THE AFRICAN INTERNET AND TELECOM SUMMIT

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THE AFRICAN INTERNET AND TELECOM SUMMIT
Banjul, The Gambia,  5-9 June 2000
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• BUILDING A MODERN AFRICAN INFORMATION
  INFRASTRUCTURE
• ENG. GIDEON LEBI MWAKATOBE
• African Telecommunications Union
• P.O. BOX 35282
• Nairobi, Kenya
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail atu_at_attmail.com

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• 1. Introduction
• Definion
• Modern African Information Infrastructure
  (MAII)
• Evolution of MAII

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• (i) PanAfrican Telecommunications Network
  (PANAFTEL)
• Objective Intra-African traffic
• Dominant traffic Telephone
• Technology Analogue
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• (ii) African Telecommunications Union (AFRITEL)
• Objective Same as PANAFTEL
• Dominant traffic Telephone
• Technology Digital

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• (iii) Modern African Information
  Infrastructure.
• Objective Same as Afritel
• Dominant traffic Shall be data
• Technology Digital with service
  convergence on the mobile using IP.

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• 2. Strategies for building MAII
•   (i) National ICT Master Plan.
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• (ii) Regional ICT Master Plan

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• (iii) Continental ICT Master Plan.
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• (iv) Support and participation in ICT projects
• Examples
•     Africa One
•       RASCOM

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• African interconnectivity study and
  its implementation
•       IMT-2000
•   COMTEL     East African optical fibre
  transmission network

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• (v) Establishment of separate institutions
  for
• Policy makers
• Regulator
• Operators
• Service providers

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• (vi) A Steering Committee comprising of major
  ICT project initiators should be established to
  coordinate the implementation of MAII

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• 3. Suggested Recommendations
• It is proposed that the Conference should adopt
  at least he following recommendations on building
  the Modern African Information Infrastructure
• (i) A recommendation on the preparation of
  national, regional and continental ICT Master
  Plans.

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• (ii) A recommendation on the
  establishment of separate national
  entities for Policy Makers
• Regulator
• Operators
• Service Providers

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• (iii) A recommendation for supporting and
  participating in continental and
  regional ICT projects.
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• (iv) A recommendation on the
  establishment of national, regional and
  continental information centres.

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• (v) A recommendation on promoting mobile
  networks that will be the predominant carriers
  of the future Internet traffic.
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• (vi) A recommendation for establishment of the
  Steering Committee for building MAII.