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ICT Access in Latin America and the Caribbean: Revisiting the Indicators

Acceso de ICT en Am é rica latina y los Caribe: Revisitando los indicadores . ICT Access in Latin America and the Caribbean: Revisiting the Indicators. Americas Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Telecommunication Development Conference Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

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ICT Access in Latin America and the Caribbean: Revisiting the Indicators

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  1. Acceso de ICT en América latina y los Caribe: Revisitando los indicadores ICT Access in Latin America and the Caribbean: Revisiting the Indicators Americas Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Telecommunication Development Conference Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 16-18 October 2001

  2. Contents • Conventional indicators • New indicators • Conclusions

  3. Where Does LAC Fit in?¿Dónde la ALC cabe adentro? Subscribers per 100 inhabitants Abonados por 100 habitantes GDP per capita (US$) PIB par habitante

  4. Network developmentDesarrollo de la red Telephone subscribers per 100 inhabitants Abonados telefonicos por 100 habitantes Mobile Total Fixed

  5. Gaps: Hemisphere, Region, CountryBoquetes: Hemisferio, Región, País Subscribers per 100 inhabitants / Abonados por 100 habitantes

  6. More mobile countriesMás móviles países Countries where more mobile than fixed telephone subscribers Fixed and mobile telephones In Latin America & Caribbean Países en los que hay más abonados a teléfonos móviles que a fijos Abonados a teléfonos móviles y fijos en ALC, en millones

  7. The Teledensity problemEl problema de teledensidad • Teledensity hard to compare across countriesEl teledensidad difícil a comparar a través de países • Is not a measure of universal serviceNo es una medida de servicio universal • Is increasingly being supplemented by mobileEstá siendo suplido cada vez más por el móvil

  8. Substitute or Supplement? ¿ Substituto o suplemento 80% Paraguay Venezuela Supplement 60% El Salvador Bolivia Chile Mobile as % of total telephones teléfonos móviles como porcentaje del total de abonados de teléfono Guatemala Mexico Jamaica Argentina 40% USA Substitute Uruguay T&T Canada 20% 0% 0 20 40 60 80 100 Household telephone penetration Penetración telefónica en los hogares

  9. DefinitionsDefiniciones • Universal ICT service Servicio universal de TIC • Close to 100% household telephone, PC and Internet penetrationCerca del 100% de las casas con teléfono, PC y Internet • Universal ICT access Acceso universal de TIC • Close to 100% of population within ‘easy’ reach of ICTCerca del 100% de población dentro del alcance del TIC

  10. Universal telephone serviceServicio telefónico universal

  11. ICT Universal ServiceServicio universal de TIC • Telephone line, PC and Internet access in household La línea telefónica, la PC y el acceso Internet en casa • Most countries do not collect all three La mayoría de los países no recogen los tres • For now, universal ICT access more relevant goal for most countries in regionPara ahora, meta más relevante es acceso universal de ICT para la mayoría de los países en la región

  12. Internet accessAccesso a Internet

  13. A new universal access definitionUna nueva definición del acceso universal Prepaid mobile service High population coverage Universal Access + = Servicio movil prepago Alta cobertura de población Acceso universal + =

  14. Brazil Tele Celular Sul December 2000 Per capita income: R$6’578 Mobile Handset: R$299 As % of per capita income: 4.71% Recharge card: R$20 As % of per capita income: 0.31% Population: 14.7 million Subscribers: 1.42 million % prepaid: 46% Density: 13 per 100 Coverage: 78%

  15. Mobile & PCs

  16. Nielsen//NetRatings http://www.nielsennetratings.com/

  17. OSIPTEL – Peru www.osiptel.gob.pe

  18. Internet Case StudiesCaso de Estudios Internet • Improve market research • Factors that accelerate or retard Internet development • Relationship between Internet and traditional telecom sector http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/cs/

  19. ConclusionsConclusiones • Only sketchy idea of ICT access Solamente idea incompleta del acceso de TIC • Much better data needed to measure and analyze ICT access Datos mucho mejores necesitados para medir y para analizar acceso de TIC • Telecom policy-makers, regulators should work with national statistical offices to develop annual surveysReguladores deben trabajar con las oficinas de estadística nacionales para desarrollar encuestas anuales

  20. Ideas • Content • “Development of more content/portals” • Information sharing • “Appropriate forums to facilitate information sharing & produce comparative studies on Internet experiences” • Public access • “Promoting public Internet access facilities” • Tariffs • “… tariff models that favour Internet access” • Training and education • “Make people aware of, and provide them with training in, the use of information technologies” • Policy and legal • “Establish an appropriate legal basis for all matters relating to the Internet” • Technology • “Broadband” • International and regional coordination

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