[20-08-2008]

In the last year Portugal was ranked 5th among European Union countries and 18th in the world (among 198 countries) for technology utilisation to improve Electronic Government.

According to the report* published on 19 August by the Brookings Governance Studies, Portugal has maintained its excellent performance in the improvements introduced in Electronic Government in the last year. It stands in 18th place in the world and 5th in the European Union.

[30-07-2008]

Technological Plan: e.escolinha (e-primary school) places 500,000 computers in primary schools. (www.inicitiva-magalhaes.com)

In the ambit of the Technological Plan initiative, the e.escolinha programme, half a million primary school pupils will receive laptop computers. This was announced by the Prime Minister in Lisbon on 30 July 2008.

[26-07-2008]

Technlogical Plan: Decisive step in the creation of the national aeronautic industry

The agreement between the Portuguese Government and the Brazilian aeornautics company, Embraer, was signed in Lisbon on 26 July

[25-07-2008]

Portugal stands out for its adoption of mobile broadband

[06-05-2008]

Technological Plan: Microsoft Protocols fully operational

At the start of 2008, it was the second anniversary of the cooperation agreement signed between the Portuguese Government and Microsoft during the visit of Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft, to Lisbon. Today, both parties announced that the measures included in the Memorandum of Understanding are fully operational.

[02-05-2008]

Portugal is placed in top 10 for speed and access to Broad band

According to the report Explaining International Broadband Leadership published yesterday by the American Foundation The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Portugal is in 7th place for access speed to Broad band (BL) and 9th for price from a universe of 30 OECD countries.

[24-04-2008]

iTeach: portal for university IT teachers

The iTeach portal is a new visual facet for renewed communication with the community of university IT teachers in Portugal.

[23-04-2008]

€20 million investment creates mirror factory for photovoltaic units

Covilis, a Portuguese company in the multinational Saint-Gobain Group, has an investment project of around 20 million euros.

[21-04-2008]

National Strategic Reference Framework: more than 13,000 applications

The total number of applications already presented six months after the approval of the Operational Programmes represents one third of the funding of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF), which corresponds to 7000 million euros.

[17-04-2008]

Educational Technological Plan: Another 111,000 computers for Portuguese schools

The European Union’s Official Journal announced the international public call for tenders for the supply, installation and maintenance of 111 491 computers in the 2nd and 3rd cycles of Basic and Secondary School in the ambit of the Education Technological Plan.