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1 |
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Foreword |
| Author: |
Yoshio Utsumi |
| Title: |
Secretary-General |
| Organisation: |
ITU |
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88KB |
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2 |
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Following a Roadmap to the High-Speed Future |
| Author: |
Robert E. Switz |
| Title: |
President and CEO |
| Organisation: |
ADC Telecommunications |
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120KB |
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| Broadband is not merely an incremental economic improvement, but a profoundly transforming one underpinning economic development and creating new businesses and markets as commerce and the way people work shifts to the Internet. Countries like South Korea, Canada, Hong Kong and Sweden have become world broadband leaders due to government action at the highest levels creating an environment for broadband growth and real competition. Ultimately, tough private sector competition is needed to lower costs, the one true driver of growth. |
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3 |
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Access To Information and Communications Technology In Africa |
| Author: |
Omar Kabbaj |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
African Development Bank Group |
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100KB |
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| Information and communication Technology (ICT) can contribute to Africa's, economic development, to its human development and to the good governance of each of its many countries. The latest ICT can also help Africa leapfrog several generations of development. At yearend 2002, Africa had only 2% of the world's Internet users, 2% of its telephones and 3% of its cell phones. Without increased ICT access, Africa will be unable to even maintain, its already low level of engagement in the global economy. |
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4 |
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The Mobile Revolution Transforms Asia-Pacific |
| Author: |
Cindy Payne |
| Title: |
Founder and Managing Director |
| Organisation: |
Asia-Pacific Connections |
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116KB |
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| Telephone services in Asia-Pacific gain one new user every second. Analysts believe the market will reach US$137 billion by yearend 2003. Today, mobile data services are consumer-focused, but future growth will come from organisations with dispersed workforces. Outstanding issues include security, equipment reliability, and the frequencies used for wireless transactions and mCommerce. As with any new medium of communication and commerce, the wireless industry is at odds with itself - promoting competing communication standards, security standards, protocols, and bandwidths. |
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Article no.: |
5 |
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Guidelines for the Formulation of a Strategic Plan for the IT and Communications Sector in Argentina |
| Author: |
Luis Alberto Perazo |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
Argentine Republic Chamber of Informatics and Communications (CICOMRA) |
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108KB |
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| Now, more than ever, ICTs can contribute to the solution of some of Argentina's problems. The proposed guidelines can have an important impact on the development of the economy, employment creation, investment, social action, governmental transparency, and the digital divide. The guidelines propose a series of tasks designed to contribute Argentina's development by increasing ICT exports, improving the ICT regulatory framework, boosting ICT sector demand, increasing investment in the sector, advancing e-government facilitating public access to ICTs and strengthening social programs. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
| Topic: |
New Communications Law: Anticipated Results |
| Author: |
Dr. Max Gutbrod |
| Title: |
Managing Partner |
| Organisation: |
CIS, Baker & McKenzie |
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120KB |
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| Russia's new telecommunications law will correct many failings of the existing law, but creates a few of its own. Among the welcome features of the new law are its provisions obliging incumbent operators to set equal network interconnection and transit rates for all, regulation of frequency allocation, licensing of services and the auction of frequencies, number portability, billing plans and universalization of services. One of the law's failings is the government regulation of matters best left to the market. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
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Satellite technology-an emerging hope for India |
| Author: |
Conny L. Kullman |
| Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Organisation: |
Intelsat Ltd |
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96KB |
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| India's continuing economic growth, its educational system, social services and access to medical care, will all depend in good part upon its ability to roll out its communications infrastructure, especially in rural areas. Satellite-based backhaul networks, which can rapidly re-allocate bandwidth, provide lower operational and deployment costs, especially in difficult or remote regions. Satellite systems will also help India meet its ambitious Internet and broadband connectivity goals in the coming years and compete effectively in the world's markets. |
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Article no.: |
8 |
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Global consolidation – a step towards long-term sustainability |
| Author: |
Chris Clark |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
BT Global Services Wholesale Business |
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100KB |
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| Telecoms - the first sector to feel the effects of economic downturn in 2000 - remains under pressure, and although the preconditions for a global economic recovery are in place, the upturn is hesitant. Has retrenchment in the sector, though, really been detrimental to the telecoms roadmap? Examining the obstacles facing the industry shows that the consolidation may have actually delivered the conditions for lasting success – but only for those carriers prepared to radically alter their business models. |
