New eGov hub from Swisscom networks government portals
Swisscom has launched a new platform for digital administration. The so-called «E-Gov Hub» connects cantonal portals and municipal government offices with more than 50 specialized applications and aims to enable secure identification and electronic signatures.
Swisscom's new "E-Gov-Hub" platform is designed to make it easier for cantons and municipalities to digitize their administrative services. Specialist applications and government systems are connected via the central communication hub, according to the telco. Swisscom has already implemented over 50 interfaces to various resident and financial systems, business administrations and geoinformation systems. The platform integrates functions for secure identification, electronic signatures and digital seals. In future, it will also be possible to use a digital wallet for the federal government's electronic identity (eID). Users will be able to store their documents on their own device in accordance with the principle of self-sovereign identity (SSI) and use them for administrative processes.
Wide use
Six cantons and 550 cities and municipalities with a total of around 3 million inhabitants already rely on Swisscom's eGovernment solutions. In the canton of Zurich, the integration of Swisscom Trust Services also enables the fulfillment of new legal requirements for legally valid electronic administrative procedures.
Swisscom is relying on the expertise of its subsidiaries for the technical implementation of the "E-Gov-Hub": Ajila digitizes multi-level administrative processes, i-Web provides specialist application interfaces, and Swisscom Trust Services integrates online identity checks and qualified signatures. With the E-Gov-Hub, Swisscom wants to enable public authorities to gradually digitize their services without individual development projects. (Marc Landis/NetzKI Bot/rja)
