Maximizing the Value of

Telecom & ICT Networks

in the Single Marketin the Single Market

Hopeton S. Dunn, Ph.D.

Academic Director, TPM Programme

Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies

Telecoms and ICTs for Regional Growth

• Vital for regional integration and economic development

• Facilitate business, government and civil society

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government and civil society

• Telecoms and ICTs also economic sectors in their own right

Convergence is accelerating …

• The upgrade of telephone

networks to offer ADSL

• The alteration of electric power

networks to offer broadband

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networks to offer broadband

services

• The emergence of 3G networks in wireless technology

• IPTV and Digital Mobile Broadcasting

Improving Regional Coordination

in Policy and Regulation

• A single well-resourced regional champion or

agency needed

• Enhancing Caribbean Telecommunications

Union (CTU) to play this role more effectively

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Union (CTU) to play this role more effectively

• Harmonization of regional telecoms legislation,

ICT policy and strategic negotiating positions

• Need for coordinated Caribbean strategic plan

for ICTs

Value Opportunities from

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Internet and 3G Network Services

• Seamless and compatible communication links and platforms across the region

• Increasing use of wireless and other digital

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networks for business, education and governance

• Greater indigenous research, software development and training

Digital Broadcasting

• Regional potential for

export of digital

broadcasting products

and services

Digital Broadcasting

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and services

• Need for coordinated

digital broadcasting

switchover forum and timelines to meet ITU directive set for 2015

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Tel ec o mmu n ic at io nN et wo r ks Mobile Opportunities

• Heavy regional penetration by mobile telephony creating opportunities for improved e-government and online service delivery

• Telework as an opportunity for

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• Telework as an opportunity for improved competitiveness and work flexibility

• Mobile Broadband can contribute to cross-regional e-Business

• Continued user cost reductions needed

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Tel ec o mmu n ic at io nN et wo r ks Music and the Arts

• Harnessing increased revenue from global performance by Caribbean artists

• Improved intellectual property management and harmonization of IP laws across the region

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• Reaping the benefits of digital flexibility and global technology reach

• Continued innovation in new products, sounds and services

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A Strategic Roadmap to

ICT Development

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Source: Jamaica NICT Plan

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