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Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited. The ICT Revolution. Some Facts. By end 2004: 1.8b mobile, 1.2b fixed lines, 0.84b Internet users By end 2005: 0.216b broadband via fixed line, 0.060b via mobile Predicted in 2008: half the world will have a mobile
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Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited The ICT Revolution
Some Facts • By end 2004: 1.8b mobile, 1.2b fixed lines, 0.84b Internet users • By end 2005: 0.216b broadband via fixed line, 0.060b via mobile • Predicted in 2008: half the world will have a mobile • Today: Consumption of digital media by under 55 exceeds traditional TV, radio & newspaper ‘You want to know the difference ICTs have made? Try to live without them.’
Deloitte Touche USA Survey 2007 • 36% of respondents view cell phone as entertainment device • Camera, text messaging and games rank highest on applications consumers most want on phones • There is a demand for accessing content on the go • Half of US media consumers are creating content online – websites, photos albums, blogs
Customers are driving Convergence, Convenience and Mobility My PC with multimedia Desk IP phone Main office My desk Hotel Wi-Fi Public hot spots Head Office On The Move Home
ICT Policy • ICT can: • Stimulate economies through heightened use • Empower our people and communities • Enhance quality of life • Governments have agreed to UN Millennium Development Goals – ensue benefits of new technology is available to all • World Summit on the Information Society – ten goals to connect the unconnected by 2015 • Connect the World, Connect the Caribbean
Policy and regulatory framework must facilitate efficient investment • To regulate or not to regulate? • NGN regulation • VoIP • net neutrality • broadband access rules • convergence • Policy and regulation must balance the needs of consumer and allow investors a fair return on investment.…..
Regulation in small economies • small economies have specific economic and public policy needs • Regulation is a cost to consumers • Policy makers must avoid attraction of ‘don’t reinvent the wheel approach’ • Review approaches taken by other jurisdictions but conduct your own market assessment • Is there a market failure • Cost benefit analysis • Consultation with providers is important • Objective: • Level playing field • Technology neutral
World Summit on the Information Society Goals • Connect villages with ICT and establish community access points • Connect universities, colleges, secondary and primary • Connect scientific and research centres with ICT • Connect public libraries, cultural centres, museums, post offices and archives with ICT • Connect health centres and hospitals with ICT • Connect all local and central government departments and establish websites and email addresses
World Summit on the Information Society Goals • Adapt all primary and secondary school curricula to meet the challenges of the Information Society, taking into account national circumstances • Ensure that all of the world's population have access to television and radio services • Encourage the development of content and to put in place technical conditions in order to facilitate the presence and use of all world languages on the Internet • Ensure that more than half the world’s inhabitants have access to ICTs within their reach
Key Actions to achieve Goals and derive benefits of ICT • Governments must focus on consumer usage • Develop: • Universal Service policies and funds • Policies and strategies to stimulate usage by citizens at all levels – schools, entrepreneurs, businesses, seniors, challenged • Lead with e government initiatives • Connect the Caribbean is a powerful vehicle for collaboration • Act now…..2015 is around the corner