But the office says the project is on track and will soon replace all manual processes.
Telecoms costs are still high, but the sector continues to contribute to growth, says government.
In today's technology roundup: Google releases Chrome to open source, scareware tool dumps smut on PCs, China military site draws hackers, and Dell earnings down 54%.
In this World Wide Wrap: Platform to tackle retail theft, retail tools for the downturn, and Xsilva showcases LightSpeed.
In this World Wide Wrap: T-Mobile customer records leaked, Yahoo Go closes, and Windows Mobile gets Office 2010.
In this World Wide Wrap: HP updates services and products, Zeus offers app management, and Netapp and Fujitsu integrate storage products.
In this World Wide Wrap: AccessData curbs security breaches, Livescribe intros app store, and Onix rolls out security key.
In this World Wide Wrap: SAS integrates BI with databases, FusionOps releases BI module, and iLumen offers business analytics centre.
In this World Wide Wrap: Pegasystems opens India support centre, HandySoft looks to Canada, and Globalstor demos 4K DI workflow.
More than 80 models are available with the new operating system.
Bytes Communication Systems promotes the switching products from Alcatel-Lucent.
EMC Disk Library and EMC NetWorker increase backup capacity by 67% and backup speeds by 43%.
FileXpress delivers secure file exchanges over the Internet, supporting user-driven and automated transfers.