Regional Development Forum 2008
“Bridging the Standardization Gap in Developing Countries”
Brasilia, Brazil, 19-20 May 2008
Overview by CITEL of the digital
divide and strategies for its
reduction
Clovis Baptista,
Executive Secretary
Inter-American Telecommunication
Commission
Brasilia, Brazil, 19-20 May
2008
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Outline
Introduction to CITEL organization
Digital Divide in the Americas
CITEL priority issues
What has been done regarding standards?
Strategies to increase connectivity and
telecommunication development
2008 calendar
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What is CITEL?
• Advisory organization of the Organization of
American States (OAS), specialized in
telecommunications
• Principal forum in the Hemisphere where
governments and the private sector meet to work
together and to achieve common objectives in
the telecommunication area
• Composed of the OAS Member States and
Associate Members of each of the Permanent
Consultative Committees of CITEL
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CITEL Structure
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PCC.I structure
Permanent Consultative
Committee I:
Telecommunications
Working Group on
Technology
Working Group on
Policy and
Regulatory
Considerations
Working Group on
Network Operation
and Service
Provisioning
Working Group on
Development
Rapporteur Group on
Standards Coordination
Rapporteur Group on issues
relative to Internet resources
Rapporteur Group on the
Impact of New Services
Rapporteur Group for
developing ICTs in areas and
groups with unattended
needs or with specific issues
Rapporteur Group on
Network Infrastructure
Rapporteur Group on
Telecommunications
Economic Aspects
Rapporteur Group on
Interconnection and
Interoperability of Networks
Rapporteur group on
scientific and technological
research and technology
transfer
Rapporteur Group on
Advanced Services
Rapporteur Group on
Cybersecurity & Critical
Infrastructure
Rapporteur Group on Fraud
Control in
Telecommunication Services
Rapporteur Group on the use
of Telecommunications for
Disaster Relief and
Prevention
Rapporteur Group on Mutual
Recognition Agreements and
Conformity Assessment
Procedures
Rapporteur Group on
Numbering and Addressing
Rapporteur Group on
Convergence
Rapporteur Group for the
Preparation of WTSA and
WCIT
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PCC.II structure
Permanent Consultative
Committee II:
Radiocommunications
including Broadcasting
Rapporteur Group on the
Technical and Regulatory
Aspects Related to the
Effects of Electromagnetic
Non-Ionizing Emissions
Working Group for the
Preparation of CITEL for
Regional and World
Radiocommunication
Conferences
Working Group on
Terrestrial Fixed and
Mobile
Radiocommunication
Services
Working Group Relative to
Satellite Systems to
Provide Fixed and Mobile
Services
Working Group on
Broadcasting
Subworking Group for the
purpose of boosting the
participation of the
Administrations in the
process of preparing IAPs
Sub Working Group on of
ITU-R Working Party 8F (WP
8F) on IMT-2000
Sub Working Group to
Develop Common
Procedures and Guidelines
for Block or Generic Earth
Station Licensing
Rapporteur Group on the Río
de Janeiro 1981 Plan
Sub Working Group in Ultra
Wide Band (UWB)
Sub Working Group relative
to earth stations on board
vessels (ESV) operations
Rapporteur Group on DTV
Sub Working Group in Radar
and Radionavigation
Sub Working Group to
develop general guidelines
for the licensing of GMPCS
services
Rapporteur Group on digital
audio broadcasting
Sub Working Group on
Harmful Interference to
Satellite Systems
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Digital divide in the Americas (1)
Main telephone lines - 2006
Rate of fixed
telephony penetration
rose from 1995 to
2006 till 23%.
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41,19
32,58
31,75
30,72
29,40
28,31
24,87
24,17
20,54
20,20
14,81
13,07
12,32
15,49
14,66
12,03
9,62
10,49
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18,03
18,33
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In 2002, mobile
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Total mobile cellular and fixed telephones per 100 inhabitants in the
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Digital divide in the Americas (2)
Great expansion of the Internet since the mid1990s, achieving in 2006 penetration of nearly
23.4 % in Latin American countries
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Presence of computer in the household and Internet access,
per 100 inhabitants
60
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Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants - 2006
Computers per 100 inhabitants - 2005
Internet users per 100 inhabitants - 2006
Broadband subscribers in 2006: 80.2 million
United States
Canada
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Other
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The digital divide in the Americas (3)
The DIGITAL DIVIDE IN CITEL
ICT Opportunity Index by averages
The ICT
Opportunity
Index identifies
the digital
divide.
