Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 4
By Huseyn Valiyev - Trend:
The total number of issued Asan İmza mobile e-signature certificates in Azerbaijan increased by approximately 2.5 times in January-August, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes told Trend Sept. 3.
The Asan certification service center issued over 32,400 certificates in eight months, the ministry said.
The total number of issued Asan İmza mobile e-signatures is 54,914 units. Some 26,599 units were issued to legal entities, while 27,366 to physical entities and 949 to civil servants.
Around 3.5 million transactions were conducted by using a mobile e-signature.
Asan imza platform has been integrated into the Azerbaijani mobile operators' platforms ("Bakcell", "Azercell Telecom" and "Azerfon").
The cost of connecting state servants, legal and physical entities engaged in entrepreneurial activity, to ASAN-imza service in mobile networks is 18 manats. A monthly fee for using ASAN-imza service is set at 0.5 manats.
The Asan certification service center received accreditation from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Communications and High Technologies on April 9, 2013. The center is authorized to issue advanced certificates for an enhanced electronic signature to public and local self-government bodies, legal and physical entities.
The official exchange rate is 0.7844 AZN/USD on Sept. 4.