Mustea said the RO-NET project, worth over EUR80 million and financed with European Union funds, targets to bring high-speed internet into the 3,650 regions not served by broadband providers, by 2015.
Mustea also said developing the e-portal for tax payment (www.ghiseul.ro) is another top priority on his list, alongside the sale of Posta Romana by increasing the company’s share capital by June 2012, as settled during talks with the International Monetary Fund.
All IT&C projects financed from EU funds will be carried through, while the online public procurement system (www.e-licitatie.ro) and the Sole Point of Contact (SPOC) will be further developed, said the minister. He added he will carry on the project «Economy based on knowledge», whereby 254 local communities benefited from IT&C services and gained access to internet.
Mustea pointed out his ministry wants to ease Romanians’ access to the advantages and benefits of the IT&C sector.
Romania’s IT&C sector accounts for over 10% of the country’s gross domestic product.