India, Egypt to sign MoU on ICT sector tomorrow

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New Delhi, Nov 27 (UNI) An MoU between India and Egypt will be signed in Chennai tomorrow for bilateral cooperation in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.

Union Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran will sign the MoU on behalf of India.

Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Shakeel Ahmad announced this today after his talks with the visiting Egyptian delegation led by Minister of Communications and IT Tarek Kamel.

''India is ready to share its expertise with Egypt in e-governance, information security, capacity building, IT policy and IT industry promotion, telecom sector, e-posts and setting up of IT parks,'' Dr Ahmad said.

He suggested the initiation of industry-to-industry cooperation between both the countries through industry associations like Nasscom or Educational Software Cooperative (ESC) and their Egyptian counterparts.

''India and Egypt should work together for developing G2G and B2B relationships in ICT sector,'' the Egyptian Minister Dr Tarek Kamel said.

He said that both countries can work together in utilising ICT in education and health sectors.

The visting Egyptian Minister also showed keen interest in knowing the functioning of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and universal service obligation fund in providing the telecom services in the rural areas.

''In view of the opportunities in Egypt, Telephone Consultants of India Ltd (TCIL) can explore the possibilities for business and take up projects and consultancy work in Egypt in the field of rural communications,'' Dr Ahmad said.

Companies from both the countries could work together on projects in the fields of e-governance, IT education, IT Park and cyber security for protection of critical information infrastructure, he added.

He further stated that the B2B contacts between Egypt and Indian IT enterprises could be encouraged by organising conventions, seminars and visit of business delegations.

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