Ashish Narayan, Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Pacific ---Connecting the Unconnected--- ITU initiatives “ENHANCING PACIFIC CONNECTIVITY” November 5, 2008 Ashish Narayan, Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Agenda ITU “Vision and Strategy” ITU Development Programs and Pacific ITU Pacific Activities and Projects Proposals and Partnership

Emergency Communication Global Cybersecurity Agenda 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 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 Widen the Union's membership – especially from the industry Develop tools to safeguard networks Continue to improve efficiency and effectiveness Disseminate information and know-how of ICT Promote the development of an enabling environment   Emergency Communication Connect the World ITU Initiatives Global Cybersecurity Agenda Capacity Building Enabling Environment Climate Change

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 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 Seminars & Workshops Direct Country Assistances Through PPP Human Capacity Building Trainings / Fellowships Special Initiatives Gender; Children and Youth; Indigenous peoples and communities; Persons with disabilities; Communities living in Remote/Underserved areas Deployment of Infrastructure Regional Initiatives One of the five Asia Pacific Regional Initiatives focuses on the Pacific

International Connectivity 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 I also would like to draw your attention and active participation at the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence, which will be revitalized and set up in five main areas such as: Iran for spectrum monitoring, Pakistan for policy and regulation, Thailand for business management, Republic of Korea for technology awareness, and Malaysia for rural ICT development. These will be implemented in close collaboration between the Centres and other ITU State and Sector Members in our region from this year onwards. Also, our new Director of Standardization Sector agreed to utilize the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellences for the training on standardizations in this region – i.e., this will be truly one way of close collaborations between ITU-T and ITU-D Sector. Regulation

National and 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

Mobile Technology Trend Present Status in Pacific

ITU Pacific Activities [2007] Policy-Regulation APT/ITU/PITA Joint Regulatory Forum, Fiji (2006) Workshops APT/ITU/PITA workshop on “Principles of Cyber Legislation”, NZ Kiribati (Licensing, Internet Exchange) Papua New Guinea (Numbering, Interconnection) Marshall Islands (e-Governance) Direct Assistances Rural/outer island Communication Development in Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru Multi-purpose Community Telecentres establishment in Solomon Islands, Samoa Concentrated Assistance to SIDS I also would like to draw your attention and active participation at the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence, which will be revitalized and set up in five main areas such as: Iran for spectrum monitoring, Pakistan for policy and regulation, Thailand for business management, Republic of Korea for technology awareness, and Malaysia for rural ICT development. These will be implemented in close collaboration between the Centres and other ITU State and Sector Members in our region from this year onwards. Also, our new Director of Standardization Sector agreed to utilize the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellences for the training on standardizations in this region – i.e., this will be truly one way of close collaborations between ITU-T and ITU-D Sector. Spectrum, Regulation, Human Resources, Disaster Communication etc. Capacity Building ITU works closely with partners such as PITA, PIFS, APT, SPC, The World Bank, UNESCAP for effective delivery

ITU Pacific Activities [2008] Policy-Regulation Regional Workshop on Cybersecurity Workshops ITU/APT/PITA Regional Forum on Next Generation Telecommunications in the Pacific Kiribati (Cost Modeling) Papua New Guinea (Numbering, Interconnection) Samoa (Spectrum Management) Vanuatu (Spectrum Management) Direct Assistances Concentrated Assistance to SIDS Rural/outer island Communication Development in Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru I also would like to draw your attention and active participation at the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence, which will be revitalized and set up in five main areas such as: Iran for spectrum monitoring, Pakistan for policy and regulation, Thailand for business management, Republic of Korea for technology awareness, and Malaysia for rural ICT development. These will be implemented in close collaboration between the Centres and other ITU State and Sector Members in our region from this year onwards. Also, our new Director of Standardization Sector agreed to utilize the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellences for the training on standardizations in this region – i.e., this will be truly one way of close collaborations between ITU-T and ITU-D Sector. Capacity Building NGN, Human Resources, CoE Courses ITU works closely with partners such as PITA, PIFS, APT, SPC, The World Bank, UNESCAP for effective delivery

ICT Development (Malaysia) 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. I also would like to draw your attention and active participation at the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence, which will be revitalized and set up in five main areas such as: Iran for spectrum monitoring, Pakistan for policy and regulation, Thailand for business management, Republic of Korea for technology awareness, and Malaysia for rural ICT development. These will be implemented in close collaboration between the Centres and other ITU State and Sector Members in our region from this year onwards. Also, our new Director of Standardization Sector agreed to utilize the Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellences for the training on standardizations in this region – i.e., this will be truly one way of close collaborations between ITU-T and ITU-D Sector.

ITU Key Partnership Projects in the Pacific Government of Australia Policy & Regulatory Assistance in Asia and the Pacific (2008/09) ICT Policy & Regulatory Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region and addressing the unique ICT needs of the Pacific Island Countries (2007/08) Telecommunication/ICT Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region (2006/08) Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Management Assistance for the Establishment of Sector Governance in Telecommunications in East Timor European Commission Capacity Building and ICT Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks Support for Pacific Island States Andorra Rural/outer island communication development in Tonga, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Nauru

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.

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

Thank You Recognizing the success from the Connect Africa Summit in 2007, The Connect Asia-Pacific Summit is envisaged to be organized in 2008 to showcase ICT development projects through PPP with potential partners and donors. The Summit would provide an excellent networking platform for leaders from Asia and the Pacific from the public, private and financial sectors to meet and forge new partnerships for the future.