2. CABASE Oscar A. Messano FTAAALCA Joint Committe of Government and Private Sector Experts on Electronic Commerce October 2001 Público FTAA.ecom/inf/109 25 de octubre de 2001 Original: español

3. CABASE Oscar A. Messano 132 Associates Carriers, Content Providers, ISPs, ASPs The first non-corporate private NAP in the Americas Handles approx. 90% of Argentina’s domestic traffic. CABASE FOUNDED IN 1989

4. CABASE Oscar A. Messano STUDY ON CABASE SEPTEMBER 2001

5. CABASE Oscar A. Messano ABACONET ADVANCE AOL ARNETCABLENETCITYNETCOM4 COMSATCSCOM DATACOOP EASYMAIL ESCAPE FIBERTEL GLOBAL ONEONE NET PRIMA DATAMARKETS PSINET PUNTO AR RACCECOM INTERNET RCC REDYNET SES SISTEMAS ELECTRÓNICOS SINECTISSION TECHNISYSVELOCOM VÍA NET.WORKS XL SISTEMAS MOVICOM BELL SOUTH NET EXPRESS NETIZENNETVERK NORNET NOSIS NETWORK ACCES POINT HOUSE INTERNET IFX IMPSAT INTER.NET INTERMEDIA COMUNICACIONES IPLAN NETWORKS MetroRED

6. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Number of Subscribed Connectivity Accounts 0.3% 37.3% 23.9% 1.2% 36.9% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% % Total1329443 CABASE -CAMARAISP Data A.Dial-up and 1. Accounts Total Accounts: 1,329,443 Dial Up and Email

7. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Dial Up and e-mail Number of Subscribed Connectivity Accounts 3,7674,067 496,273 318,067 16,376 490,893 0 300,000 600,000 900,000 1,200.000 1,500.000 >$41.-$31 - $40$21 - $30$11 - $20$0 - $10Free Total Accounts: 1,329,443

8. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Dial Up and e-mail Email Dial Up Accounts Only Paid POP 43,5% Free WEB Mail 56,5% Cuentas dial-up de e-mail solamente POP pago 43,5% WEB Mail gratis 56,5% Billed Dual-Up Accounts With CUIT 19,2% End User 80,8%

9. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Dial Up and e-mail Dial-Up and E-mail Accounts Only Free Web E-mail 1.150.950 Paid Pop 884.552

10. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Dial Up and e-mail Billed Dial-Up Accounts With CUIT 19,2% End User 80,8%

11. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Infraestructure State of the art networks Totally digitized country Hardware Access Internet Access INFRASTRUCTURE

12. CABASE Oscar A. Messano ACCESS Free Internet Internet with 6 to 4-dollar monthly subscriptions CTC – Community Technology Centers Service 0610 NTS - (Numbers Translation System) ACCESS

13. CABASE Oscar A. Messano SMEs PROs Low investment Access to the global market All the tools of trade SMEs

14. CABASE Oscar A. Messano CONs Without investment capital Lack of education and computer hardware Low skills level SMEs

15. CABASE Oscar A. Messano PAYMENT SYSTEMS Low level of credit card activity Progress made by banks in serving as clearing houses for all cards Account debit systems PAYMENT SYSTEMS

16. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Digital Divide Cultural Social Economic DIGITAL DIVIDE

17. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Projects Law for the protection of electronic mail Law for the regulation of promotional communication via electronic mail Autenticación, Certificación, Firma Electrónica, Otros Authentification, Certification, Electronic Signature

18. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Bill before Parliament Digital Signature Law (1/2 Penalty. HCD) Autentification, Certification, Electronic Signature,Others

19. CABASE Oscar A. Messano In force Standards on Digital Signature technology by the National Public Administration Certification Policies for the National Public Administration Regulation of procurement by the National Public Administration Authentification, Certification, Electronic Signature, Others

20. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Pilot project Electronic Invoicing Department of Communications AFIP CABASE –ISPs ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT

21. CABASE Oscar A. Messano Final Remarks