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Article no.: |
9 |
| Topic: |
IP at the Core of Success |
| Author: |
Siddhartha Ray |
| Title: |
President; Chairman |
| Organisation: |
Data Access; SPA Enterprises Ltd |
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104KB |
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| New companies have to offer better service at lower rates than incumbents to attract subscribers. By using the Internet Protocol (IP) technology at the core of a network and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) technology at the edge, new operators in a market can set up a modern network at relatively low cost and provide consumers a communication platform that can be scaled up with ease. IP based networks can challenge the quality of the older technology deployed by the incumbent. |
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Article no.: |
10 |
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Satellites for Digital TV in Russia |
| Author: |
N.N. Sevastianov |
| Title: |
Director General |
| Organisation: |
Gascom |
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80KB |
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| The Yamal-100, the first modern Russian telecommunications satellite, is being followed by the Yamal-200 series, which uses new technology to expand capacity. It includes transponders for both C and Ku bands. Digital TV broadcasting, multimedia services and Internet access, fuel the demand for the new satellites that have a footprint that bridges east to west covering Russia, the other CIS countries and parts of Europe and Asia as well. Ku band transmission permits the use of small inexpensive antennas. |
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Article no.: |
11 |
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Bitstream Access in Germany |
| Author: |
Matthias Kurth |
| Title: |
Chairman |
| Organisation: |
Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts Germany |
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100KB |
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| Bitstream access intensifies competition by giving new market entrants control over end user relationships, at wholesale prices, and allowing them to offer DSL lines and ISP service including Internet access in one-stop shopping. The technical definition of what constitutes such access, however, will have a considerable impact upon the business models of both the incumbent operators and the new entrants. The incumbent's needs are different than those of mass-market service providers, which are unlike those for high-end service providers. |
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Article no.: |
12 |
| Topic: |
IT Isn't just Technology, Its A Way of Changing Lives |
| Author: |
Sebastiano Tevarotto |
| Title: |
Vice President and General Manager |
| Organisation: |
Hewlett-Packard Network and Service Provider Business |
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140KB |
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| Leading edge communications technology is a chance to expand the limits on people's lives by enabling individuals to reach out to others. The more technology advances, the more humanizing it can become. The digital inclusion of millions of new users is a profound opportunity for societal evolution that will pay dividends for generations to come. What is needed is the rapid transfer of technology - and the skill sets that goes with it - to the citizens of developing nations. |
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Article no.: |
13 |
| Topic: |
Managing Networked Communications Across Expanding Horizons |
| Author: |
Jose A Collazo |
| Title: |
Chairman, President and CEO |
| Organisation: |
Infonet Services Corporation |
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92KB |
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| Attracted by lower costs and new markets, companies are extending their operational footprints across the globe. The costs, regulations and telecommunications infrastructures MNCs face in new markets, often impedes the extension of applications and networks, pivotal to their success, to their global operations. Large numbers, however, are migrating their data traffic from expensive WANs to IP VPNs. VPNs offer the security and quality of service of private networks, but use shared infrastructure transmitting encrypted data to realise significant cost savings. |
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Article no.: |
14 |
| Topic: |
New Telecom Services in Remote Areas – A Brainsteaser |
| Author: |
Dr. Ziaedin Chahabadi |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Keymile |
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92KB |
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| Serving remote areas is a challenge for telecom operators since the per client cost of the ""last-mile"" network is higher, than in densely populated urban areas as are, also, maintenance and operating costs. Cost-effective broadband in remote reconfiguration and remote monitoring. The deciding factors for broadband rollout are: availability, sufficient number of potential areas requires a multiservice platform that maximises the possibility of using whatever legacy infrastructure is found, permits automatic network subscribers per individual service and sufficient electrical power. |
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Article no.: |
15 |
| Topic: |
Leading Edge Solutions for Existing Network Infrastructure |
| Author: |
David Poticny |
| Title: |
President Europe |
| Organisation: |
Lucent Technologies, Europe |
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108KB |
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| A lot has changed over the last few years in the telecommunications industry. Between 1996 and 2001, total capital spending by communications service providers jumped from $161 billion to $310 billion – a compound annual growth rate of about 24 percent – and on a huge base. But as we now know, the spending growth and the bubble fuelled by it was not sustainable. What happened is what some have called “The Perfect Storm” in telecommunications. Worldwide total capital spending by service providers, which peaked at $310 billion in 2000, dropped to about $205 billion in 2002. Between 2001 and 2002 alone, service providers reduced their capital spending by nearly 27 percent. The excess capacity that was built in the late 1990s during the telecom boom resulted in these dramatic cuts in capital spending from 2000 until now. And regulatory uncertainty contributed to delays in service provider spending as well.That excess capacity is working its way out, and with primary demand on networks continuing to grow, the market for telecommunications equipment will ultimately recover. |
