Owned by the government and telecom companies, in addition to Internet service providers who are willing to be part of the project, the projected company, to be will be in charge of running and resuming the implementation of the network, Minister of Information and Communications Technology Bassem Roussan said in a meeting with the press yesterday.
Weiterlesen: JO: Projected firm to complete broadband network -- Roussan
"Not completing the network will seriously harm our competitiveness as a nation and violate our people's right to effectively access knowledge and benefit from its unlimited potential," Minister of Information and Communications Technology Bassem Roussan said on Monday.
The inability to finish the project will affect Jordanians' potential to enjoy greater access to content and applications that are made possible by the high bandwidth the network offers, he added, during the opening of the "International platform on integrating Arab e-infrastructure in a global environment" yesterday.
Weiterlesen: JO: Lack of financial resources impeding broadband network project
Referring to the e-Health Programme “Hakeem” launched at Prince Hamzah Public Hospital on Friday, the King credited the successful implementation of the programme in part to Jordan’s broadband capacity.
He also acknowledged the support of Cisco Systems, noting that the company first came to Jordan in 2002 to help the Kingdom improve its education sector.
Weiterlesen: JO: ‘ICT a key component in improving healthcare’
Minister of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat said the programme will be gradually implemented in the Kingdom's public hospitals and health centres based on regulations that will be developed by partners.
However, these facilities must first be connected to the National Fibre Optic Network, the minister said in a statement sent to The Jordan Times yesterday.
Weiterlesen: JO: Work begins on national plan for e-health programme
The plan seeks to upgrade the health services offered to citizens. In the long term, it is designed to create a database of patients’ medical histories across the Kingdom, covering all state-run hospitals, the Royal Medical Services, Al Hussein Cancer Centre and the public universities’ educational hospitals.
During a visit to Prince Hamzah Public Hospital (PHPH) yesterday, where the Hakeem programme was launched, the King stressed the need to implement the project, commending the success of the experimental phase.