Bahrain plans new services company.Byline: Manama Bahrain has unveiled a plan to set up a company that will help streamline government services. The firm, partly owned by the government, will be established as a joint venture with a leading international company. The plan was revealed at a meeting of High Information and Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. Committee (HITC HITC Hughes Information Technology Corporation HITC Half-Inch Tape Cartridge ), chaired by Deputy Premier Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, who is also the head of HITC. The company will be set up as part of the National Telecommunications Project, which is a key component of the Vision 2030 strategy. The proposed firm will operate a unified phone number offering all government services, excluding emergency care. The easy-to-remember unified number will address queries, process payments and ensure smooth access to all government services. The move to set up this company was in line with the drive to upgrade services, accommodate job-seekers and maintain Bahrain's pioneering status as a major telecommunications hub in the region. The HITC also approved a proposal to establish 15 e-government services centres across Bahrain. Customers will be able to process their services and transactions free of charge through these electronic kiosks. The first such e-kiosk is expected to be inaugurated within two months in co-operation with Bahrain Post. A set of six new services will now be added to the e-government portal, apart from the existing 87 services, the meeting was told. Preparations for organising the Bahrain e-Government International Forum also came under the spotlight Spotlight can refer to at least three types of lighting:
Shaikh Mohammed will patronise Verb 1. patronise - do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of buy at, frequent, shop at, patronize, shop, sponsor back up, support - give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; the opening ceremony at the Bahrain Convention Centre on May 25. Bahrain e-government is co-ordinating the three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. with Bahrain Society of Engineers, Bahrain ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. Society and Bahrain Internet Society (Internet Society, Reston, VA, www.isoc.org) An international membership organization dedicated to extending and enhancing the Internet, founded in 1992. It supports Internet bodies such as the IETF and works with governments, organizations and the general public to promote Internet .- TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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