...ICT The World in 2011 FaCTs and FIgures One third of the world’s population is online 45% of Internet users below the age of 25 Users, developed Share of Internet users in the total population 2006 2011* Using Internet: 18% Not using Internet: 82% Using Internet: 35% Developed China:28% Developed Users China: 37% India: 6% Developing Other developing c ountries: 66% Total population: 6.5 billion Developing Not using Internet: 65% India: 10% Other developing c ountries: 53% Total population: 7 billion Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database • The world is home to 7 billion people, one third of which are using the Internet. 45% of the world’s Internet users are below the age of 25. • Over the last five years, developing countries have increased their share of the world’s total number of Internet users from 44% in 2006, to 62% in 2011. Today, Internet users in China represent almost 25% of the world’s total Internet users and 37% of the developing countries’ Internet users. 4.5 Internet users by age and by development level, 2011* 4.0 • Younger people tend to be more online than older people, in both developed and developing countries. 3.5 Billions of people 3.0 2.5 Not using Internet Using Internet 66 % 64% 2.0 70% 77% 1.5 1.0 29% 0.5 0.0 23% 71% 34% 36% 30% 23% Under 25 Over 25 ...
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...9029787363 ICT AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH Exploring the growth potential of ICT ------------------------------------------------- Abstract: ------------------------------------------------- Past decade saw the growth of service sector and marveled on the growing potential of the IT industry. This became more relevant if we see the exponential growth of Internet along with T.V and Radio. So Information Technology (IT) along with Communication Technology (C.T) converges to give us a unique combination of ICT-Information and Communication Technology. This paper attempts to understand the contribution of ICT in the growth story of India. It analyzes the contribution towards growth with the help of four major components of ICT: Internet, Telecom, IT sector, T.V and Radio. The paper presents data and statistics providing sample evidence of the ever growing contributions of ICT towards income generation and employment for the country and thus having a major economical impact. Finally the paper concludes with the fact that it is high time to acknowledge the relevance of ICT within the service sector and growth cannot be looked exclusive of it. Information and Communication Technology:- Number of different studies find that there is a positive impact of the spread of ICT on national output (Röller and Waverman 2001, Sridhar and Sridhar 2004).According to a recent World Bank analysis of 120 countries, for every 10 percentage point increase in the penetration of mobile...
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...without it. And yet, some still do. It also begs the question that if ever connectivity was lost would it cause the western world to devolve and become 2nd world countries, or even third world. This paper explores the Digital Divide as it is defined today, the areas which are most affected by this divide, and focuses on Africa, and solutions implemented to try to close the gap. The term “Digital Divide” was coined some time in the 1990s, evolving from a number of definitions. One of its earlier definitions was by Woolinksy, defined as the lack of access to computers (Gunkel, 2003). It has since evolved to be known as the social concern that various groups in the world have a lack of access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT). However, it is not just limited to the lack of access. It is also about the socio-economic inequalities that exist within countries, ability, access, gender, ethnicity, culture, age, language, educational level, income and connectivity to the Internet (OECD, 2001 and Economist Intelligence Unit, 2012). Most importantly, it is the divide in the level of skill and proficiency in...
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...GENERIC FRAMEWORK BUSINESS DEFINITION: E-learning can be viewed as an innovative approach for delivering a well designed, learner-centred, interactive, and facilitated learning environment to anyone, anywhere, anytime by utilising the attributes and resources of various digital technologies along with other forms of learning materials suited for an open, flexible, and distributed learning environment. E – Learning is defined as acquisition of knowledge and skill using electronic technologies such as computer and Internet-based courseware and local and wide area networks. Broad definition of the field of using technology to deliver learning and training programs. Typically used to describe media such as CD-ROM, Internet, Intranet, wireless and mobile learning. Some include Knowledge Management as a form of e-learning. The term was introduced in 1995 when it was all called "Internet based Training", then "Web-based Training" (to clarify that delivery could be on the Inter- or Intra-net), then "Online Learning" and finally e-learning, adopting the in vogue use of "e" during the dot com boom. Types of e- learning There are fundamentally two types of e-learning: synchronous training and asynchronous training. Synchronous, means "at the same time," involves interaction of participants with an instructor via the Web in real time. Asynchronous, which means "not at the same time," allows the participant to complete the WBT at his own pace, without live interaction with...
