He Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society (Mintel) announced that from tomorrow, citizens will be able to use an application called FirmaEc Móvil on their mobile devices. This application will enable citizens to sign electronically from all mobile phones, as part of the digital transformation promoted by the Government. Until now, the electronic signature could only be used from electronic devices such as desktop computers and portable computers.

Minister of Industry, Vianna Maino pointed out that we are working to ensure that citizens have digital services at hand every day, which enable connection. “This new service is part of a link in the same chain that leads to digital transformation,” he added.

This one software It is designed for iOS and Android operating systems, allowing it to recognize digital certificates issued by entities accredited by the Agency for Regulation and Control of Telecommunications (Arcotel), unifying their approval in a single point, so that users can sign PDF documents, verify the validity of electronic procedure and digital certificates, via mobile devices.

From 2021 to December 2022, about 250,000 people used the digital computer system that they processed about 33 million signatures in different systems such as Quipux and Gob.Ec, from Mintel; Registry book of registry data and deaths, from the registry book; Electronic notification system, National Administration for Public Records; Trips abroad, Presidency of the Republic; Chasqui, of the armed forces, and others.

The Ministry pointed out that the use of electronic signature also has a positive effect on the environment. Thus, by not using paper, cutting down trees is avoided, which, for example, saved 6,500 trees in 2020.

Steps for signing a document from a mobile phone:

Verification of an electronically signed document

Digital certificate validation

It is important to emphasize that this software It was generated by Mintel officials.