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Title: 642009


1
Bridging the Digital DivideRepublic of Palaus
Perspective
  • Ed Carter
  • General Manager
  • Palau National Communications Corp.

2
Developing Palaus Shared Vision
  • Communications Information Technology Technical
    Advisory Group (CITA)
  • Established by the President of the Republic of
    Palau
  • Membership includes all stakeholders
  • Government
  • Education
  • Health
  • Business
  • Telecommunication Provider

3
Developing Palaus Shared Vision
  • CITAs Responsibilities
  • Recognition of Limited ICT Resources
  • Coordinate between public and private sectors to
    optimize ICT development in Palau
  • Develop comprehensive plan and programs
  • Further Economic Development of Palau
  • Improve the delivery of Government Services
  • Improve Health care
  • Improve Education
  • Improve and expand Internet service and access

4
Developing Palaus Shared Vision
  • PNCC hosts a monthly Focus Group
  • Focal point for getting Technical staff of major
    users together
  • Ideas are exchanged on Internet ICT
  • Users and Consultants update PNCC and each other
  • Mutual assistance with problems and objectives

5
Developing Palaus Shared Vision
  • PNCC hosting a series of workshops
  • Brings ICT Expertise to Palau for Education
    Planning purposes
  • Leadership and ICT Stakeholders are brought
    together to discuss ICT issues with an expert

6
Bridging the Digital Divide
  • Increasing Access to ICT
  • Commercial Public-Use Internet Centers
  • PNCC fostered the growth of Centers with
    favorable tariffs
  • Over 10 locations in Palaus Urban Center
  • LocalNet
  • Unmetered Domestic Access
  • Encourages development of Domestic Internet use
  • E-Governance/Distant Education/Tele-Health
  • Web-page Design and use

7
Bridging the Digital Divide
  • Problems of Access
  • Income Digital Divide
  • Many have no access to computers or Internet
  • Urban Rural Digital Divide
  • Internet Usage almost non-existent outside Urban
    center
  • Development of Rural Telecenters School
    Facilities
  • Ministry of Education is developing Pilot project
  • National Conference on Rural Multipurpose
    Community Telecenters was held July 1, 2002
  • Planning is underway for implementation of Rural
    Telecenter

8
Developing ICT Infrastructure
  • International Connectivity Dependant on Satellite
    Service - expensive bandwidth
  • Palau is exploring
  • Submarine Fiber Optic options
  • New Satellite options
  • Domestic Connectivity
  • LocalNet allows unlimited usage with-in Palau
  • DSL provisioned to Business, Government, and
    Public-Use Centers
  • Increase of Domestic content

9
Developing ICT Infrastructure
  • Planning is underway for enhancement of Domestic
    Fiber Optic capacity
  • Currently an OC-3 SONET ring near capacity
  • Proposed to increase so that commercial,
    education, health, government, and rural needs
    are met

10
Essential Applications for the Information Society
  • E-Government
  • PNCC Acting as Consultant/Vendor to Government
    Sectors to assist moving into E-Governance
  • Complete one-stop package
  • Internet Access Domain
  • Web Hosting Web Site Design and Development
  • Local Area Network installation

11
Essential Applications for the Information Society
  • E-Governance
  • Partnering with local businesses to provide
    Government
  • Web presence
  • Local Area Network
  • Designing Website for Republic of Palau
    Legislature

12
Essential Applications for the Information Society
  • Health and Education
  • Libraries are being interconnected with
    high-speed service
  • Projects are being planned to develop Intranets
    for each with high-speed connectivity
  • International bandwidth projects are being
    proposed

13
Essential Applications for the Information Society
  • Ministry of Health is Actively Using ICT for
    Training and Consultation
  • Requires increased connectivity
  • Point to Point service needed
  • Ministry of Education is developing Distant
    Learning capabilities
  • Video Conferencing with ISDN

14
Essential Applications for the Information Society
  • Audio Streaming Radio Broadcasts over Internet
  • Overseas Countrymen can hear whats going on back
    Home
  • Local news
  • Local Entertainment
  • Service Provided
  • Bandwidth of 16Kbs from Palau Audio server to
    Hawaii Audio Server

15
Summary
  • Palaus Development of Internet Access should
    meet Phase One target of
  • Tokyo Declaration
  • Cost of International access prohibitive
  • Development required for Rural areas
  • Financial structure of Telecommunications is
    fragile small population/high costs
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