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...Introduction The Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India have been making concerted efforts to promote financial inclusion as one of the important national objectives of the country. Some of the major efforts made in the last five decades include - nationalization of banks, building up of robust branch network of scheduled commercial banks, co-operatives and regional rural banks, introduction of mandated priority sector lending targets, lead bank scheme, formation of self-help groups, permitting BCs/BFs to be appointed by banks to provide door step delivery of banking services, zero balance BSBD accounts, etc. The fundamental objective of all these initiatives is to reach the large sections of the hitherto financially excluded Indian population. The speech is organized in five sections: Section 1 - Definitions Section 2 - Extent of Financial Exclusion Section 3 – RBI Policy Initiatives and Progress in Financial Inclusion Section 4 – Stakeholder-wise Issues in Financial Inclusion Section 5 – Conclusion and Way forward Section - 1 Definitions 1.1 Financial inclusion may be defined as the process of ensuring access to financial services and timely and adequate credit where needed by vulnerable groups such as weaker sections and low income groups at an affordable cost (The Committee on Financial Inclusion, Chairman: Dr. C. Rangarajan). 1.2 Financial Inclusion, broadly defined, refers to universal access to a wide range of financial services at a reasonable...
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...Connecting to Work: How ICTs Are Expanding Job Opportunities Worldwide September 10, 2013 * * ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form * * * Information and communication technologies are creating new job opportunities for workers and employers around the world. STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are transforming the world of work, creating new job opportunities and making labor markets more innovative, inclusive, and global. * Three trends are driving this shift: greater connectivity, the ability to telecommute and outsource work, and globalization of skills. * A new paper looks at ways policymakers can maximize the positive impact of ICTs on employment. RELATED WORLD BANK * Policy Note: Connecting to Work: How Information and Communication Technologies Could Help Expand Employment Opportunities * Website: World Bank ICT * Website: Jobs Knowledge Platform MULTIMEDIA Video Connecting to Work: ICTs & Jobs When Gopal Maharjan, a young engineering graduate in Nepal, started looking for a job in Kathmandu he did not get a great response. Then he heard about online jobs with CloudFactory, a “microwork” platform. He and some friends formed a group and applied online. They were accepted and given part-time jobs doing work such as digitizing old, hand-written data, tracking supermarket receipts, or even medical transcription. The group meets regularly with CloudFactory staff...
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...The Myanmar ICT sector has seen increased interest from investors as ongoing telecoms reforms promise increased competition in the market and access to 60 million customers, most of whom have little or no access to communication services. While many are looking at telecoms operation and infrastructure, there is more than this to the local market. Reasonable-cost talent, increasing government support, and organized industry and improved connectivity all make the Myanmar ICT sector an enticing opportunity. Sector Overview Though previously controlled by draconian legislation, the Myanmar ICT sector began an overhaul in the early 2000's, through the enactment of the Computer Science Development Law (1996), and the following instatement of the Myanmar Computer Development Council. The council's objective was to lay down policies and regulations that will help disseminate the use of computer science and technology, and utilize it for the State's development. This favorable attitude towards ICT has continued to be a part of government policy both in words and in practice. The Myanmar ICT market is still largely dominated by hardware companies (see below), due to the relatively low usage of ICT in business and industry. Telecoms The telecoms industry is one of the fastest growing and lucrative globally. Myanmar’s telecoms sector has unique characteristics for investment opportunities as it demands products and services for a large market that is virtually unprovided-for. Currently, there...
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...Strategic Analysis of Etisalat 2011 Paritosh Kashyap Etisalat, the telecom giant from UAE is among the one of the non oil sector based success stories from the Gulf. This given analysis will consist of the basic introduction followed by the overall telecomm market in UAE. Post which the growth and expansion of various businesses of Etisalat over the last decade will be studied which will be followed by some of the major international subsidies of Etisalat. In the concluding part the future strategies of Etisalat will be analyzed. Introduction Emirates Telecommunication Corporation, branded as Etisalat is one of the major telecommunication companies in the world, operating across Middle East, Asia and Africa. It provides mobile and fixed line data and voice services to individuals, enterprises, telecomm companies etc. It also provides a wide range of high tech and complimentary services to telecomm companies including SIM card manufacturing, payment solutions, staff training, peering, voice and data transit, sub marine and land cable services. (Etisalat.ae, 2011) The company was founded in 1976 as a joint venture between International Aeradio limited, a British company and local partners. Later on in 1983, the govt. of UAE had a 60% stake in the company and rest was publicly traded. From 36,000 exchange lines in 1976, it was having around 7, 47,000 lines in 1998. Today Etisalat is considered as one of the biggest success sagas in Middle East and is one of the biggest...
