Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Saudi Arabia)

The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCIT; Arabic: وزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات) is a Saudi government ministry that was established in 1926 and is responsible for the communications and information technology sector in the kingdom.

[3] The earliest governmental entity to govern the communications and technology sectors was the Directorate of Post, Telephone and Telegraph (PTT) which was established in Makkah in 1926.

[1] In 1953, the telegraph, post, and telephone facilities were reported Ministry of Transport which was established in that year.

[5] Yesser: An E-Government Program aims at increasing the productivity and efficiency of the governmental sector by providing the required services and information.

[6] The National Center for Digital Certification (NCDC): This program provides systems for the infrastructure management of the public keys which an essential security technique for e-business, e-trade, and e-government over the internet.