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Helps to
understand how
this gap has
developed since
the beginning
of this century.
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
HIGH AVERAGE
182.66
196.67
238.46
267.93
292.70
UPPER AVERAGE
110.49
129.33
143.12
152.49
165.93
Reference country
100.00
109.41
121.18
133.41
146.25
MIDDLE AVERAGE
87.42
92.74
99.64
110.57
123.11
LOWER AVERAGE
58.91
64.07
68.81
75.01
79.25
YEAR
Obtained on the
basis of 10
indicators.
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What can be done to
bridge the digital divide?
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CITEL priority topics
Next generation network (NGN)
IMS
VoIP
Number portability
IPv6
Universal service/access
IPTV
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
RFID technology and sensor/monitoring networks
Digital Broadcasting
ICT applications
Telehealth
Cyber government
E-learning
Cybersecurity
Broadband access
Spectrum harmonization
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What has been done in
standards?
Standards coordination documents
Seminars and Workshops on
priority issues
Provides an overview of new
technologies and its
implementation such as NGN,
roaming, VoIP, IPTV,
cybersecurity and general
regulation
Promotes the participation of
policy makers, regulators,
manufacturers, operators and
service providers.
Development of Technical
Notebooks and Guidelines
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Strategies to increase connectivity and
telecommunication development
Guarantee universal accessibility to telecommunication services.
Promote among the member states exchange of experiences about
telecommunications policy and regulatory aspects.
Study the development of next-generation services, especially
supported by IP and their impact on the Region of the Americas.
Examine the security aspects of communication, government, and
nongovernmental networks.
Modify education systems so that citizens can be effectively
integrated into the Information Society (IS).
Establish and decisively support programs to install telecenters,
supported by the provision of useful applications.
Increase efforts to have preparedness plans to effectively tackle
emergencies caused by natural disasters.
Monitor the progress of cybergovernment or digital government
programs.
Motivate the countries to introduce new technologies into theInternational
region
Telecommunication
in line with access and universal service, including the consideration
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of initiatives for bringing down the prices of computers.
2008 Calendar
Meeting
Date
Joint CITEL/IDB (IIRSA) Workshop on International
Roaming
11 March 2008 (Washington, D.C., USA)
XII PCC.I
12 - 14 March 2008 (Washington, D.C.,
USA)
Joint event between the ITU and CITEL to promote the
association between the Member States and the private
sector
21 April 2008 – OAS headquarters
(Washington, D.C., USA)
XI CCP.II
22 - 25 April 2008 – OAS headquarters
(Washington, DC, USA)
Meeting of the Rapporteur Group for the Preparation of
the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly
(WTSA)
23 May 2008 (Brasilia, Brazil)
XIII Steering Committee (STE)
16 July 2008
Workshops on fraud in telecommunication services by
electronic means
To be confirmed
Sixth Workshop on fraud in telecommunication services
5 August 2008
XII PCC.II
16 - 19 September 2008
Meeting of the Rapporteur Group for the Preparation of
WTSA
21 - 30 October 2008
XXII Working Group on the Preparation of ITU Council
Meetings
11 November and during the ITU Council
XX COM/CITEL
2 - 4 December 2008 (San José, Costa Rica)
XXIII Working Group on the Preparation of ITU Council
Meetings
2 - 4 December 2008 (San José, Costa Rica)
XV Meeting of the Conference Preparatory Group
International
2 - 4 December 2008 (San José, Telecommunication
Costa Rica)
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Conclusion
All governments, to some extent, have included in the
framework of their development policies on the aspects listed
before. However, current efforts are not enough to
immediately meet existing needs so as to guarantee the
region’s development and its integration into the globalized
world of Information Society, without the lags, if any, that
might prevent it from benefiting from the opportunities that
are now emerging.
Collaboration is fundamental to avoid duplication of efforts
and incompatible implementations.
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Thank you very much for your
attention
Clovis Baptista
Executive Secretary of CITEL
E-mail: cbaptista@oas.org
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