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Thailand signs US$32.8-mil Tablet deal with Chinese firm

The Information and Communication Technology Ministry yesterday inked a US$32.8-mil tablet-computer supply contract with the Chinese manufacturer Shenzhen Scope for the purchase of 400,000 tablets for primary school students.

New Video Solutions for Children Facing Adversity

A new video solutions will be implemented to enable children ...

More than 10,000 schools in India to adopt cloud

All India Council for Technical Education will deploy cloud applications ...

9 April 2012 | News

Thai Gov’t to release PC caravan to raise rural ICT skills

PC caravan under the ‘Amazing PC’ campaign will leave Bangkok next week and travel to over 400 destinations countrywide delivering IT knowledge and increasing computer literacy in rural communities.

3 April 2012 | News

Singapore school introduces mobile learning experience

Nan Chiau Primary School in Sengkang, Singapore in collaboration with Qualcomme and Microsoft will empower its students and teachers through custom-tailored mobile application enabling 24/7 access to educational resources.

2 April 2012 | News

Thai University Opens Mobile Development Centre

Kasetsart University, one of Thailand’s leading universities opened Mobile Development Centre last month to empower its students in innovating mobile software skill.

2 April 2012 | News

Polytechnic in S’pore partners with China Firm for Cloud Centre

Temasek Polytechnic (TP), in partnership with Huawei will establish the Cloud Technology & Innovation Centre, a joint laboratory dedicated to the research development, and teaching of cloud computing technology.

30 March 2012 | News

NSW integrates education systems under US$113 million initiative

NSW government integrates finance, HR, payroll, and student administration systems for education.

27 March 2012 | News

Thailand to use satellite for rice stock forecast

Earth data originated from Small Multi-Mission Satellite (SMMS) will be used to forecast rice production, said Songporn Komolsuradej, Executive Director of Space Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT).

22 March 2012 | News

Australia launches "virtual meeting" services for higher education

Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) launches virtual meeting services for major universities.

22 March 2012 | News

Vietnam initiates dialogue on education IT with key stakeholders

On 16 March more than 30 key players in the field of education IT in Vietnam from more than 20 different organisations met in Hanoi for a meeting to propose projects on ICT integration in education and to help develop the nation’s 2015-2020 education masterplan.

22 March 2012 | News

Australia Launches National Cybersecurity Competition

The 2012 Cyber Defence University Challenge will test the cyber problem-solving skills of teams of Australian undergraduates in a virtual computer network scenario.

15 March 2012 | News

Australia uses "big data" analytics for geothermal energy

Australia’s search for alternative energy taps into big data analytics, replacing expensive drilling and exploration.

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