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The move aims to cope with the future increasing demand expected by 6% on traffic services which is equivalent to 20,000 vehicles per year.

Kuwaiti Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Central Agency for Information Technology, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, chaired the meeting and highlighted technical cooperation and exchange of expertise among GCC countries to develop e-government services.

During a meeting, at eGovernment Authority's (eGA) head office, between VIVA Bahrain chief executive Ulaiyan Al Wetaid and eGovernment Authority chief executive Mohammed Al Qaed, both parties discussed the service and ways of upgrading it.

The service will enable customers to obtain details of their bill payment, recharge their lines, or receive a copy of paid balance via email.

The move comes as part of VIVA Bahrain's desire to increase the available payment channels and promote postpaid billing services, including mobile phones, broadband and the Internet.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Works, in coordination with the Information & eGovernment Authority, has launched its new internal tenders eService.

The eService is to be added to the other eServices available on the ministry’s portal www.works.gov.bh and the national portal Bahrain.bh.

Communications Director at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Fahad Buallay said the Directorate received 975 requests during the fourth quarter of 2017.

Buallay added that year 2017 witnessed a leap in the performance of the directorate, which resulted in them winning ‘Best Practice in Community Participation’s Award’ of the 2017 eGovernment Excellence Award, which was organized by the eGovernment under the patronage of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information Technology & Telecommunications Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.

Zain Bahrain, a leading telecommunications company in the kingdom, said it has implemented a new registration process for postpaid and prepaid mobile services applications, in accordance with the latest regulation issued by the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA).

The new SIM-card enabled telecommunications services registration process has come into force starting from July 12, according to Zain.

The E-Government Authority (EGA) launched a campaign encouraging the benefitting from electronic payment services until September, 20, 2013 with an opportunity to win a mini I-Pad device through a raffles draw. This campaign is intended to encourage users to make payment transactions through the EGA channels.

The minister, Dr Abdul Hussein Mirza, who is also chairman of the Bahrain Tender Board at the launch of the e-tendering project said that the initiative would enhance the transparency, efficiency and offer an easy access to the prospective bidders to evaluate their bids on-line.

BTB, which had won international accolades for being the most transparent body in the public sector, perhaps become the first entity in the Arab world to handle the tendering process effectively by using the maximum levels of transparency.

Dial 800080001 for information on Bahrain tourism, cultural and historic attractions.

In addition, the call centre service will provide information on other sectors of the hospitality industry including hotels, travel agencies, shopping and entertainment centres.

It aims to increase IT literacy and encourage Bahrainis to use e-services available on the e-GA's national portal www.bahrain.bh.

The training is being offered free for Bahrainis.

A Bahraini app will now tell users when they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.

A total of 294,516 downloads have been recorded to date of the BeAware app.

“The app’s contact tracing feature sent push notifications and SMS messages to individuals who may have come into contact with active cases, requesting them to be tested for their own health and safety,” the Bahrain News Agency reported.

The center, which will be headquartered in Bahrain, will help grow Arab eContent and expand its quality presence with an international standard, reaching out to a knowledge-based Society.

On this occasion, Mr. Mohammed Ali Al Qaed the CEO of the eGovernment Authority (EGA) received the Brunei Darussalam delegation headed by Mr. Dato Seri, Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, Mr. Awang Abdul Mutalib, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Mr. Awang Haji Mohidin, in Acting Senior Special Duties Officer at the Prime Minister's Office, as well as Mr. Awang Shamsualbahri the Head of Executive IT Protective Security Services, (ITPSS), Mrs. Dayang Abdul Ghani, Senior System Analyst at the eGovernment National Center (EGNC), and Mrs. Dayang Mohammed, Manager,Authority For Info-Communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam, (AITI).

HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa announced the the E-government New Strategy as he inaugurated the 5th Bahrain Bahrain International E-Government Forum 2012 hosted by EGA in cooperation with the Bahrain Society of Engineers and Bahrain Society for Informatics Technology.

Minister Dr. Hassan Fakhro, who unveiled the e-gateway, said that such virtual facilities would essentially elevate the Kingdom's status as one of the most attractive destinations of choice for foreign investors.

For Stefan Gehrke, Founding Member and Chairman of Open the Open Data Networks in Germany, who is paying his first ever to the region, asserted that Bahrain's experience in the field of open data is "unique", expressing confidence that the kingdom will succeed in the new phase in which open data will be developed, which, he said, was outlined the new National Strategy of the e-Government Authority.

Bahrain has successfully implemented the first phase of a collaborative e-government project with Microsoft, paving the way for the government's full use of a new active directory based on the MS Windows 2003 server.