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Article no.: |
16 |
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Wireless Cyber Attacks: The Battle Begins |
| Author: |
Clifford P. Wagner Jr |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Marconi Wireless |
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128KB |
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| With the proliferation of wireless data and devices has come the danger of cyber attacks. These can take down networks, businesses, and end user devices - even emergency services. There are many gaps in wireless data security. The technology currently employed has been used for many years. Newer technology - intrusion protection systems (IPS) that combines the features of firewalls, intrusion detection and anti-virus system, that record and trace intrusions and extend protection to network devices such as routers - is needed. |
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Article no.: |
17 |
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Building Romania's Information Society |
| Author: |
Dan Nica |
| Title: |
Minister of Communications and Information Technology |
| Organisation: |
Romania |
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120KB |
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| Romania, a country rich in professional resources, is striving to build its Information Society. Romania's ambitious eGovernment project has stimulated the use of the Internet, the creation of content and the growth of broadband using a variety of technologies. Mobile service, with several competing technologies, is growing far more quickly than fixed service. Romania is letting the market decide which technologies each service will use, is eliminating market entry barriers and creating equal conditions for all operators to compete. |
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Article no.: |
18 |
| Topic: |
Jamaica, Regional Pioneer in Telecommunications Liberalisation |
| Author: |
Hon. Phillip Paulwell |
| Title: |
Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology |
| Organisation: |
Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology |
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104KB |
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| Jamaica has ended its telecommunications monopoly and now has full competition in the sector. Its National Strategic Information Technology Plan, focussed on Information Technology and E-commerce, intends to enable Jamaica to capture niche markets and compete effectively in the global economy. Jamaica is now positioning itself to tap into the market for the out-sourcing of ICT services by US firms and to capture a share of the 3 million related jobs expected to migrate to developing countries during this decade. |
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Article no.: |
19 |
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Broadband IP: the key to pervasive connectivity |
| Author: |
Ken Latimer |
| Title: |
President and CEO |
| Organisation: |
Net to Net Technologies Inc |
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96KB |
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| Pervasive connectivity depends in good part upon the universal availability of affordable broadband Internet access. DSL is the technology used by the majority of broadband providers. Traditionally DSL network access made use of complex, expensive, hard to install and maintain, ATM technology. Nowadays, though, providers tend to use lower cost, simpler, IP technology to deliver broadband both to residential and enterprise clients. IP also simplifies the delivery of the variety of value-add service increasingly needed to guarantee service provider profitability. |
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Article no.: |
20 |
| Topic: |
Convergence will drive business excellence |
| Author: |
Desi Lopez Fafie |
| Title: |
Regional Director Africa Operations |
| Organisation: |
Oracle Corporation |
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80KB |
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| Mobile technology has implications for business greater than simply being available any time, anywhere. Mobile technology plays a vital role in merging the back-office with desktop information and workflow systems. In doing so, for the first time, companies can map their business processes to their streamlined, integrated information systems. Instead of bringing the transaction to the computer, mobile technology brings computing to where the transaction occurs. As a result, duplication is eliminated and operations improved with minimal disruption to information systems. |
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Article no.: |
21 |
| Topic: |
Challenges and opportunities for a wireless world |
| Author: |
Jorg Springer |
| Title: |
Head of Global Marketing |
| Organisation: |
Radio Frequency Systems |
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104KB |
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| Wireless communications plays an important part in the plans to connect the world's peoples, and include them within the fold of the information society and the global economy, in accordance with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) declaration of principles. New wireless technologies - third generation mobile and Wi-Fi, among others - bring the Internet within reach of people and workers, wherever they may be. In emerging economies, wireless is often used as an alternative to fixed networks. |
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Article no.: |
22 |
| Topic: |
Wireless Access in Liberalized Price Sensitive Markets |
| Author: |
Nicolae Oaca |
| Title: |
Strategic Planning Advisor |
| Organisation: |
RomTelecom |
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100KB |
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| The liberalisation of Romania's telecommunications market, the government imposed tariff structure and local economics have accelerated the growth of mobile telephony, put a stop to the growth of traditional telephony and opened the door to the introduction of new technologies, not used elsewhere, to compete with the incumbent's system. A wide range of cellular systems are used in Romania and DECT wireless technology will soon be competing with the fixed system which, from lack of investment is losing ground. |
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Article no.: |
