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Review of the ICT sector in Algeria

Review of the ICT sector in Algeria. Marie Fauchadour EUROQUALITY. Content. Brief review of the first draft of the Algerian Mapping Report (version of February 20, 2008): Main ICT private sector profiles. Geographical distribution of the ICT target players. Technology areas.

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Review of the ICT sector in Algeria

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  1. Review of the ICT sector in Algeria Marie Fauchadour EUROQUALITY

  2. Content • Brief review of the first draft of the Algerian Mapping Report (version of February 20, 2008): • Main ICT private sector profiles. • Geographical distribution of the ICT target players. • Technology areas. • Current and future trends. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  3. Methodolgy • Results based on: • D3.1 - Algerian Environmental Analysis Report. • Only 36 partially completed questionnaires out of about 200 questionnaires sent (mail shots and direct phone calls). • Available information / reports / sources. • Main conclusions of the first Expert panel meeting on February 26. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  4. Type of organisations • The main target group that already answered to the MAP IT! questionnaire are SMEs. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  5. Geographical map of target players • Mainly along the Mediterranean coast because of geographical reasons (South = Sahara). • Development in the capital cities of each region = current trend due to governmental incentives. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  6. Repartition of the ICT areas within the FP7 ICT challenges • Challenge 1 is representative of the current development and needs of the Algerian ICT sector. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  7. Key ICT areas • Important challenges: • Challenge 1, about “pervasive and trusted networks”, corresponds to the actual deployment of ICT in Algeria (i.e. IT services). • Challenge 4, about “digital libraries and content” could allow to extend the use of internet (i.e. increase of personnel and professional websites = creation of content and maintenance). • Challenge 7, about “independent living and inclusions”, is important to develop internet access in the most rural part of the country (i.e arabisation). MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  8. Business areas • IT services and software products development are the most active sectors in Algeria. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  9. Cooperation level • National and international cooperations are the most developed (mainly financial / commercial co-operations). MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  10. R&D priorities – current situation • Internet: • Since 1997, generalisation of internet access all over the country(covering about 12% of the population, 4M). • New technologies(i.e. WIFI, Wimax…) are available in the main cities. • Telecommunications: • Number of mobile subscribers increases(+237% over the 2003-2004 period; 16% of the population / 10% fixed lines). • A domestic satellite system for communications set up for remote areas in the Sahara. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  11. Future ICT trends • According to our first analysis, the development of IT services and access has for consequences: • to make fundamental the protection of data transmitted and infrastructures(i.e. FP7 ICT objectives 1.4 and 1.7). • to prioritise the development of intelligent content and semantic(i.e. FP7 ICT objective 2.4). MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

  12. Conclusion • This report is based on only 36 partially completed questionnaires what is clearly not enough. • The first Expert Panel Meeting concluded that the general view of the ICT sector in Algeria given in the Algerian Mapping report is good but data have to be updated. MAP-IT! 1st Periodic Review

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