ITU
Development Symposium
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Geneva, Switzerland
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IDA
Leading the Infocomm Revolution
Presented by
Mr Leong Keng Thai
Deputy CEO and Director General (Telecoms)
Wednesday, November 22, 2000
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As We Rush Headlong into the
Digital Economy...
• It’s a converged new world
• Rapid development of information technology
• Consolidation and globalisation of markets
• Sophisticated and demanding customer base
• Our new focus
• Facilitating innovation by private sector
• Leveling playing field to ensure fair competition
• Removing barriers to trade
• Protecting consumer interests
8Need for consistent regulatory
strategy for converged industry
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Creation of IDA
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Rationale for Merger
Computing
Content
Communications
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Our Role
Helping people see possibilities
and live into those possibilities
We are an organisation focused on
developing, promoting, and regulating infocommunications in Singapore.
Our mission is to spearhead Singapore’s
drive to be a vital global infocommunications hub, catalysing Singapore’s
transformation into a knowledge-based
digital economy and society, in order to
realise the benefits of the digital future
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Facilitation through creating a
conducive regulatory environment
Global Infocomm Hub
Infocomm-savvy Society
Infocomm-ready
Infrastructure
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Conducive
Regulatory
Environment
Infocomm-enabled
Business
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Liberalisation of the
Telecommunications Market
Infocomm Development
• Telecoms industry has undergone dramatic
change, much faster than anticipated
– Convergence between IT, telecoms and broadcasting
• Access to the digital economy dependant on
telecommunications growth
• Competition in telecommunications accelerates
the pace of infocomm development
– Many players, roll-out of new infrastructure, wide range
of innovative infocomm services
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Infocomm Development
Liberalisation of the
Telecommunications Market
• More than 130 telecom licences issued/expanded
• More than S$3 billion in additional investment
• More than 2,500 jobs created
• Global connectivity increased dramatically
• more than 15 terabites per second
• Fall in IDD rates
• Increase in internet penetration
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Regulatory framework:
Where We Are Now
• Legislation
• Electronic Transactions
Act & Regulations
• Computer Misuse Act
• Copyright Act
• Evidence Act
• Self-Regulation
• Internet Code of
Practice
• E-commerce Code for
Protection of Personal
Information
• Guidelines for IASPs
on Scanning
• Code of Practice for
Infocomm Facilities in
Buildings
• Telecommunications
Competition Code of
Practice
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Regulatory Framework:
Going Forward
• Legislation
• Fine tuning existing laws
-- ETA, CMA, Copyright
Act, etc.
• Review fraud and
consumer issues
• Self-Regulation
• Model code for data
protection and privacy
• Working with industry
partners on “trust
marks”
• Others
• Streamlining content
control and censorship
issues
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Regulatory framework:
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Thank you
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