Development of the National Broadband Internet

Details of the organization
Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies
Azerbaijan
http://www.mincom.gov.az
Governments
  • The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level:
  • The organization has a national e-strategy: Yes

Information about the project
Development of the National Broadband Internet
The project, mainly, aims at (i) establishing fiber-optic cable network with high data transmission opportunities, (ii) avoiding the existing digital bridge in the broadband Internet infrastructure among urban and rural areas, (iii) widely applying the e-services and accelerating building of information society, (iv) creating regulatory fair competition environment in the service market. Spectrums of arrangements and indicators for monitoring of these arrangements have been defined in the project to achieve the above-mentioned goals. Simultaneously, this project aims at creating conditions for the country population to use e-services, expanding application of e-education, e-health, e-commerce and other e-services all over the country, as well as, it is targeted to enable all residences to have access to the e-government services by 2015.
National implementation: Azerbaijan
Ongoing from 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2015
Developed countries

WSIS information
* The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
      * ICT for sustainable development
      * National e-strategies
      * ICT in Parliaments
      * E-participation
      * Partnerships
* Information and communication infrastructure
* Access to information and knowledge
* ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
      * E-government
         * E-government strategies
         * Knowledge management
      * E-business
         * E-commerce and e-trade
         * Enabling environment
         * SME competitiveness
      * E-learning
      * E-health
      * E-employment
      * E-science
* Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
* Media
  • Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger
  • Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
  • Goal 3: Promote gender equality & empower women
  • Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
  • Goal 5: Improve maternal health
  • Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
  • Programme