Information And Communication Technology
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3D TV mass adoption 10 years away
News Held back by pricing and lack of content, new technology in television viewing will follow HDTV trajectory and not be in living rooms so soon, analysts predict.
Tags: TVs, Forrester Research Inc., James McQuivey, 3D TV, TV, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, 3D, HDTV, Frost & Sullivan
Maturing technologies to lead APAC ICT in 2010
News Tech such as cloud computing set to mature and be deployed more robustly next year, during which all Asia-Pacific markets will observe IT growth, predicts IDC.
Tags: Green IT, Asset/resource/knowledge management, IT outsourcing, Standards, Web 2.0, IT Governance, M2M, Technology, India, International Data Corp.
Arroyo makes last pitch for Philippine ICT dept
News Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, who ends her term in less than a year, makes final appeal for lawmakers to pass bill to create standalone ICT unit.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Information And Communication Technology, Business Process, BPO, U.S. Department of Transportation, Microsoft Office, agency, U.S. Congress, legislator
Investment in tech could help the UK reinvent itself
News A London School of Economics report suggests that a 15 billion pound (US$22.1 billion) investment in broadband, smart grid and intelligent transport technology could create 700,000 jobs.
Tags: Investments, Business broadband, Report, Investment, Author, Spokesperson, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Government, job
IT policy can spur economic growth, industry says
News Representatives from the information technology sector urge lawmakers on Capitol Hill to integrate IT policies into energy and economic legislation.
Tags: Government, Cisco Systems Inc., Policy, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Procurement, public transportation, tax credit, San Francisco, industry
Bell Labs leads global push for greener networks
News Alcatel Lucent's research arm is spearheading a global initiative to cut network energy consumption a thousand-fold within five years.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Green IT, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Alcatel, telecoms network, Telefonica S.A., Telecommunications, network, Information And Communication Technology, Green IT
Tech can 'smarten' up cities, planet
News Cities are "microcosms" of planet and can become smarter by leveraging information and communications technology, says IBM executive.
Tags: Strategic planning process, IBM Corp., City, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, analytics, vision, food, leader, health care
A look back at Arroyo's ICT term
Blogs As I watched the State of the Nation Address (Sona) of Pres. Gloria Arroyo last Monday, I noticed that she peppered her ...
End of the line for ICT bills
Blogs Last Tuesday, I found myself in the Senate to witness the fate of two ICT-related measures--the bill creating the Depart...
EU calls for energy efficiency through ICT
News European Commissioner Viviane Reding has urged member states to use information and communication technologies to consume less power and combat climate change.
Tags: Green IT, Telecommunications, European Union, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, energy efficiency, Brussels, member state, R&D, industry
ICT causing UK govt to miss green targets
News A report has pointed to information and communications technology as one cause of the U.K. government's failure to meet its own carbon reduction targets.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Carbon Emission, Information And Communication Technology, Server, public sector, carbon dioxide, computer, sustainable development
Thai ICT minister vows to curb rogue sites
News Thailand's new information and communications technology (ICT) minister places top priority on blocking Web sites criticizing the monarchy.
Tags: Politics, Cable, Web sites, Telecommunications, Information And Communication Technology, radio frequency, allocation, asset, industry, Web Site
Philippine NTC transfer made known after delay
News Presidential directive to transfer country's telecom regulator back to the ICT commission was released to the public more than 16 months after it was signed.
Tags: Regulations, Mobile platforms/communications, Local Government, Telecommunications, Philippines, Directive, Information And Communication Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Senate, industry
ITU: S'pore has lowest ICT cost
News Singapore offers world's lowest rates for making mobile phone calls and surfing the Web, finds International Telecommunication Union (ITU) study.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Outsourcing, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, International Telecommunications Union
WITSA: Open all markets to ICT services
News Governments and ICT industry players must also band together to address challenges facing future of digital economy, urges World IT and Services Alliance official.
Tags: International governments, Growth strategies and tools, Green IT, World Trade Organization, Information And Communication Technology, Associated Press, energy efficiency, alternative energy, network, Kuala Lumpur
