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MINSK, 11 April (BelTA) – Belarusian companies and world’s leading vendors will present the latest technology solutions at TIBO 2017, Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Sergei Popkov told reporters at BelTA’s press center on 11 April.

The 24th international forum on telecommunications, information and banking technologies TIBO 2017 will run in Minsk from 18 to 21 April. The list of participants features Belarus’ largest telecom companies Beltelecom, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), velcom, life:), Belarusian Cloud Technologies, and also the world’s top ICT vendors Huawei, ZTE, China Telecom, SAP, and others.

The forum will demonstrate the application of the latest technologies in various areas, including agriculture, banking sector, industry, healthcare, telecommunications, education, public security, transport, and also the use of the ‘smart home’ and ‘smart city’ systems.

The prospects and progress achieved in the development of electronic governance in Belarus will be presented at the stand of the Belarusian Communications and Informatization Ministry. The stand will showcase e-services offered by the government agencies and organizations in the state-state, state-citizen, and state-business areas.

Apart from stands by individual companies, TIBO 2017 will feature collective stands of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus, Minsk City Hall, the Industry Ministry, and the Hi-Tech Park. Azerbaijan, Lithuania and Latvia will also arrange stands at the expo.

The program of the forum includes thematic events on major factors determining progress towards digital transformation: regulatory and engineering support, security and innovations.

Held since 1994, TIBO is one of the biggest exhibition events in the CIS and the Baltic states. The forum gathers the leading Belarusian and foreign producers of telecommunications equipment, computers and software, security systems and devices, suppliers of ICT services. TIBO 2016 brought together more than 100 companies from 18 countries.