,,DIGITAL ICELAND

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,,DIGITAL ICELAND
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1. Introduction

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Telecommunications in Iceland
• 3. e-Signature
• 4. e-Commerce
• 5. e-Government

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1. Introduction

• Iceland digitalized 1995 - First country in the
  world!
• Member of EFTA and the EEA
• access to the EU internal market
• same ,,legal framework
• 1. January 1998
• Liberalisation of the telecomm. market

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2. Telecommunications

• 2.1. Infrastructure

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• Over 98 have ISDN conn. possibilities
• Over 90 have ADSL conn. possibilities

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Connection to the world
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FARICE (2003/4)
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2. Telecommunications

• 2.2. Statistics
• Companies - June 2002
• 98 have computers
• 92 have Internet connection
• 65 have ADSL or faster Internet connection
• 64 have Internet homepage
• 44 have bought on the Internet
• 24 have sold on the Internet

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2. Telecommunications

• 2.2. Statistics
• Individuals/Households (HH) - November 2002
• Internet (HH)
• 77,1 HH have Internet connections
• 53 Dial up connection (incl. ISDN)
• 20 ADSL
• 4 Other
• 9,3 have homepage
• 71,3 have e-mail

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2. Telecommunications

• 2.2. Statistics
• e-Commerce (HH)
• 44,6 e-Banking
• 5,1 Sold goods or service on the Internet
• 17 bought goods or service on the Internet
• Mobile (HH)
• 95,4 HH have Mobile Telephone
• There of
• 98,4 with GSM
• 16,1 with NMT

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2. Telecommunication

• 2.3. Digital Television
• 2.4. 3G

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3. e-Signature

• Act No 28/2001 on electronic signatures
• Implementation of the e-Signature directive
• Came into effect on 7th. May 2001.
• Objective
• To provide for the legal effect of electronic
  signatures and to contribute to their secure and
  effective use by defining the requirements for
  qualified electronic signatures, qualified
  certificates and the activities of
  certification-service-provider.

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3. e-Signature

• Scope
• e-Signatures
• CSP established in Iceland
• Definitions
• e-Signature
• Andvanced e-Signature
• Qualified e-Signature
• Legal effect of e-Signature
• Qualified e-Signature

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4. e-Commerce

• Act No 30/2002 on Electronic Commerce and other
  Electronic Services
• Implementation of the e-Commerce directive
• Came into effect 16th of April 2002

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4. e-Commerce

• Principle of the Country of Origin
• ,,Electronic service provided by a service
  provider established in Iceland shall conform to
  Icelandic law on the establishment and operation
  of the service.
• No restrictions shall be imposed on the freedom
  of service providers established in the European
  Economic Area to provide services in Iceland as
  regards the legal requirements on the
  establishment and operation of the service.
• A service provider is regarded as being
  established in a state if such provider pursues
  an active economic activity in that state through
  a fixed establishment for an indefinite period.

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5. e-Government

• Administrative Procedures Act
• Adopted yesterday!
• New chapter ,,e-Procedures
• Administration decides whether to offer
  e-Procedures or not
• Qualified e-Signature always valid