-III cities for business expansion and living, and refurbish brand Bangalore.

  • IN: Manipur: City-wide survey conducted in Imphal for infrastructure development

    The survey aims to include its citizens in the urban development process and to ensure participatory planning in developing the city infrastructure.

    The Imphal Smart City Limited (ISCL), recently carried out a city-wide survey as part of the ‘Streets for People Challenge’ to identify the challenges faced by pedestrians in Imphal city.

    During the survey, it was noted that 90 per cent of the respondents wanted places to sit, rest, socialise, and exercise in the booming city.

  • IN: NDA laid 248,000 km optical fibre in villages, UPA II only 350 km

    The Manmohan Singh government launched the project under the National Optical Fibre Network on 25 October 2011.

    The previous UPA II government dithered badly on making rural India digital as it laid only 350 km of optical fibre in about two-and-a-half years. However, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government gave a major push to the project and laid over 248,000 km of optical fibre in the last three-and-a-half years. As a result, around 1 lakh gram panchayats, covering 3 lakh villages, are all set to roll out high-speed broadband services by this month’s end.

  • IN: Punjab: Amritsar: Slew of key development projects to transform holy city, says Mayor

    Though, the Municipal Corporation (MC) witnessed a sharp dip in the recovery of taxes and bills after the outbreak of Covid-19, the city Mayor and officials of the civic body are claiming to strengthen the infrastructure and speed up the development in 2021.

    Karmajit Singh Rintu said, “No doubt, the Covid-19 hit the revenue of MC but we have optimum planning to tackle the situation. We have several funds and fixed deposit grants so development works would not suffer. Even we will spend more than previous years.”

  • IN: Surf as you drive to the outback

    Soon, you will be able to send presentations to your office from your car, as you drive out of town. Green Field Expressways (GFE) is a new concept initiated by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH), which has pitched for five new expressways, with Bangalore as the pivotal point of three.

    The first phase of this project, called the coordinated corridor of rural development (CORD) will cover Mangalore-Karwar-Panaji (400km). The second phase will take up Honnavar-Shimoga-Bangalore (325km), Chitradurga-Solapur (400km) and Bangalore-Mangalore (360km). The Bangalore-Coimbatore (402km) line will be taken up in the third phase.

  • India furthers e-governance infrastructure development

    Indian state of Chhattisgarh has inaugurated its State Data Centre (SDC) as the country continues developing infrastructure to support a common delivery platform for e-government initiatives under the National e-Governance Plan.

    The SDC was implemented by the state’s IT growth agency, Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) as a Shared Service Centre, allowing other state departments to focus on service delivery rather than infrastructure management.

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