http://www.mgovworld.org Site News daily 1 2006-12-21T09:04:25Z http://www.mgovworld.org/News/internal-revenue-service-of-united-states-launches-mobile-application-for-tax-payers March 17, 2011. IRS2Go, a mobile applications for the smartphones is the latest effort of United State Government's Internal Revenue Service to provide information to taxpayers through newly developed technological outlets. The IRS also shares the latest information on tax changes, initiatives, products and services through popular social media channels such as YouTube and Twitter. For more information on IRS2Go or other new products, visit www.IRS.gov. No publisher vikas 2011-03-22T15:39:00Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/mobile-id-will-enable-the-estonians-to-have-electronic-identification-and-a-digital-signature-using-a-mobile-phone The ID, made available from 1st February to the citizens by Estonian Polic and Border Guard, will also enable citizens to exercise their votes during the elections using their mobile phones No publisher vikas 2011-02-22T18:21:01Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/the-city-of-santa-monica-expands-its-reach-to-citizens-through-mgovernance-application February 7, 2011. The new mobile government application under the initiative "Government on the Go" is developed on Android platform and puts users of the latest smartphone directly in touch with government offices, letting them know exactly what's going on throughout the city. No publisher vikas 2011-02-08T06:10:29Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/mobile-application-for-travel-info-added-to-the-upgraded-511-new-york-system-of-state-department-of-transport January 25, 2011. A new free mobile device application that provides New Yorkers with up-to-the-minute information regarding traffic, transit and emergency service notifications as well as weather advisories added to the 511 NY system No publisher vikas 2011-01-31T14:56:57Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/mobile-number-portability-mnp-induced-market-competition-will-keep-the-tarrif-low-despite-increase-in-spectrum-price-announces-kapil-sibbal-indian-minister-of-communications-and-information-technology January 30, NEW DELHI: The government expects market competition and number portability to ensure reasonable tariff for subscribers despite the Centre's new policy of charging operators for additional spectrum and ushering an auction-based pricing. No publisher vikas 2011-01-31T14:58:04Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/financial-inclusion-and-mobile-governance-efforts-in-india-to-get-further-boost-with-trai-s-initiative-to-fix-tariffs-for-mobile-banking-services January 27, 2011, New Delhi. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken up the initiative to fix tariffs for banking and other financial services on mobile phones to ensure that the rural masses can afford the m-banking services. This will also give boost to the government's efforts in delivering m-Governance services. No publisher vikas 2011-01-27T05:30:31Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/bharti-airtel-to-launch-3g-services-in-first-week-of-february-2011 After the government cleared the decks for video calling on mobile phones in last week of January 2011, India's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel said it will commercially launch 3G mobile services by first week of February No publisher vikas 2011-01-25T04:41:20Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/mobile-phones-will-soon-replace-credit-cards-eric-schmidt-google-ceo Like everyone in the tech industry these days, Schmidt expressed optimism about the revenue potential of mobile devices and applications, particularly in the context of location-based services. No publisher vikas 2010-11-21T11:37:27Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/mobile-phones-may-soon-replace-television-for-emergency-broadcasts With the announcement of Broadcast Message Centre (BMC) by Alcatel- Lucent, the government agencies will be able to issue alerts on mobile phones in the event of Local, State or National Emergencies No publisher vikas 2010-11-21T11:25:13Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/trai-recommends-cancellation-of-62-mobile-licences Irregular allocations of 2G licenses and spectrum in 2008 to some Indian operators may have cost the country up to Rupees 100,000 crores approximately, according to the CAG report, which was tabled in India's Parliament on recently. ------ mGovWorld Bureau No publisher vikas 2010-11-21T10:52:20Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/world-food-program-launches-mobile-phone-pilot-project-to-distribute-foos-aid-to-iraqi-refugees Iraqi refugees in Syria will this week start receive U.N. text messages they can redeem for fresh food in local shops, the World Food Programme announced recently. No publisher vikas 2009-10-29T05:10:45Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/smartphone-sales-to-outstrip-notebook-gartner Personal computer (PC) vendors are eyeing up the booming smartphone market to offset a slump in computer sales, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide smartphone sales will grow by 29 per cent year-over-year to reach 180 million units in 2009, overtaking notebooks in total unit terms. No publisher vikas 2009-10-29T04:45:12Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/official-3g-auction-in-india-to-begin-from-january-14-2010 The official document titled " Auction of 3G and BWA Spectrum - Revised Information Memorandum" dated October 23,2009 is now available on the Department of Telecommunications website. No publisher vikas 2009-10-26T15:03:06Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/idb-launches-initiative-to-promote-mobile-phone-based-services-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently launched a program to foster the development of mobile services for people at the base of the socio-economic pyramid in Latin America and the Caribbean, aiming to address poverty problems in sectors such as health, education, social protection, employment and business. No publisher vikas 2009-10-26T07:42:02Z News Item http://www.mgovworld.org/News/income-tax-department-of-india-launches-sms-based-services-for-challan-status-enquiry Tax Information Network (TIN) hosted by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) on behalf of Income Tax Department (ITD) gives you a facility to verify whether the banks have correctly uploaded the details of your tax deposit to ITD through SMS. No publisher vikas 2009-07-15T04:24:32Z News Item