By June 2010 three private operators will install 680 Internet kiosks with wireless Internet access for the citizens of the rural areas across the country.
The recently established eHealth Innovation Center (EIC) aims to encourage the emergence and growth of innovation in the ehealth sector and to become a common platform for related activities which are essential for regional business development.
Since 3 February 2010, the European Union's Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR.eu) has been providing the public administrations with an access to more than two thousand free and open source applications.
The Danish State, regions and municipalities agreed on 12 January 2010 on a roadmap for the transition from the various usernames/password codes to the new digital signature. As from late summer 2011, people should only use the new, secure digital signature 'NemID' when accessing the public eServices requiring secure identification.
On 11 January 2010 the UK Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson announced the launch of a pilot IT programme whose objective is to provide adults with online free-of-charge IT courses.
The Italian Ministry of Environment and Land and Sea Protection launched a new system to monitor the transportation and management of special waste.
A new portal providing information on meteorological and environmental data has been recently launched in Perugia.
The Municipality of Bologna and ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, have recently developed a software able to calculate electricity consumption in households.