23 |
| Topic: |
Access to Knowledge |
| Author: |
Professor David P Mellor, OBE |
| Title: |
Chairman |
| Organisation: |
United Kingdom Telecommunications Academy |
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80KB |
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| Finding well-trained management personnel is a challenge that the least developed countries face in moving from monopolistic telecommunications organisations to privatised operations equipped to face competition. The ITU Telecommunications Development Bureau (ITU-D) has worked to develop the ‘Global Telecommunications University’ (GTU) to ensure open access to the knowledge needed by the developing economies. Working with the ITU-D, the UKTA has made available classroom and on-line Master of Communications Management and Master of Laws in Telecommunications and Information Technology degree programmes. |
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Article no.: |
24 |
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More Than Two Sides To The Story†& Multi-Sided Market Platforms And The Communications Industry |
| Author: |
Michael J. Reuschel |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
Unisys Global Communications and Media Industries |
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116KB |
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| Telecommunications has done more for markets than simply connect buyer and seller. Telecommunications based multi-sided platforms make possible multi-sided markets where many consumer groups can transact business. To be successful, multi-sided markets simultaneously motivate distinct groups of customers. Those that provide these platforms facilitate the efficient integration of content, customer and channel. The role of the platform is to get and keep everyone on board. In these markets, traditional rules for pricing, choosing partners and for business models become obsolete. |
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Article no.: |
25 |
| Topic: |
Information and Communication Technology for Development |
| Author: |
Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Adow Obeng |
| Title: |
Vice-Chancellor |
| Organisation: |
University of Cape Coast |
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104KB |
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| Ghana's communications facilities have improved greatly in recent years, but a telephone call still requires persistence and many calls do not go through. There is a great need for a national ICT policy to transform Ghana's communication strategies. The university's policy is to prepare students to participate in the information society and, consequently, accelerate Ghana's development. Computers and a high-speed communication network are being used to facilitate learning, teaching, access to information through the Internet and the university's administration. |
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Article no.: |
26 |
| Topic: |
TV: A New Lease on Life for Wireline Access |
| Author: |
Ruchir Godura |
| Title: |
Country Manager and Director South Asia Operations |
| Organisation: |
UTStarcom |
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84KB |
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| Telcos in India traditionally depended upon voice revenues, but competition eroded this revenue base. The incumbent's systems are largely IP based. It would be relatively easy and cost-effective to offer their subscribers TV over IP service and recuperate earnings. TV over IP allows subscribers to watch films or programs at home whenever it is convenient. Advertisers can use this service to target individual consumers and the two-way data stream permits subscribers to buy products, order demonstrations or request more information." |
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Article no.: |
27 |
| Topic: |
Broadband Developmental Disparities in Asia |
| Author: |
Martin Roll |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Venture Republic |
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76KB |
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| Asia's countries all know that broadband availability translates into economic muscle. Broadband growth, though, is concentrated only in those countries that have the basic infrastructure and competition to drive down prices. In other countries, though, little progress has been made. Where governments encourage competition, liberalize their markets and aggressively push deployment, broadband usage rises significantly. By forcing incumbents to unravel and give competitors access to the ""local loop"" competition increases, access costs drop and services became more attractive to customers. |
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Article no.: |
28 |
| Topic: |
Widespread Access to ICTs: Policies for an Inclusive Information Society |
| Author: |
Mr Navas-Sabater |
| Title: |
Global Information & Communication Technology Specialist |
| Organisation: |
World Bank |
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84KB |
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| ICTs play a crucial role in improving the standard of living in developing regions throughout the world. A big problem is to overcome the differences in availability between rural, sparsely populated, regions and urban areas. Privately run community telecenters, with payphones, computers, fax, and Internet access, if well planned and supported by government regulations can profitably bring vital services to rural areas. The World Bank, with local governments worldwide, has helped set-up and finance many pilot projects and ongoing operations. |
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Article no.: |
29 |
| Topic: |
Country Building with Leading Edge Technology |
| Author: |
His Excellency Dr Lee Boon Yang |
| Title: |
Minister |
| Organisation: |
Ministry of Information, Communications and Arts (MITA) |
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92KB |
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| Singapore, more than most countries has staked its future on leading-edge technologies. Its government aggressively promotes the development and use of technology and has outlined one of the world's most comprehensive industrial and technological policies to guide the country's development. The use of advanced ICTs in Singapore's households is one of the world's highest as is its 79% broadband cellular penetration. Singapore's Infocomm Technology Roadmap identifies emerging technologies, such as Ultra Wideband Technology, that are strategic for Singapore's infocomm industry. |
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