ICTpost Education Bureau Online schooling, which has taken off in a big way during the COVID-19 pandemic, can help reduce inequalities in educational outcomes if it is well-utilised, the Indian Economic Survey said. Quoting the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2020 Wave-1 (Rural), the Survey pointed out that the percentage of enrolled children from […]
By Samia Melhem, World Bank The concept of a global information society is one of the most discussed and misunderstood Big Ideas of our time. While we’ve made gigantic strides toward connecting the world through information and communication technologies (ICTs), we have not attained that goal. Over the last decade, ICTs have contributed to globalization, […]
New Delhi: 10 February, 2021 A report by ICTpost says that Internet and mobile usage in India is all set to cross the 900-million mark by 2023, with nearly two-thirds of the population estimated to have internet access and a mobile device. India will have 2.2 billion connected devices by 2023, increasing from 1.5 billion […]
Dr. Mahesh Uppal, Director – Com First As we increasingly rely on mobile connectivity, demand for wireless spectrum capacity is growing daily. With limited spectrum in use to expand wireless capacity, policymakers must move quickly and responsibly to make more spectrum available to keep pace with the demands of consumers and our economy and enable […]
New Delhi: February 04, 2021 The information technologyenabled services (IT-ITeS) industry has become one of the significant growth catalysts for India. India continues to maintain a leadership position in global sourcing, accounting for above 58 per cent of the total global sourcing market (excluding engineering services and R&D) in 2021. The IT business process management […]
New Delhi: January 29, 2021 Changes in computing fabric, devices and services formed by digital business continue to shape risk and security landscapes, according to Gartner, Inc. By year-end 2021, more than 20 percent of enterprises will have digital risk services devoted to protecting business initiatives using devices and services in the Internet of Things […]
ICTpost Governance Bureau Amid rising costs, a challenging economy and an explosion in Web-based data, IT experts expect continued high growth in Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing saves energy and operating costs by pooling IT resources, scaling up or down as needed, and putting computer power to use, rather than drawing energy while remaining idle. According […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau The concept of a “super-grid” capable of moving huge amounts of electricity over long distances is popular with environmentalists and governments keen to promote the integration of more renewables into the power supply, overcome transmission bottlenecks and bring power to remote communities. An electricity super-grid could take green electricity produced in one […]
With the world’s population expected to grow by 30 per cent to nine billion by 2050, the demands on agriculture will continue to grow. The UN sees a critical role for business to play in offering practical solutions to meet the challenges of food security. The United Nations white paper on Sustainable Agriculture Business Principles-SABP […]
By ICTpost Gvernance Bureau The first IT revolution took Indian IT to the whole world. The second IT revolution should bring the world of IT to the whole of India Recent experience in India has amply demonstrated that, at the ground level, the boundaries between e-Governance, e-commerce and e-society fade away. The same physical infrastructure […]
