Accelerating Social and Economic Infrastructure Development through Broadband

Infrastructure Asia Conference 15-17 April 2010; Jakarta, Indonesia Aurora A. Rubio Head, ITU Area Office for South East Asia Aurora.rubio@itu.int
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Agenda
ITU Overview Role of ICT/Broadband in

Development ITUs Build on Broadband Campaign PPP on Build on Broadband and Supporting Initiatives Conclusions
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ITU Overview
Founded in 1865 Leading UN Special Agency for ICTs HQs in Switzerland Three sectors (ITU-T, ITU-D, and ITU-R) 4 Regional Offices & 7 Area Offices 191 Member States; and 700 Sector Members

ITU-D
Established to help spread equitable, sustainable and affordable access to ICT.

ITU-T
ITUs standards-making efforts are its best-known and oldest activity.

ITU-R
Managing the international radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbit resources

ITU TELECOM
Brings together the top names from across the ICT industry & ministers and regulators for a major exhibition, a high-level forum & a host of other opportunities
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ITU Asia-Pacific Region

ITU Asia-Pacific

Regional Office for Asia and the

Pacific is in Bangkok, Thailand Area Office for South East Asia is in Jakarta, Indonesia The offices look after 37 Member States and 67 Sector Members
Low-Income States (10) LDCs (13) Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia Lao, PDR Maldives Nepal Myanmar Kiribati Samoa Solomon Is. Tuvalu Vanuatu Fiji Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru Tonga SIDS (11) PNG The Rest (9) Australia China/Hong Kong Iran Japan Malaysia New Zealand R.O. Korea Singapore Thailand
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D.P.R. Korea
India Indonesia Mongolia Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Vietnam [Timor Leste:non MS]*

Role of ICT/Broadband in Development

In the 21st century, affordable broadband access to the Internet is becoming as vital to social and economic development as networks like transport, water and power Dr Hamadoun Tour, ITU Secretary-General

UN MDG Goals : Role of ICT

Goal
MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Role of ICTs
ICTs provide increased access to market information and reduce
transaction costs for poor farmers and traders. Tele-work allows work from home and is the main source of income or additional source of income.

ICTs increase skills and productivity resulting in increased incomes

MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women MDG 4,5,6: Health

ICTs increase supply of trained teachers though ICT-enhanced

distance training

ICTs deliver educational and literacy programmes specifically

targeted to poor girls and women using appropriate technologies. Studies show females outnumber males in E-learning programmes.

ICTs increase access of rural care-givers to specialist support and

remote diagnosis. ICTs enhance delivery of basic and in-service training for health workers ICTs increase monitoring and information-sharing on disease and famine.

MDG 7: Ensure environmental stability

Remote sensing technologies and communication networks permit

more effective monitoring, resource management, and mitigation of environmental risks. Telework reduces pollution by removing the requirement of travelling from home to the workplace.
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Economic Development & ICT

Source: World Bank report 2009 Information and Communications for Development

Broadband: a key driver of economic growth I ICT investments can positively impact jobs, productivity, revenue growth and innovation.

Broadband: a key driver of economic growth II

Broadband and key economic sectors

Recent OECD Report urges governments to invest in high-speed national fibre networks to serve as the future delivery mechanism for a huge range of new and innovative public sector services. Despite the large initial capital investment needed* per household connected, National Broadband Networks can pay for themselves within 10 years, through dramatic savings in just 4 economic sectors:
Electricity Healthcare Road Transport Education

Cost savings across the four sectors of just 0.5%-1.5% would be sufficient to justify the cost of laying high-speed fibre-to-the-home via a national point-to-point network

*Typically USD 1,500 -2,500 per household Source: OECD Report (http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/dsti-iccpcisp%282009%292-final)

Broadband is growing.

