1. Dr Edmond Mansoor Minister of State Office of the Prime Minister Antigua & Barbuda CANTO 24 th Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition 14 th July, 2008 Bahamas

2. Community Technology Program (CTP) E-Learning Advantage Mobile IT Class-rooms Community Technology Officers Education Max Advantage Technology for the Physically and Visually Challenged Multi-Lingual Studies Program Community Computer Access Centers

3. Promoting Computer Literacy Bridging the Digital Divide Connecting Antigua & Barbuda to the World CONNECT ANTIGUA & BARBUDA INITIATIVE

4. Mobile Information Technology Classrooms Each Mobile IT Classroom can be serviced with up to10 megs of broadband 17 touch screen tablet PCs with feather weight keyboards

5. 2012 GOAL A personal computer (PC) and high-speed Internet (broadband) in every home in Antigua and Barbuda by the year 2012

6. 3 Submarine Fibre Optic Cable Systems Fiber Optic Cable Landing, Dickenson Bay, Antigua 10 Gigabit – December, 2006

7. High speed wireless Internet and advanced cellular technology is widely available from both the public and private sectors Modern Telecommunications Systems

8. 4 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Cable & Wireless (Antigua) Ltd Antigua Computer Technology Ltd (ACT) Antigua & Barbuda Public Utilities Authority (APUA i-Net) Maricom (services the high-end yachting industry) ISP licenses already awarded to Karib Cable, CTV, and Antilles Communications – not yet operational 3 GSM Mobile Providers Digicel – (GPRS) Cable & Wireless (Antigua) Ltd – (GPRS) Antigua & Barbuda Public Utilities Authority (APUA–PCS)

9. Wi-Max broadband by Cable & Wireless - minimum of 1 megabyte to homes Wi-Fi and Wi-Max mesh network by Antigua Computer Technology Ltd - island-wide coverage ADSL Network by APUA i-Net Mobile Penetration rate greater than 125%

10. Mobile internet is already available in Antigua and is being used by many to access the Internet via their handsets The “Ruckus”

11. New Data Centres for Government 2 Data Centres – fully operational 2009 – 3 rd Centre to be commissioned

12. IT Infrastructure Support Provided e-government - CASE (full automation of Customs) - Landfolio (digitized cadastral survey) - Civil Registry (births, deaths and marriages) - e-visas - e-legislation (all government laws on-line) - e-forms e-mail e-commerce e-businesse-Carnival e-EVERYTHING

13. Computerized Border Control

15. Community Technology Program (CTP) E-Learning Advantage Mobile IT Class-rooms Community Technology Officers Education Max Advantage Technology for the Physically and Visually Challenged Multi-Lingual Studies Program Community Computer Access Centers