Right of Way policy formulated to improve telecom infrastructure, increase bandwidth

GANGTOK, 06 Jan: The state government has formulated the Right of Way Policy which is being promoted and implemented by the Information Technology department. This policy consists of guidelines for the issuing of permissions to the Service Providers desirous of laying optical fiber cable in the State. This policy covers only laying of communication infrastructure in the State of Sikkim on the land belonging to any agency, including National Highways. This policy is to complement the objective of the state to promote Information Technology with the objectives of “improving the state of economy, enhancing the quality of life of citizens, providing good governance and ensuring development with equity”.

Sikkim’s IT plans unveiled at SIKITEX 2011

MELLI-DARA PANCHAYAT PRESIDENT GK RAI CONFERRED “SIKITEX IT PERSON OF THE YEAR 2011”
ANUSHA GURUNGGANGTOK, 24 Nov: SIKITEX-2011, IT Exhibition and Conference, was inaugurated by the Speaker, Sikkim Legislative Assembly, KT Gyaltsen, here at Chintan Bhawan today. The two-day event is being held on the theme, “education and health technologies”, and has been organized by the Department of Information Technology for the third consecutive year.

Parliamentary Committee visit expedites high-speed microwave link for telecom services

GANGTOK, 07 July: “The visit of the parliamentary standing committee on Information & Technology was a fruitful one and overall very successful. I am sure that many positive outcomes will follow after this visit,” said Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament PD Rai at a press briefing today. He was speaking about the 3-day visit of the parliamentary committee to Sikkim recently.