At ever faster speeds

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Governments are stimulating broadband penetration

Australias National Broadband Plan

April 2009: Government commitment to establish a company to invest up to

Australian $43B over 8 years to build and operate NBN Objectives:

Connect 90% of homes, schools and workplaces with speeds up to 100 Mbps Connect other 10% with 12 Mbps wireless and satellite services Support up to 25,000 jobs every year over 8 years life of the project.

Singapores Next Generation NII

An open access NBN facilitated through government grants totaling SGD 1Billion Services to be made available nationwide by 2015 Network capable of symmetric services of at least 1Gbps per end-user
connection

Finlands Declaration on Broadband Internet

Access as a Legal Right
Starting in July 2010, telecommunication companies in Finland will be required
to provide all 5.2 million citizens with Internet connection that runs at speeds of at least 1 Mbps. The country is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster 100 Mbps for all by 2015.

and many more

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There are also challenges posed..

Broadband Divide

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Challenges posed.. ICT still expensive for developing countries

Fixed broadband remains to be the most expensive telecom service in developing countries, in comparison to fixed and mobile telephony

ICT Price Basket by region and by level of development, 2008-2009 Source: ITU

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ITUs Build on Broadband Campaign

In the 21st century, the social and economic development of every country on earth will depend on it.

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Build on Broadband Campaign

Everything else will follow... Build broadband networks and everything else will follow:
The ability to control and use energy more efficiently.

The ability to manage healthcare in poor, ageing or isolated populations.

The ability to deliver the best possible education to future generations.

The ability to take better care of our environment.

The ability to streamline transport networks.

And, crucially, the ability to help meet the Millennium Development Goals.

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Public Private Partnership on Build on Broadband and Supporting Initiatives

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Supporting Initiatives and Partnerships ITU Wireless Broadband Partnership

Designed to mobilize key stakeholders to finance and build wireless
broadband infrastructure; Deployment of wireless broadband infrastructure in 11 African countries together with industry and other partners.

Open to Partners

Connect a School, Connect a Community

Promote broadband Internet connectivity for schools which

potentially can serve as community ICT centers for disadvantaged groups Online toolkit of best practices,policy advice, training materials, application and tools Example of Partnership:

Bhutan: Partnership among ITU, OLPC, 50x15 Lab, UNICEF, Bhutans MoIC and MoE by providing 269 (OLPC + normal laptops) and training to promote digital inclusion for children and teachers in Bhutan Philippines and Bhutan: Development and delivery of ICT Training Tools to promote livelihood of rural women in partnership 17 with APWINC and Australian Government

Supporting Initiatives and Partnerships Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA)

In line with WSIS C 5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
Global Cybersecurity Agenda is an international framework for collaboration on cybersecurity matters addresses 5 main areas: 1. Legal Measures 2. Technical & Procedural Measures 3. Organizational Structure 4. Capacity Building

5. International Cooperation
Within GCA, ITU and IMPACT are pioneering the deployment of Solutions and services to address cyber-threats on a global scale

ITU-IMPACT Alliance Partners

Key intergovernmental organizations Industry and academia Leading cybersecurity training institutions

United Nations International Police Organization INTERPOL Etc.

Symantec Corporation Kaspersky Lab F-Secure Corporation Trend Micro Inc. Microsoft Corporation Cisco Systems Inc. Dell Inc. Etc.

The SANSTM Institute International Council of ECommerce Consultants (ECCouncil) The Honeynet Project (ISC)2 Inc.
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Supporting Initiatives and Partnerships

Child Online Protection (COP) COP is a global initiative created by ITU, as part of the Global Cybersecurity Agenda, aims to address cybersecurity holistically.
COP Objectives: Identify risks and vulnerabilities to children in cyberspace Create awareness Develop practical tools to help minimize risk Share knowledge and experience Child Online Protection (COP) Guidelines Guidelines for Children Guidelines for Parents, Guardians and Educators Guidelines for Industry Guidelines for Policy Makers
The Draft Guidelines can be found online at: www.itu.int/COP
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Call for Partners

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