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Pacific
---Connecting the Unconnected--ITU initiatives
“ENHANCING PACIFIC CONNECTIVITY”
November 5, 2008
Ashish Narayan,
Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
International
Telecommunication
Union
Agenda
 ITU “Vision and Strategy”
 ITU Development Programs and Pacific
 ITU Pacific Activities and Projects
 Proposals and Partnership
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ITU Vision & Strategic Plan 2008 -2011
Vision: By connecting the world and fulfilling everyone’s fundamental right to
communicate, we strive to make the world a better and safer place.
ITU Initiatives
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Maintain and extend international, regional,
sub-regional cooperation
Assist in bridging the digital divide and
promote global connectivity through
implementation of WSIS goals and objectives
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Widen the Union's membership – especially
from the industry
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Develop tools to safeguard networks
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Continue to improve efficiency and
effectiveness
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Disseminate information and know-how of ICT
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Emergency
Communication
Promote the development of an enabling
environment
Connect the World
ITU
Initiatives
Global
Cybersecurity
Agenda
Capacity Building
Enabling
Environment
Climate Change
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ITU Development Programs and Pacific
World Telecommunication Development Conference 2006 - Doha
Six Major Development Programs
Delivery Mechanisms
Program 1: Regulatory reform
Program 2:Technologies and telecom/ICT network
development - Infrastructure
Seminars &
Workshops
Program 3: E-strategies and ICT applications
Program 4: Economics & finance
Program 5: Human Resource Development
Program 6: Least Developed Countries, Small Island
Developing States (SIDS), and Emergency
Telecommunications
Special Initiatives
Gender;
Children and Youth;
Indigenous peoples and communities;
Persons with disabilities;
Communities living in Remote/Underserved areas
Regional Initiatives
One of the five Asia Pacific Regional Initiatives
focuses on the Pacific
Direct Country
Assistances
Through
PPP
Human Capacity
Building
Trainings /
Fellowships
Deployment of
Infrastructure
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Pacific Connectivity
Delivery of secure, reliable and
affordable ICT Services to all
requires
International
Connectivity
National
Connectivity
Affordability
together with the following enablers
Policy
Legislation
Capacity
Building
Content
Cybersecurity
Emergency
Communication
Regulation
International
Telecommunication
Union
National and International Connectivity
 International Connectivity
 Submarine Cable vis-à-vis Satellite
 Creating the right enablers to finance affordable connectivity
 International connectivity needs to be aligned with
national connectivity
 Most of the recent telecommunications growth in the Pacific Island
countries has been experienced on narrowband networks
 For Broadband services, existing networks (fixed and mobile) would
need to be upgraded for smooth migration to the Next Generation
Networks (NGN)
 On fixed side, most of the broadband is provided using DSL, Cable TV or
Fibre To The Home (FTTH)
 Appropriate policies and regulation are necessary
 to drive the demand (which would reduce the cost) through promoting ICT
content and services
 to encourage network penetration in remote areas through network roll out.
A number of regulatory enablers including licensing, spectrum, Universal
Service policies are necessary for the purpose
 to enable community access to ICT services using various means including
Multipurpose Community Telecentres
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Mobile Technology Trend
Present
Status in
Pacific
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ITU Pacific Activities [2007]
Policy-Regulation
• APT/ITU/PITA Joint Regulatory Forum, Fiji (2006)
Workshops
Direct
Assistances
Concentrated
Assistance to SIDS
Capacity Building
• APT/ITU/PITA workshop on “Principles of Cyber
Legislation”, NZ
• Kiribati (Licensing, Internet Exchange)
• Papua New Guinea (Numbering, Interconnection)
• Marshall Islands (e-Governance)
• Rural/outer island Communication Development in
Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru
• Multi-purpose Community Telecentres establishment in
Solomon Islands, Samoa
Spectrum, Regulation, Human Resources, Disaster
Communication etc.
ITU works closely with partners such as PITA, PIFS,
APT, SPC, The World Bank, UNESCAP for effective
delivery
International
Telecommunication
Union
ITU Pacific Activities [2008]
Policy-Regulation
• Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity
Workshops
Direct
Assistances
Concentrated
Assistance to SIDS
Capacity Building
• ITU/APT/PITA Regional Forum on Next Generation
Telecommunications in the Pacific
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Kiribati (Cost Modeling)
Papua New Guinea (Numbering, Interconnection)
Samoa (Spectrum Management)
Vanuatu (Spectrum Management)
• Rural/outer island Communication Development in
Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru
• NGN, Human Resources, CoE Courses
ITU works closely with partners such as PITA, PIFS,
APT, SPC, The World Bank, UNESCAP for effective
delivery
International
Telecommunication
Union
ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Capacity Building
Spectrum
Management
(Iran)
Policy
&
Regulation
(Pakistan)
Business
Management
(Thailand)
Technology
Awareness
(Rep. of
Korea)
Rural
ICT
Development
(Malaysia)
A number of Pacific
Island Countries use
the Asia Pacific CoE
network for their
training needs.
The trainings are now
being further
extended to the
Pacific in partnership
with PITA.
ITU EC Project on
capacity building to
start soon.
International
Telecommunication
Union
ITU Key Partnership Projects in the Pacific
Government of Australia
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Policy & Regulatory Assistance in Asia and the Pacific (2008/09)
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ICT Policy & Regulatory Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region and addressing the
unique ICT needs of the Pacific Island Countries (2007/08)
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Telecommunication/ICT Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region (2006/08)
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Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Management
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Assistance for the Establishment of Sector Governance in Telecommunications in East
Timor
European Commission
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Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for
Pacific Island States
Andorra
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Rural/outer island communication development in Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua
New Guinea and Nauru
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Pacific ICT Minister’s FORUM
ITU “PACIFIC ICT MINISTER’S FORUM on Connecting the Unconnected”
from 17 -20 Feb 2009 will be hosted by the Kingdom of Tonga and in
joint organization with partners.
The Forum aims to lay down the action plans that would “connect the
unconnected and all the Islands in the Pacific with affordable, ubiquitous,
reliable and secure access by 2015” through:
 Technology enabler: including optical fibre networks, satellite
communications, wireless broadband technologies, adaptive mobile
communications, and NGN;
 Policy & regulation enabler: facilitating international and domestic
connectivity and enabling market environment;
 Human capacity building: ensuring human capacity to maintain,
operate, and develop networks, services and content.
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Proposals for Partnerships
ITU invites partners to work together towards this common
goal for “Connecting the Unconnected in the Pacific” on
collaborative and constructive manners in the following
areas.
 Project investments for Pacific Connectivity i.e. domestic and
international connectivity through various technology options
 Human capacity building for policy makers, telecom regulators,
operators, and users
 ICT service, application, and content development
 Safeguarding networks and people through effective Cybersecurity
and emergency communications initiatives including climate change
adaptation
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Thank You
International
Telecommunication
Union