Emerging Paradigm of Converging Technologies in ICT Management
1. Emerging Paradigm of Converging
Technologies in ICT Management Practices
Prof. DP Sharma(Dr)
http://dpsharma.info
Keynote Speech in International Conference ICNEE 2012 Kualalumpur,
Malaysia
Kualalumpur, 24 July 2012
2. 21st Century & Characteristics
of Economies
• Driven by the services sectors
• Founded on information/communication
networks – next generation Internet
• Dependent on effective reforms in the
telecom sector – information infrastructure
• Strengthening links among local, national,
regional, internatonal networks and markets
3. Stages of Telecom Sector Reforms
• Telecom Liberalization (Participation, Univ. Access)
• Expanding Network Capacity (Broadband)
• Preparing the Network Foundation for New Services
• Developing New Services - “killer applications!”
• Applying Services Productively in Different Sectors
• Telecom Reform & Regulation – Key Driver for
Implementing Policy Reforms for the e-economy
4. INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES
Regional
Development
Finance/
Banking
Disaster Management
Travel & Tourism Manufacturing
Media & Cultural Sectors
Health/Medical Government Services Education/Training
Applications
Electronic Services
(Pay TV, VAS, Internet)
Multimedia, etc.
(Public, User group, Private)
Content
Broadcast
Media
Film
Libraries
Software
etc
Interactivity
(Instant & Delayed)
Voice
Data
Sound
Graphics
Video
Telecommunication
Facilities Network
(Information Superhighway)
Computing / Information
Technology
Telecommunication
Equipment Manufacturing
6. Judicious Significance of
Network Unbundling for
Convergence
• Industry Sectors - Equipment, Operator
Networks, Services
• Fixed and Mobile
• Basic Network Layers
• *Content
*Communication Services
*Network Protocols, OSS & Management
*Equipment & Facility Capability
7.
8. Convergence Sectors Drivers of Convergence
•Technology
• Industry-Supply
• Market-Demand
• Policies/Regulation
•Industry Specific
•Convergent
Applications
• Finance
• Commerce
• Education
• Health
• Publishing
• Manufacturing
• etc.
Content
Telecom
Computing
The Dimensions of Convergence on the Information
Infrastructures
9. Criteria for Economic Growth
Technologies
Policies
Markets
Applications Services
Regulations
Policy & Regulation: Catalyst for, or Constraint upon Growth?
10. Progress & Telecom Reforms
• Now 130+ Countries with Separate
Telecom Regulatory Authorities
• WTO Commitments to Liberalization
• Industry Specific Focus of Reforms
• Successes, Failures, Unanticipated
Difficulties, Continuing Delays
• Policy and Regulatory Reform is
Proceeding at a Slower Pace than
Technology Development or Market and
Service Potential
11. Progress & Telecom Reform
• Regulation is often the limiting factor constraining
growth
• It is not a simple matter of removing regulations or
eliminating regulators. It is enhancing their
competence and credibility.
• Sound regulatory foundations are needed to
attract investment, foster applications of new
technologies and development of new services.
• The speed of regulatory reforms needs to
increase and be directed to providing a foundation
for network-based e- Economies.
