The welcome letter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the participants started in Baku 19th international conference and exhibition of information and telecommunication technologies BakuTel- 2013 has been published.
According to the Head of State website (http://www.president.az/articles/10402), can be long to enumerate the country's progress in ICT , but the most significant achievement is the fact that about 70 % of the population - Internet users , half of this number - broadband Internet users , paced the apartment in the capital and parts of regions.
ICT significantly changed society - the latest technology is used in digital television broadcasting, for every citizen of the country has an average of 1.1 mobile phones. Launch of the first national telecommunications satellite Azerspace-1 , the creation of the State Fund of Information Technologies at the University and the Ministry of Communications , High-Tech Park are stimulants solid foundation for an economy with a high proportion of innovation and advanced technologies, said Aliyev.
According to the President, particularly weighty UN resolution on Azerbaijan's initiative at the 67th session of the General Assembly of this organization for the establishment of the Eurasian alliance ties . From now on, the country is not only a participant, but also the initiator of major international projects, including fiber-optic Trans-Eurasian super information highway (TASIM).
"Holding this year's exhibition and conference in the framework of Azerbaijan declared the" Year of ICT " , the inclusion in its program of the conference on cyber security and other activities , a broader presentation of foreign companies here further enhances the importance of the exhibition and conference . I'm sure held during conference and exhibition exchange of experience will make a tangible contribution to the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between the participating countries activities, the emergence and implementation of new initiatives at the international and regional level," said the head of state in welcoming participants BakuTel-2013. - 17D-
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