ITU Regional Development Standardization
Forum on "Bridging the ICT standardization
gap in developing countries“
Activities of the ITU-D on ICT
Accra, Ghana, 26-30 May 2008
Désiré Karyabwite
IP Coordinator, TND
ITU-BDT
E-mail: desire.karyabwite@itu.int
ITU in the Information Society
5 regional
offices, 8
area offices
HQ in
Geneva,
Moscow Switzerland
Geneva
Cairo
Bridgetown
Tegucigalpa Dakar
Yaoun
Addis Bangk
Brasilia Ababa ok
de Jakarta
Santiago Harar
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Regional Office
Area Office
Our Framework – An Action Plan of 6
Programmes
Regulatory Reform
Information and communication infrastructure and
technology development
E-strategies and ICT applications
Economics and finance including costs and tariffs
Human capacity building
Least developed countries and small island developing
states, and emergency telecommunications
Cross-Cutting Initiatives
Activities
Statistics and information on telecommunications/ICT
Partnerships and promotion
Special initiatives
Private Sector
Gender
Young people and children
Indigenous people and communities
People with disabilities
Regional initiatives
Africa / Americas / Arab Region /
Asia-Pacific / CIS
WSIS Implementation
WSIS Action Lines
Priority Areas
Enabling Environment for ICT investment
(Regulatory and policy harmonization, training,toolkit, best practices,
global symposia)
ICT Infrastructure/Access
(Rural connectivity, regional interconnectivity, Tele-centres, village
phone/shared access, Low cost connectivity, shared infrastructure
ICT Applications and Cybersecurity
(E-government, cybersecurity, e-health, e-education)
Capacity Building
(Centres of Excellence, Internet Training Centres,
Scholarships, internships, employability)
Emergency telecommunications(Standards, network
rehabilitation, frequency allocation, collaboration for rapid deployment
of equipment etc.)
Key Development Issues
Percentage of households with ICTs, latest
available data, Africa
Mobile ARPU, US$, Africa in comparison
with India
Price basket for Internet (US$ per
month), 2006
Status of VoIP, Africa, 2007
Bringing the benefits of ICTs to the
population
Bringing the benefits of ICTs to the
population
Secure e-mail: Security
features like digital
signatures and
encryption.
E-Mandate: Through the
use of Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI)
technologies, a secure
tool for the processing of
postal mandates via
Internet in post offices
Training
Bringing the benefits of ICTs to the
population
Public Internet Access: equip and
connect to Internet 16 sites, of which
5 are located in Bishkek and 11 are
located in provinces.
E-Government web portal: provide
information from the government in a
systematic and structured way to the
citizens of the Republic
E-Agriculture: - Enable rural farmers
in Madaniyat to have access to
information on the price of their
produce- Vital information on
agriculture to the rural population.
Bringing the benefits of ICTs to the
population: connecting schools
Broadband brings changes: broadband
pricing in Africa, 2007, US
Broadband brings changes
Wireless connectivity
Pre-WiMax solutions
Wi-Max (IEEE 802.16e, mobility)
Range: theoretically 50 km, in practice 15 km
Bandwidth: theoretically 80 Mbps, in practice 20 Mbps
(within the cell)
CDMA 2000: 1xEVDO
Range: theoretically 30 km, in practice 10 km
Bandwidth: theoretically 2 Mbps, in practice < 2 Mbps
Wireless Broadband Urban Connectivity
Wireless Broadband in Rural Areas
Conclusions
Challenges :
- Internet Backbones and –(QoS)
- Financial $$$ (Internet Only or Internet + Voice +
Mobility)
Core network: Designing
Appropriate International Bandwidth
Transport (OF-DWDM)
Access Strategies: Internet Access, Pre-WiMax,
WiMax - (Interoperability and mobility?)
Broadband Licensing
Connecting the World by 2012
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
desire.karyabwite@itu.int
IP Coordinator, TND-BDT
Tel: +41 22 730 5009
Fax: +41 22 730 5484
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/