Macau Yearbook 2013 - Macao Yearbook

Macao Yearbook 20132012, more than 73,000 people had settled payments via the platform.eSignTrustAs the only authentication entity approved by the Government, eSignTrust has been providingcitizens, corporations and Government departments with online identity authentication servicessince it commenced operation in 2006. An electronic document signed by the user, and with qualifiedelectronic certification provided by eSignTrust services, will have legal effect.In 2012, to achieve the objectives of the Eighth Supplementary Protocol to the Mainland andMacao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement on the development of pilot applications ofmutual recognition of electronic signature certificates in Macao and Guangdong, Macao Post, theDepartment of Information Security Coordination of the Ministry of Industry and InformationTechnology, the Economic and Information Commission of Guangdong Province and the Bureauof Telecommunications Regulation established a working group to provide suggestions on theframework for the mutual recognition of certificates issued by Guangdong and Macao to facilitatefuture planning and implementation.1In line with the reconstruction of mainland China’s telecommunications industry, China Telecom has officiallyacquired the CDMA mobile telephone network and business of China Unicom. China Unicom (Macao) Limited wasofficially renamed China Telecom (Macau) Co Ltd on 27 November 2008, when the legal procedures involved in thechanges were completed.2According to the results of the 2011 population census, the number of households at year-end was 172,600 (excludingcollective households in hotel and hostel services).322