Allahabad, Sep 27 (PTI) Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has said that Information and Communication Technology and rural development will play a crucial role in making India a developed country by 2020.

Sweden may be better known for cars and couches than computers, but when it comes to access to broadband and cellular networks, it's tops. The Scandinavian country leads the world in "technological readiness," according to the World Economic Forum.

Kuala Lumpur, May 20, 2008 - (ACN Newswire) - The global marketplace for information and communications technology (ICT) will exceed $3.7 trillion this year and will top $4 trillion by 2011, according to Digital Planet 2008, a study released by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) on the first day of its World Congress for Information Technology.

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Sri Lanka Genius 2008 was officially launched yesterday by the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) with the sponsorship of Dialog Telekom PLC to enhance and develop the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge of the students in the rural areas.

In a keynote address at the ministerial panel on “Digital Prosperity”, Dr Robert Atkinson said that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is supercharged capital and unlike the technological revolutions of the past, the ICT revolution’s engine will not run out of gas.

Although the public and private sectors are using information and communications technology (ICT) on contrasting levels, both agree that innovative technologies could serve as a tool for bridging the country’s yawning health gap.

Ahmedabad: Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s leading telecommunications services provider, on Monday announced having connected 8,500 villages under the eGram Connectivity Infrastructure Project of the Gujarat Government.

Three teams of local inventors hope to create a better standard of living for the visually-impaired with the use of modern technology.

Vision goes beyond sight. While sight is the ability to see, vision is a mental image.

The Factories Corporation of Jamaica Limited (FCJ), the government agency involved in the construction, management, and rental of factories, is aggressively expanding its portfolio of space to meet growing demand in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.