Proceeding of International Conference on Information and Communication Technology

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Editors

Prof.Srikanta Patnaik Mentor, IRNet India

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About Conference

If we make a review of the 21st century generation, their planning and activities, their interest and involvement driven by some electronic device coupled with an advanced technical functioning. There is a spectacular focus on Information science and Communication technology as it drives the present socio-technical system of the global society. ICT appears as an effective tool for empowering all the civic and anti civic systems of the world. ICT is emerging as an investment area in the millennium development goals of various organizations like UNO, WTO, IBRD and other international apex bodies. It has become an integrated discipline in all the academic spheres as it increases global adaptability. Information Economy report produced by the UNCTAD establishes the fact that developing nations are making a global pace by gaining mileage from ICT. Let me include some of the contents from report “In rich countries, broadband subscribers increased by almost 15% in the last half of 2005, reaching 158 million. Business broadband connectivity grew most significantly -- in the European Union, for example, from 53% of enterprises in 2004 to 63% in 2005. Broadband enables companies to engage in more sophisticated e-business processes and to deliver a greater range of products and services through the Internet, thus maximizing the benefits of information and communication technology (ICT). The use of broadband directly increases competitiveness and productivity, the report says -- and that, in turn, has an impact on macroeconomic growth. It is estimated that broadband can contribute hundreds of billions of dollars a year to the Gross Domestic Products (GDPs) of developed countries over the next few years.