Romania to be part of the first European e-network

Romania will participate in the project for creating a cross-borders electronic commerce network, to link the SE countries and Cyprus together, IT&C minister Dan Nica said on Wednesday, after his meeting with the Greek Transports and Communications minister, Verelis Christos.

Nica explained that the decision about this project, deemed as extremely important due to its extensiveness and to the effects it is estimated to have on the electronic commerce development, had been made in Athens three weeks before.

The Greek Transports and Communications minister, Verelis Christos, said the European Union had been notified of the intention of the countries in the region to take part in the initiative, with a memorandum of understanding between the main players to build the future e-commerce network scheduled for signing in a matter of weeks.

The value of the project is yet unknown, as the first calculations are to be made after the signing of the memorandum, Verelis says.

“We are looking into ways private companies could participate in this project at the moment, and we are planning to offer everyone the possibility of having an equal contribution in the cross-borders network,” the Greek minister specified.

The official also estimated that Romania had a bright economic future and that Greece was extremely interested in investing more and more money there, mainly in the telecommunications sector.