A technological upgrade of government services, announced last month, has begun in six departments with an “initial suite of digital services” planned to launch within the next 100 days.

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of the Cabinet Office and Digital Innovation, said it followed meetings last week with government officials and the telecommunications firm Paradise Mobile, Google Cloud and its global partner, Abacus.

The digital transformation will provide a platform for modernising a range of services, and improve transaction and access, with data security and privacy.

Sam Tabbara, the Paradise Mobile chief executive, said the completion of the discovery phase of the agreement marked “a significant milestone in turning Bermuda’s digital vision into reality”. It was recognised during the programme’s first portfolio governance session, signalling the start of its development stage.