Until 2010, the focus was mainly on improving the infrastructure, resulting in communications networks being completely digitalized and the capacity of external internet channels being increased, the report said. The liberalization of the telecommunications market has opened up opportunities for the private sector and tariffs for unlimited broadband internet have plummeted.
The report also notes that a number of other initiatives have been carried out in recent years in the field of ICT. The country’s e-government portal was launched in 2011, which [as of 2013] presented the services of 40 government bodies. It was also noted that both state and private investment in ICT sector more than doubled during 2009 - 2011.
Moreover, the bank also noted in its report that in 2014 the State Fund for the Development of IT awarded grants to 31 start-up projects in high technology, e-payment software applications, air navigation systems and e-government. In 2013, the University of Information Technology was established and Azerbaijan’s first telecommunications satellite, AzerSpace-1 was launched. “These developments will improve the quality of telecommunications throughout the Caucasus and foster the development of Azerbaijan’s space industry,” the bank believes. Azerbaijan’s ICT sector has grown by an average of 25 to 30 percent per year over the last decade, becoming the second largest recipient of foreign investment after the oil industry, the report says.
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Until 2010, the focus was mainly on improving the infrastructure, resulting in communications networks being completely digitalized and the capacity of external internet channels being increased, the report said. The liberalization of the telecommunications market has opened up opportunities for the private sector and tariffs for unlimited broadband internet have plummeted.
The report also notes that a number of other initiatives have been carried out in recent years in the field of ICT. The country’s e-government portal was launched in 2011, which [as of 2013] presented the services of 40 government bodies. It was also noted that both state and private investment in ICT sector more than doubled during 2009 - 2011.
Moreover, the bank also noted in its report that in 2014 the State Fund for the Development of IT awarded grants to 31 start-up projects in high technology, e-payment software applications, air navigation systems and e-government. In 2013, the University of Information Technology was established and Azerbaijan’s first telecommunications satellite, AzerSpace-1 was launched. “These developments will improve the quality of telecommunications throughout the Caucasus and foster the development of Azerbaijan’s space industry,” the bank believes. Azerbaijan’s ICT sector has grown by an average of 25 to 30 percent per year over the last decade, becoming the second largest recipient of foreign investment after the oil industry, the report says.
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ICT projects implemented by Azerbaijan are helping to improve the quality of telecommunications in the whole Caucasus, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in its Transition Report 2014.
Until 2010, the focus was mainly on improving the infrastructure, resulting in communications networks being completely digitalized and the capacity of external internet channels being increased, the report said. The liberalization of the telecommunications market has opened up opportunities for the private sector and tariffs for unlimited broadband internet have plummeted.
The report also notes that a number of other initiatives have been carried out in recent years in the field of ICT. The country’s e-government portal was launched in 2011, which [as of 2013] presented the services of 40 government bodies. It was also noted that both state and private investment in ICT sector more than doubled during 2009 - 2011.
Moreover, the bank also noted in its report that in 2014 the State Fund for the Development of IT awarded grants to 31 start-up projects in high technology, e-payment software applications, air navigation systems and e-government. In 2013, the University of Information Technology was established and Azerbaijan’s first telecommunications satellite, AzerSpace-1 was launched. “These developments will improve the quality of telecommunications throughout the Caucasus and foster the development of Azerbaijan’s space industry,” the bank believes. Azerbaijan’s ICT sector has grown by an average of 25 to 30 percent per year over the last decade, becoming the second largest recipient of foreign investment after the oil industry, the report says.
Source: http://azertag.az/en/xeber/EBRD_Azerbaijan_improves_quality_of_ICT_in_Caucasus-812367
