President Ilham Aliyev: Today Azerbaijan occupies a leading position in the region with 100 percent broadband internet coverage of the population

Today, Azerbaijan holds leading positions in the region with 100 percent coverage of the population with broadband internet. Our country is also among the advanced countries in the field of digital identity.

As reported by BAKU.WS with reference to AZERTAJ, this was stated by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his address to the participants of the World Telecommunication Development Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The head of state emphasized that the SIMA biometric digital signature system has already been adopted by 3.6 million users and integrated into more than 80 government information systems.

"It is no coincidence that Azerbaijan has entered the highest category group of the UN E-Government Development Index."

Our goal is to be among the top 40 countries in this index within the next five years," added President Ilham Aliyev.