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Belarusian Internet & Belarusian Business : Extremely Short Overview Yury Zisser

Belarusian Internet & Belarusian Business : Extremely Short Overview Yury Zisser Founder and Chairman of TUT.BY Belarusian Portal, Deputy Chairman of Belinfocom, Association of IT & Telecom Enterprises. 4.14M internet use rs ( 51% of population) of age 15+. 66% broadband

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Belarusian Internet & Belarusian Business : Extremely Short Overview Yury Zisser

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  1. Belarusian Internet & Belarusian Business : Extremely Short Overview Yury Zisser Founder and Chairman of TUT.BY Belarusian Portal, Deputy Chairman of Belinfocom,Association of IT & Telecom Enterprises

  2. 4.14M internet users (51% of population) of age 15+. 66% broadband • External Internet channels 200 Gbit/s (1.8 Gbit/s in 2006) • 10.7M mobile users (penetr. 113%). 1.8M users of mob. Internet • Broadband: $2/mo+, flatrates $7/mo (1 Mbit) to 39$/mo (20 Mbit) • UN e-gov report: telecom infrastructure index 48th of 106

  3. Lithuania Internet: 68% UN: 38 & 29 Latvia Internet: 66% UN: 47 & 42 Russia Internet: 46% UN: 30 & 27 Poland Internet: 54% UN: 50 & 47 Ukraine Internet: 33% UN: 79 & 68 Belarus Internet penetration: 51% UN telecom index: 48 UN e-gov readiness index: 61 DATA: UN`2012, Gemius`2011

  4. Top Websites by Coverage of Belarusian Users Only 20 local sites in TOP-50, 8 of them are media GEMIUS FUSION, DEC`2011

  5. Yet Again: Belarus is an Internet Enemy • International internet channels are state-monopolized • Blacklist of sites blocked in governmental, educational and cultural institutions • HTTPS protocol and some sites blocked during presidential elections in Dec 2010 • KGB forced to erase VKontaktesoc.net. group devoted to actions of silent protests • False rumors on “penalties for visiting foreign sites since Jan 6, 2012”

  6. Hi-tech park: State Preferences To Software Development Since 2005: 100+ enterprises, 12,000+ workers, minimum taxes ICT export $215M in 2011 Average ICT-salary ~$1,000/month (country average $342 in Dec 2011) AS OF JANUARY-FEBRUARY`2012

  7. EPAM Systems Listed on NYSE Since Feb 8, 2012Software Development Outsourcing Shares bullish from $12 to $16.8 Revenue $240M USD, market capitalization $700M Employees 7,000+ globally including 3,000 in Belarus SHARES INFO AS OF MARCH, 16, 2012; EMPLOYEE NUMBERS – END OF 2011

  8. EU Economic Sanctions(red – current, pink – proposed)Really economy is sponsored by Putin’s Russia TOP-200 businessmen in Belarus (EJ.by)

  9. The Most Significant Doing Business Obstacles in 2011 • National currency devaluation by 2.6 in 2011, inflation 109% (Minstat) • Legal import was paralyzed since March till September 2011

  10. Since 2005, Paying Taxes is Becoming Easier DATA: Doing Business

  11. Ease of Doing Business in Belarus

  12. Small Business by Economy Sectors in 2010, %

  13. “In your opinion, in what areas/business regulatory authorities there is the largest number of bribing and corruption?”, % (2010)

  14. Foreign Direct Investment, Net Inflows (% of GDP) Data: World Bank

  15. Gross Domestic Product 1990-2010 Data: World Bank

  16. GDP per Capita (USD) Data: World Bank

  17. Average Salary in Belarus (USD) Sources: National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (via Mojazarplata.by), Naviny.by, TUT.BY

  18. Structure of Personal Income Private sector of economy: 2000-15-20%, 2011-30% (est.) Data:BELSTAT

  19. Thank you!QuestionsYury Zissere-mail: zisser@tutby.comblog: www.zisser.byskype: zisser.bytwitter: @yzisser facebook: Yury ZisserRead Belarusian news : www.tut.by

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