As citizens and residents throughout Qatar are heading out on their summer holidays to escape the heat, most are taking their mobile phones with them to stay in touch with friends in family while away.
The Government Network initiative, being implemented by ictQATAR's i-Gov program, will allow for Qatar's government agencies to be directly linked together over a secure communications platform, allowing for improved data sharing and enhanced security for e-services.
ictQATAR continues its series of useful consumer tips.
Close your eyes. Put yourself in the shoes of a parent and ask yourself: What comes to mind when you hear the word "cyber safety"? Now, open your eyes and resume your teacher role and instead of testing your students, take a quiz by yourself."
ictQATAR's Regulatory Authority is offering useful tips to mobile & fixed line consumers in Qatar. A series of tips are to be posted, covering a variety of issues that are relevant to all Qatar consumers.
Whether you "tag", "poke" or "tweet", or prefer a more "delicious" "digging" or "flickering" online experience, you are engaging in something more than just social networking. You are part of an e-revolution that is changing many of our core beliefs, assumptions and behaviors.
Qtel, Al Jazeera and the Doha Debates were all recognized for their impressive websites as recipients of the 2009 Arab e-Content Awards at an awards ceremony held in Bahrain on May 25th, 2009.
Over 50 teams from schools across Qatar will compete in the 2009 Digital Star Competition, which asked students to submit digital projects that showcase how learning and teaching could be improved through the use of technology.
The amount of information being shared and sent electronically between government agencies, businesses and citizens is rapidly growing each day. Much of this information is private or confidential. To address the need for a safe and reliable network, the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) is creating a secure Government Network. The Government Network initiative, being implemented by ictQATAR’s i-Gov program, will allow for Qatar’s government agencies to be