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...Impact of ICTs on MDGs: Improve the Maternal Health Workgroup C|IE MiM – S2 Technology & Innovation Management Dr. Israr Qureshi Contents Introduction: 3 Maternal Health and ICT Usage in India 5 Maternal Health Initiatives with Mobile Components 5 Commonalities and Improvements of Current ICT Solutions 6 How to Leverage ICTs in Accomplishing the MDG 9 Proposed Feasible ICT-Based Solution 10 Conclusion 15 References 18 Introduction: Since the United Nations Millennium Declaration in September 2000, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of improving maternal health has unfortunately not made the progress it set out to (The United Nations, 2015, a). Many information & communications technology (ICT) improvements towards this initiative have been made since 2000, however there is still a large amount of maternal mortality before, during, and after pregnancy around the world. The maternal health MDG was divided into 2 targets. The first target was to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by 75% between 1990 and 2015, however only 43% has been achieved so far (The United Nations, 2015:40-43). This maternal mortality statistic also reflects the eight million babies that die every year between the prenatal stage and the first week of life. Moreover, there is a large yearly amount of children left motherless that are statistically more prone to die during the first years after their mother has died (Unicef.org, 2015). The second target was to reach universal access...
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...Values of SAINS 4 1.2. Core Competencies 5 2. CHAPTER TWO 6 2.1. SAINS Environmental Analysis 6 2.2. SAINS Key Drivers of Change 8 2.3. SAINS Value Chain 8 2.3: 5 M’s of Marketing 11 2.4. Porters 5 Forces of SAINS 12 2.5. Internal analysis and External analysis 13 2.6. Applying Direct Policy Matrix 16 2.7. Potential Strategic Challenge/Issues 17 2.8. SAINS Marketing Objectives 19 3. CHAPTER THREE 22 3.1. ANSOFF MATRIX 22 Market Penetration 22 Market Development 23 3.2. SAINS Marketing Mix 24 Product / service 24 Promotion 24 Price 25 Place 26 People 26 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR NEXT 3 YEARS 28 CHAPTER FOUR 33 4. RECOMMENDATION 33 Value 33 Rarity 33 Imitable 33 Organizational Knowledge 33 5. CONCLUSION 34 CHAPTER ONE 1. INTRODUCTION Sarawak Information Systems SDN BHD (SAINS) is a leading ICT System Integrator and Solution Provider in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It has effectively enlarged and intensified the utilization of ICT resulting in IT growth among state government agencies in Sarawak since the mid 1980’s. In the mid 1980’s, the use of IT among state government agencies in Sarawak started to grow. Shortly thereafter, in 1991 SAINS was formed and was given the task of leading the development and implementation of IT within Sarawak. Today, SAINS reliability, innovatively and cost effectiveness has made it become one of the most highly regarded integrated information and communication...
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...Education Sector in India ........................................................................................................................ ContEnts 1. 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 EDUCATION SECTOR OVERVIEW .......................................................................... 3 .............................................................. 5 KEY TRENDS IN EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA Government initiatives will continue to drive the reach of quality education in India .......... 5 Education sector will continue to witness increased public private partnership (PPP) for further growth ............................................................................................................. 7 Indian universities will continue to strengthen international collaboration ........................ 8 The initiatives of international bodies like World Bank and UNICEF will continue to focus towards increasing the reach of education .................................................................. 9 ICT will become the backbone for education modernisation in India .................................. 10 The ecosystem of education cities will mature in India ......................................................... 13 The focus on delivering quality education will only be aggravated in India .......................... 13 The industry will present increased opportunities of acquisition & alliances in the future ....................................................
