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«Telecommunications Regulatory»: 3 million digital identity users in the UAE, a growth of 390%

Mohammed Al Zarouni: «185 hand with government and private services through the digital identity, provide 9 thousand service to customers».

The Deputy Director General of the Communications and Digital Regulatory Authority for the Information and Digital Government Sector, Muhammad Al-Zarouni, reported that the number of digital identity users has reached more than three million users, including two million trusted users for the first time.

Al-Zarouni explained that "the number of entities that use digital identity currently has exceeded 180 federal, local and private entities, through more than 400 digital channels," noting that the number of partners is constantly increasing from the government and private sectors.

For his part, the Executive Director of the Dubai Smart Government Establishment in Digital Dubai, Wissam Lootah, said that "the number of digital identity users has increased by 390%, compared to 2020," noting that there are 185 government and private agencies that provide services, through digital identity, among them. 113 government departments, 42 federal agencies and 30 private entities provide more than 9,000 services to customers.

On the possibility of digital identity being the only option for obtaining government services, Lootah said, "The goal is for digital identity to be the preferred option for customers and not the only one," noting that the UAE government's strategy is to provide several options for obtaining government services.

For its part, Director of the Digital Identity project in the organization of communications and digital government, Khawla Al Muhairi, Rdaaly question for «Emirates Today», that «she will be made available registration in the digital identity for visitors to the state in the third quarter of the current, as well as adding new developmental services and additional, Such as using the face print in new digital identity services.”

She explained that "700,000 individual transactions were recorded on a monthly basis in digital identity services during 2021," noting that the target is one and a half million individual transactions per month during the coming period.

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