Ljuben Talev, Strategy Director

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ACCELERATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT-AN OPORTUNITY FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE

• Ljuben Talev, Strategy Director
• Makedonski Telekomunikacii, Skopje

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• INFO-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
• KEY FACTORS FOR GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE
  DEVELOPMENT
• BUBBLE-BURST OF THE HIGH-TECH
• COMPANIES
• SELECTIVITY IN INVESTMENT
• E-BUSINESS (INFORMATION SOCIETY CONCEPT)

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• BUILDING THE NETWORKED ECONOMY
• CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS
• COMPARATIVELY SMALLER AMOUNT OF
• INVESTMENT IN INFO TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• JOINING THE EUROPEAN MAINSTREAM
• PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

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• TELECOMUNICATIONS-CENTRAL TO
• INFORMATION SOCIETY CONCEPT
• NATURAL MONOPOLY-BENEVOLENT MONOPOLY
• MARKET - MECHANISM FOR SORTING OUT THE
• EFFICIENT FROM THE INEFFICIENT
• BIG TELCOS-LEADERS TO INFORMATION
• SOCIETY IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE

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• WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE ENVIROMENT?
• TWO FACTORS FOR LACK OF INVESTMENT
• INSTABILITY OF THE REGION
• LOW LEVEL OF DEMAND FOR ADVANCED
• SERVICES-GDP RELATED

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• SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS

• OLYMPIC GAMES IN ATHENS 2004-CHALLENGE
• MULTIGIGABIT BACKBONE TRANSMISSION
• PROJECT IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE?
• INVESTMENT IN SEEs LOCAL AND REGIONAL
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• FIBER PROJECTS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE
• (TEL/TET, ADRIA, ITUR, KAFOS, TBL)

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• FOR THE NEW ECONOMY-READ BROADBAND
• ECONOMY
• SHORTAGE OF BROADBAND CONNECTIONS IN
• EUROPE
• EU MEMBERS-OTHER COUNTRIES FROM THE
• REGION
• CAPITAL FLOWING DIRECTION-EFFECTS TO
• OVERALL STABILITY

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• WELL DEVELOPED TELECOMMUNICATION
• INFRASTRUCTURE-STRATEGIC QUESTION OF
• THE HIGHEST ORDER
• HUGE BROADBAND NETWORK-POWERFUL
• FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW ECONOMY
• PARTICIPATION OF ALL REGIONAL PLAYERS
• OPENING UP THE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

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• TELECOM OPERATORS OFFER WILL NEED TO
• MOVE FORWARD
• EVERYTHING THAT IS AVAILABLE IN EU TO
• BE AVAILABLE IN SE EUROPE JUST THE SAME
• BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE - A GREAT
• E-COMMERCE ENABLER
• EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
• FAST-GROWING ECONOMIES OF SE EUROPE
• NEEDED

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• HOW TO CREATE WIN-WIN-WIN STRATEGIES
• ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR
  INFORMATION SOCIETY IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE
• ljuben_at_mt.net.mk

Thank-you.