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...Implementation Approach All the initiatives, including establishing and expanding core ICT infrastructure, delivery of services ...etc under the Digital India programme have definitive completion time targets. Majority of the initiatives are planned to be realized within the next three years. The initiatives planned for early completion (“Early Harvest Programmes”) and citizen communication initiatives (“Information for All”) have already started going live and are being completed. The Digital India programme aims at pulling together many existing schemes. These schemes will be restructured, revamped and re-focused and will be implemented in a synchronized manner. Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost implications. The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative impact. While implementing this programme, there would be wider consultations across government, industry, civil society, and citizens to discuss various issues to arrive at innovative solutions for achieving the desired outcomes of Digital India. DeitY has already launched a digital platform named as “myGov” (http://mygov.in/(link is external)) to facilitate collaborative and participative governance. Moreover, several consultations and workshops have been organized to discuss the implementation approach of the vision areas of Digital India. Broadband for All rural 2,50,000 village Panchayats would be covered under the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)...
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...Credit Counseling Centres (FLCCs) to Lead Banks (111 FLCCs), capacity building programmes by commercial banks and (Regional Rural Banks)RRBs and Financial Literacy awareness camps by RRBs, under FIF. Under FITF, support was extended for implementation of Core Banking Solution (CBS) by weak RRBs (26 out of 28) and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) solution by RRBs (52 out of 82). Financial Inclusion During the year 2012-13, the disbursements under Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) and Financial Inclusion Technology Fund (FITF) were 33.31 crore and 17.14 crore respectively. With this, the cumulative disbursement since inception touched a level of 69.77 crore under FIF and 201.30 crore under FITF. Support was extended for setting up of Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling Centers (FLCCs) to Lead Banks in 256 excluded districts and 10 disturbed districts, capacity building programmes by commercial banks and RRBs and Financial Literacy awareness camps by RRBs, under FIF. Under FITF, support was extended for implementation of Core Banking Solution (CBS) by weak RRBs and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) solution by RRBs. 2013-14(impact seen) Financial inclusion continued to be an area of extreme importance for NABARD. 15 Lakh RuPay Debit and 7 Lakh RuPay Kisan Cards were issued by RRBs while 6 Cooperative Banks began issuing RuPay Kisan...
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...Digital Bangladesh "Digital Bangladesh" means an ICT based modern country where there will be adequate power supply, well-networked infrastructure, use of internet, use of open-source software, e-banking, e-commerce and e-governance. Of late the phrase "Digital Bangladesh" has been much talked about especially during the election campaign of the political parties targeting the ninth parliamentary election. On the eve of the election, Bangladesh Awami League, one of the major political parties, first declared vision 2021 with the aim to turn Bangladesh into a digital country by the next decade. More than a month ago, the Bangladesh Computer Council also organized a computer fair with the theme "Digital Bangladesh". It refers to an e-state where all its activities of governance, commerce, education, agriculture etc will be powered by computer and internet. Different analyses of the electoral results have revealed that the young generation who consist of more than one third of the voters had indeed brought this overwhelming victory for AL. With many other reasons, implicitly it can be inferred that voters of this generation while exercising their franchise considered party manifestos seriously. Presumably the visionary approach of AL's manifesto, entitled 'a charter for change' might have allured the young voters much, especially it's 'Vision 2021' which envisions 'Digital Bangladesh'. To cherish such a dream is easy, but it is too much difficult to materialize this dream...
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...non-exporting SMEs in harnessing the technological opportunities availed by international trade. Using cross sectional data for 131 SMEs, a logistic regression analysis was done to ascertain the extent to which factors like, technical skills, networking, firm’s innovation system, especially research and development activities and international involvement influence the adaptation and assimilation of technology for productive efficiency. The result shows that labour used in exporting firms is 3.164 times more productivity than that in non-exporting firms, high import composition, good networking abilities. However, it was noted that there is no significant difference between exporting and non-exporting firms on Information Communication Technology (ICT) diffusion and R&D activities. It is recommended that for technology transfer to be relevant and useful to non-exporting firms there is need to strengthen their technological absorptive capacity by scaling up their networking activities, training and development activities and increase international exposure to foreign technologies. Conclusively, it was noted more liberal trade policies can improve the set of accessible technologies to both exporting and non-exporting firms to and strengthen the local firm capabilities to assimilate and disseminate technology for global competitiveness. Key words: Technology...
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