12. Information Infrastructure:
Investments
• Mobile - licenses - operating; spectrum
- network development
• Privatising telecom incumbents
- licenses – operating; IPO
- network development obligations
• Competitive network operators
- fibre transmission
- city / business LANs
• Software, services and content (e.g., Internet)
13. Information Infrastructure:
Investment Deficiencies 21st C
• Local - basic services access
- broadband access
• Universal access - voice
- broadband
• Internet - local services and content
• Applications - e-economy; e-society
14. Policy, Regulation & Network
Investment
• Licensing - paying for the privilege
• Annual Fees and charges
• Restrictions on investment opportunities
• Price and/or profit regulation
• Policy & regulatory risk
15. Unresolved Network Market
Issues
• Public Resource Infrastructures for Telecom
Networks - Rights of Way, Spectrum, Numbers,
Names
• Interconnection
• Termination Number Monopolies
• Access Limitations in the Face of Positive
Externalities
• Leverage Opportunities for Monopoly Nodes in the
Network
• Achieving Faster Infrastructure Network Development
16. Elements of Policy and Regulatory
Risk in Information Infrastructure
Development
• Credibility – regulatory independence from political
intervention on substantive issues
• Credibility – Regulatory independence from
incumbent monopoly power
• Transparent processes
• Accountability for performance
• Competence and skills
• Commitment to implement policy objectives
• Evident fairness
17. Shifting Policy/Regulatory
Priorities to Stimulate Investment
• From supply of network facilities to stimulation of
demand to justify investment
• From physical capital to human capital
- awareness, skill, capabilities
- applications by individuals & organisations
• Diverse sources of private and public investment
- operators, service providers,
- intermediaries (e.g., Telecentres), user applications
18. Regulatory Relations
Affecting Sector Investment
Demand/
Need
Regulation
Policy
End Users
Services
Facilities
Supply Telecom/ICT
Sector
Intermediaries
Public Resources Applications
Demand/
Need
Regulation
Policy
End Users
Services
Facilities
Supply Telecom/ICT
Sector
IntermediariesIntermediaries
Public Resources Applications
19. Next Generation Infrastructure
• Role of the Market
• Digital Divide
• Role of Government
*Promote Participation & Competition
*Direct Regulation
*Public Sector Applications
*Public Investment - eg., Broadband
*Public/Private Partnerships
• At What Level Should Gov’t Intervene?
20. Paths to Universal Access
• Voice - prepaid mobile
• Internet, e-economy, e-society
- fixed & wireless network extensions
- new operators – energy, transport
- radio and TV distribution networks
- retail service suppliers, ISPs, VANS
- greater role for intermediaries
21. Capacity – building for ICT
Convergence Opportunities:
Requires Investment in Human Capital
• Policy analysis & regulation
• Strategic analysis & management
• Innovation, experimentation &
flexibility
• Demand-led diffusion of core skills
• Network linkages
22. Proactive Policy & Regulation for
Implementing Convergence
Opportunities
• Create a favourable investment environment
for physical & human capital
• Minimize barriers to participation
• Facilitate demand as well as supply
• Apply skills and strategic management to
achieve the spirit of the policy objectives
• Can only be done if regulatory structure is
transparent and credible
23. World Dialogue on Regulation for
Network Economies
Mission:
• to facilitate an international dialogue that
generates and disseminates new knowledge
• on frontier issues in regulation and
governance
• to support the development of network
economies
24. World Dialogue on Regulation for
Network Economies
Activities:
• Research on priority policy/regulation
issues
• Dialogue – www.regulateonline.org
- e-brief
• Expert Forum Meetings
• Reports
25. World Dialogue on Regulation for
Network Economies (WDR)
(available at www.regulateonline.org)
Reports
• The Next Step in Telecom Reform:
ICT Convergence Regulation or Multi sector Utility
Regulation ? (2003)
• Stimulating Investment in Network Development:
Roles for Regulators (2005)
• Diversifying Participation in Network Development
(forthcoming late 2006)
26. World Dialogue on Regulation
for Network Economies:
Institutional Partners
• infoDev, World Bank
• IDRC Canada
• LIRNE.NET
• Research Partner University Centres
around the world
27. World Dialogue on Regulation for
Network Economies
• Participate in the Dialogue; review and comment on the
research, www.regulateonline.org
LIRNE.NET, www.lirne.net
• A Strategic Collaboration for applied research, training, policy
and regulation support, relating to information infrastructure and
new network economy development
• Center for Tele-Information (CTI), TU Denmark
• Economics of Infrastructures, TU Delft, Netherlands
• LINK Centre, Wits University, South Africa
• LIRNEasia, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• LIRNEamericas, Montevideo, Uruguay
• Media@lse, London School of Economics, UK
