ICT Infrastructure for Development The Caribbean Experience

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ICT Infrastructure for Development The
Caribbean Experience
Roderick SanatanCentre for International
ServicesThe University of the West IndiesCave
Hill, BARBADOS cis_at_uwichill.edu.bb July 2004 TR
INNEX REGIONAL SEMINAR

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MAP OF THE CARIBBEAN
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BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

• LONG-WAVE THEORY
• - Maturing ICT Technologies
• - Obsolescence
• - Early Harvest
• APPLICATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE
• - From Descartes to tacit Learning Systems

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DEFINING ICTs

• Traditional definition concerns
• Voice communication technology linked to the
  telecommunication network
  
• Today, reference is to the delivery of a
  worldwide broadcasting capability, a mechanism
  for information dissemination and a medium for
  interaction between individuals and their
  marketplace for goods and services.
• ICTs are not a panacea for development nor a
  replacement for real world processes

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MEASURING ICTs

• Connectivity physical capacity, infrastructure,
  pricing etc.
  
• Access wider determinants
• Policy Environment systems and applications
• Usage content, absorption, human capacity,
  investment

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From Traditional Telecoms

• TRANSMISSION TO TRADE
• - 1980s Conjuncture
• - WTO Reference Paper/BTA
• CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
• - Access
• - Court Judgment 1986 Trinidad and Tobago
• CONVERGENCE THE INTERNET
• Trinidad Internet Study
• Technology Adopters

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FROM TRADITIONAL TELECOMS CONTD

• NEW DEFINITIONS
• - Cultural Services/Aggression
• - Applications and Welfare Services

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Table of Telecom Indicators
 
 
 
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ISSUES ARISING

• MOBILE PLATFORM CHANGE
• LEGACY NETWORKS
• INTERNET BREAKTHROUGH

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Recent Processes

• Liberalisation -
  
  
• Modes of Supply Reference Paper
  Innovations in Structure Options for Data
  and Mobile Services
  
• Technology and markets
• Cultural Trade Cuba and Market Access
  Free Zones and ICT The Labour
  Factor

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Changes in Regulations and Markets
 
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Changes in Regulations and Markets (Contd)
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Current Challenges

• Negotiation Issues WTO, FTAA, etc.
  - Access to Networks - Spectrum
  Use - Broadcasting - Governance
  Support
• Networked Economy - Ambient
  Technology - Movement of ICT Personnel
  
• Electronic Commerce - Settlement
  Issues - Entrepreneurship - Capital
  Flight - The Global Value Chain

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Wealth Creation
 
 
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Current Challenges

• WSIS process - From the GII to CONTENT of
  our lives - E-Government - Social
  Cohesion - Audio Visual Services
  (Cooperation)
• Technology shifts - Broadband
  arrives - Digital TV - Telephone
  Standards - Spectrum Use
  

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Conclusions

• The Development Agenda - Trade
  Policy - Global Governance Bodies
  
• Trade Connections - Negotiations - Intern
  ational Markets - Access to
  Networks - Innovations in Applications and
  Content

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Lessons of Experience

• Towards the Information Society
• Signing the Basic Telecoms Agreement (WTO)
• WSIS Process
• Access Issues