IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Das Internet erfreut sich einer steigenden Beliebtheit. Immer mehr Menschen surfen in ihm mit verschiedenen Geräten, die alle eine Web- oder Internetprotokoll-Adresse (IP) benötigen. Eine Folge dieser steigenden Nachfrage ist, dass die Adressen im Internet bald aufgebraucht sein werden.

The Federal Government has officially inaugurated the National Broadband Alliance for Nigeria (NBAN) in a significant step toward boosting internet connectivity in Nigeria.

The initiative aims to accelerate the country’s digital growth and bridge the existing broadband gap.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, inaugurated the NBAN in Lagos on Tuesday.

Während man sich in Deutschland noch darüber streitet, ob die bereits als veraltet geltende DSL-Technik flächendeckend für jedermann zur Verfügung gestellt werden soll, ist man in Frankreich bereits weiter. Dort arbeitet die Regierung an einer Vorschrift, die vorsieht, dass alle Neubauten mit mehr als 25 Wohnungen künftig einen Glasfaseranschluss erhalten müssen. Über die Vorlage soll das Parlament noch vor dem Sommer abstimmen.

Locals fear sharing their views on new National Internet Gateway

Cambodia’s National Internet Gateway comes online this Wednesday, exposing all traffic within the country to pervasive government surveillance.

As The Register reported when the Gateway was announced in January 2021, Cambodia's regime will require all internet service providers and carriers to route their traffic through the Gateway. Revocation of operating licences or frozen bank accounts are among penalties for non-compliance.

Business mobility services provider Alphabet has announced the provision of a series of vehicles to the digital infrastructure platform CityFibre to fuel the growth of the company’s full fibre networks with gigabit speeds.

With full fibre networks currently in place in more than 60 towns and cities in the UK, CityFibre has dedicated a number of teams out in the field, meaning the running of a fleet is now a key part of its business.

The first phase, which is dubbed the Southern Loop with an extension to Tamale, is currently on trial.

The Deputy Minister of Communication, Mr Frederick Opare-Ansah, who made this known in Accra, said the completion of the first phase would pave the way for ICT programmes to be undertaken nationwide and thereby bridge the digital divide between the rural and urban areas.

Internet users in Tanzania will now enjoy affordable and faster surfing services, thanks to the launch of the Google Global cache link to the Tanzania Internet Exchange (TIX), that will ensure local traffic is sourced locally.

At the launch of the service in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, the Minister for Communications, Science and Technology, Prof Makame Mbarawa, was optimistic that the new product will attract more internet users.

The newly-implemented minimum broadband speed for fixed-line services is a step closer to solving the country’s Internet woes, says research firm International Data Corporation

Despite a continued upswing in the Philippines' information and communications technology (ICT) sector this year, its Internet services are still among the most expensive and slowest in Asia, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said.

IDC said, however, that the newly-implemented minimum broadband speed for fixed-line services is a step closer to solving the country’s Internet woes.

Communication and Informatics Minister Budi Arie Setiadi said here Tuesday that good internet speed is key for bringing about digital transformation in Indonesia.

"If we cannot increase internet speed, do not expect we can go through this digital transformation well," he added.

In fact, the main challenge is internet speed, which is not yet optimal, Setiadi underlined.

With recent announcements by Prime Minister on 15th August, 2020, connectivity is to be taken up to the all more than 6 Lakh villages (from the existing GP level) within 1000 days. As a first step towards this goal, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the “हर गांव में ऑप्टिकल फाइबर द्वारा इंटरनेट सुविधा” project on 21.09.2020 for connecting all 45,945 villages of Bihar on Optical Fibre for providing high-speed internet. This will enable digital revolution to reach the farthest corner of the State.

Prime Minister termed the day as not only historic for Bihar but for the entire country as the Government is taking major steps to make its villages the mainstay of AtmaNirbharBharat and that this is starting from Bihar today.

Budget 2019: "This will be speeded up with assistance from Universal Obligation Fund and under a Public Private Partnership arrangement," the Finance Minister said.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today informed the Parliament that under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan, over two crore rural Indians have so far been made digitally literate. Presenting her maiden budget for the Narendra Modi government, she said that in order to bridge rural-urban digital divide, Bharat-Net is targeting internet connectivity in local bodies in every Panchayat in the country.

Reports said the project will cost around Rs 1,072 crore including operational expenses for five years which will be funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund.

The submarine optical fibre cable connectivity between Kochi and Lakshadweep Islands, approval for which was given by the Union cabinet on Thursday, is expected to improve the telecommunication facility in the Lakshadweep Islands.

IPv6 to ensure better, faster delivery of Internet service

n an initiative aimed at equipping the core IT infrastructure in the State to handle faster and more efficient delivery of service, the Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM) has taken the first step for the transition to the next generation Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

Consultancy tenders have been invited for the roll-out of IPv6 across the State. The IPv6 migration in the initial phase involves transition of State Data Centres, e-governance applications, portals and website services hosted in SDC and Kerala State Wide Area Network (KSWAN) up to the block headquarters level. The remaining government offices up to the panchayat level will be covered in the next phase and integrated with the existing national networks and infrastructure like the National Knowledge Network, National Data Centre for Disaster Recovery and National Optical Fibre Network.

Majority of government schools in the district do not have Internet facility due to which digital boards are of limited use.Only the study material provided in pen drive is taught and teachers are not able to explore various subjects for which they require Internet access.

In some schools, teachers are using personal hotspot for Internet access while exploring subject content.

The installation was notable not only for its speed, but also because it marked the beginning of Africa’s largest information and communications technology-based development project to be funded entirely by a developing country – India.

The Government is making all efforts to translate the dream of paperless governance into a reality. Over 671 million telephone subscribers, 20 million Broadband connections and 3G services are expected to be rolled out by the end of 2010, targeting 40% rural teledensity and Broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats by 2012. Plans are also afoot for delivering financial services using mobile technology. These factors clubbed with e-governance initiatives i.e. mandatory e-delivery of identified services are going to further enhance the magnitude of e-demands.

Data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) suggest that global Internet bandwidth expanded in 2021 due to a 'COVID connectivity boost'. However, the world's poorest are still being left far behind.

An estimated 37 per cent of the world's population or 2.9 billion people have still never used the Internet.

The ITU, which is the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), also revealed strong global growth in Internet use, with the estimated number of people who have used the Internet surging to 4.9 billion in 2021, from an estimated 4.1 billion in 2019.