An Austrian delegation led by Andreas Reinhard, Deputy Federal Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology has today visited the Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT).
During the meeting, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister Elmir Valizade praised the relations between the two countries in the ICT sector, AzerTAc reports.
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Addressing the meeting, Mammadov spoke about the work carried out in the ICT sector in Azerbaijan and activities that will be undertaken this year, namely the implementation of the broadband internet project and expansion of fiber-optic infrastructure in remote areas.
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Under the relevant order, the Cabinet Ministers is in charge to draft for two months the State Program of expansion of e-services of state bodies and e-government development for 2013-15, as well as proposals for regulation of creation of state e-systems and resources. For the same period the President should receive the requirements for web-resources, systems and services connected to e-gov.az.
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The Mobile Certificate Center launched its activity on February 1. The Center has already started to issue mobile authentication certificates for use in mobile devices and tablet computers.
Thus, first applications for obtaining certificates were already received. Within the framework of a pilot project, citizens can apply to the central registration points to obtain certificates. Currently, technical and organizational work is being carried out in other registration points and after the completion of this work citizens may be able to use services at these points.
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According to statistics, the CIC National Certification Center issued 265 EDS certificates to businesses and individuals in January.
176 out of 419 state e-services are available at portal E-Government.
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