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Courtesy of By Laila
Rahman
This, he said, is part of the governments' policy
to diversify its economy from oil and gas. He made the remarks as the guest of honour at the launching of the Criss
Cyber.Net Partnership. The event took place at the Orchid Garden Hotel,
yesterday. In his speech, he said that three
Telecommunications related laws have been enacted, but are yet to be
enforced. They are, the New Telecommunication Order
2001, the Telecommunications Successor Company Order 2001 and the Authority
for Info Communication Technology Industry (AiTi)
Order 2001. He added that an E-government will predominantly
become the flagship of the nation, whereby the government will lead by
example in the actual realisation of e-services and
applications in the civil service. It will therefore promote the potential of
the B2G aspect of e-commerce, for example the TAFIS roll-out. He explained that the telecommunications
infrastructure in the country is considered to be the best in the region,
with the excellent nationwide broadband Network RAGAM-21, international
connectivity via fibre optic submarine cable
systems and satellites as well as the continued improvement of infrastructure
to further facilitate advanced IT services in the government, schools and
community centres. He further stated that "Technology is fast changing and this poses
huge challenges to the private sector, the suppliers and providers and the
government/regulators. Approaches have to be technology neutral and not 'one
technology centric' and fast changing technology has created convergence of
services, for example IT content and communications," Dato Paduka Awang
Haji Abdullah said. He continued that technology transfer, skill
transfer, knowledge transfer and strengthened partnerships to explore
regional opportunities and export software services would benefit The guest of honour added
that local SMEs should leverage on the
opportunities of the ICT sector as a means of expanding their target market
not only within the local market but reaching potential global buyers and
sellers as well. Criss
Cyber.Net is the first ever Brunei-Pakistan joint venture in the field of
information technology. Pakistan's largest Internet solution provider Cyber
Internet Services (Private) Limited and Criss
(Cyber Rapid Integrated Software Solutions) a software house are the sister
companies of the Lakson Group of companies, which
is the largest local business group in Pakistan with over 5,000 employees. Criss
Cyber. Net (B) Sdn Bhd
has its objective to support the government of Brunei, paying special
attention to achieving an information technology highway and to assist in
achieving the objectives mentioned in the 8th National Development Plan by
bringing technical expertise from Pakistan, training the locals and offering
services for the E-government, E-business, E-education, E-health and
E-commerce projects. Also present at the ceremony were Pakistani High
Commissioner Mr Bad-aru-Deen,
Cyber Internet Services Chief Operation Officer (Private) Limited Mr Ansar Ul
Haque, Criss Cyber.Net
local director Pengiran Haji
Emran bin Pengiran Dato seri Paduka
Haji Ahmad and other distinguished guests.
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