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Connect-World Global-ICT 2007     Magazine introduction Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools, they are changing the way we work and the way we play. The global economy and the lives of many people have changed dramatically as a result of ICTs, and there is a broad consensus - almost faith - in the ability of ICT to solve many, if not all of the world's problems. The United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) concentrated upon the use of ICTs to create an information society and move forward to meet the Millennium Development Goals. Not a day passes without some new notion about how ICT will create a better world. What is lacking in much of this talk is a hardheaded notion of some of the practical steps we must take to actually have some impact upon the major challenges that humanity faces. We have all heard the old saying, "a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step". I suspect mankind's journey to solve the major global challenges needs thousand, if not millions, of small, practical, steps. I have heard all my life - my father repeated this frequently - that, 'every complex problem has a simple answer, but it is probably wrong!' Complex problems need many simple answers. What is yours? What are some of the simple things, the first steps, we might take using ICTs to help deal with major global challenges, such as global warming, poverty, health, education, wars...? The theme for this issue of the annual Connect-World Global Visionaries issue for 2007 is - The world's on a string - using ICT to tie it together. How can we connect for a better world?     Theme: The world's on a string - using ICT to tie it together! Articles Contributors Feature articles     Article no.: 1 Topic: Connecting for a better world Author: Dr Hamadoun Touré Title: Secretary-General Organisation: International Telecommunication Union PDF size: 172KB   About author: Dr Hamadoun Touré is the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, the ITU. He served as the Director of the ITU-BDT from 1998 until 2006 where he played a significant role in the WSIS process by launching numerous projects in partnership with international organizations, governments, civil society and the private sector. Prior to his election as Director of BDT, Dr Touré was Africa’s Regional General Manager for ICO Global Communications. Dr Touré served with the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) as Group Director for Africa and the Middle East, as Director for the Africa Region, and with INTELSAT’s Assistance and Development Programme (IADP). Prior to Intelsat, Dr Touré headed the Satellite Communications Section at Mali’s Office des Postes et Télécommunications (OPT). Hamadoun Touré holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Leningrad (LEIS, USSR) and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) from the University of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics of Moscow (MTUCI, Russia).   Article abstract: Not available   buy     Article no.: 2 Topic: ICT in the Democratic Republic of Congo Author: S.E. Minister Kyamusoke Bamusulanga Nta-Bote Title: Minister of Postal and Telecommunications Organisation: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) PDF size: 276KB   About author: H.E Minister Cyprien Kyamusoke Bamusulanga Nta-Bote (MP), is an elected member of parliament for the Shabunda district in the South -Kivu Province of the D.R. Congo. The Minister extensively worked with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in his native Congo, Tunisia, and Quebec. He also worked for the World Bank in the Ivory Coast. Mr Cyprien Kyamusoke is a Chartered Certified Project Analyst. H.E Minister Cyprien Kyamusoke Bamusulanga Nta-Bote graduated from the University of Kinshasa (1977) with a Degree in Economics.   Article abstract: ICT does not yet reach much of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s society, the way it works, lives, learns and plays. It wishes to transform itself into a continental telecommunication hub and the private sector has an important role to play in this transformation. Remote populations, and especially women, must be empowered by ICT training. Wireless networks are Congo’s best hope to reach the people and bridge the digital divide. Increased mobile penetration can be a major driver of economic growth.   buy     Article no.: 3 Topic: Connecting Antigua and Barbuda Author: Dr Edmond Mansoor Title: Minister of Information Technology, Broadcasting and Telecommunications Organisation: Antigua and Barbuda PDF size: 200KB   About author: Dr Edmond Mansoor is a Senator and the Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda responsible for Information Technology, Broadcasting and Telecommunications. He is a past President of the Antigua and Barbuda Medical Association and a past President of the Senate, the Upper House of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda. Dr Mansoor is a first class honours Bachelor of Science graduate of St Mary’s University in Nova Scotia, Canada; he graduated as a medical doctor from the University of the West Indies, Barbados.   Article abstract: Antigua and Barbuda is counting upon ICT to boost its economy, now largely dependant on tourism, and provide needed services to its population. The laws regulating the sector date back to 1954, are limited in scope and are not ‘technology neutral’. A government monopoly controls wire-line communications. Nevertheless, there are three mobile companies, two data companies, one wire-line company and an international telephone company. The government is pursuing an aggressive eight-point Community Technology Programme, to reach out to the country’s youth and disabled.   buy     Article no.: 4 Topic: Policy and the digital divide in Korea Author: Cheong-Moon Cho Title: Director Organisation: Division of International Cooperation and Planning, Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion PDF size: 216KB   About author: Dr Cheong-Moon Cho is the Director of the Division of International Cooperation & Planning of Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) responsible for their international programmes to informatise developing nations. Dr Cho runs KOIL - Korea’s programme for training IT-related government officials and other experts. Prior to KADO, Dr Cho was a Senior Researcher at the Department of IT Policy Development at the National Information Society Agency. Dr Cho has also taught social-science related subjects at university level and worked as a consultant with The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the World Bank in the field of ICT development for developing nations. Dr Cho is currently the Vice Chairman of the ITU’s Telecommunication Development Advisory Group. Dr Cho has published a great number of major research papers on the digital divide and the digitally excluded, on the participation of the private sector in closing the digital divide, on eLearning for social inclusion and the analyses of overseas aid programmes. Dr Cheong-Moon Cho earned his PhD in Sociology from the University of Maryland.   Article abstract: Korea has one of the world’s highest penetration rates for the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) and ranks first on the ITU’s 2007 Digital Opportunity Index. The Korean government’s policy to actively promote the dissemination of ICT is largely responsible for Korea’s success. Korea’s concern extends to every niche of society. Government programmes target groups often marginalised in other societies, such as women, the disabled, low-income groups, illiterates, and senior citizens among others, providing training, computers and special content.   buy     Article no.: 5 Topic: Telecommunications - Europe’s regulatory challenge Author: Dániel Pataki Title: President Organisation: National Communications Authority, Hungary, NCAH PDF size: 192KB   About author: Dániel Pataki is the President of Hungary’s National Communications Authority (NCAH). Mr Pataki is also the Vice President of the European Regulators Group/Independent Regulators Group (ERG/IRG) and will chair these organisations in 2008. Previously, as Deputy Secretary of State in charge of communications at the Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Mr Pataki was responsible for the creation of Hungary’s Electronic Communications Act and its Postal Services Act. Prior to joining the Government, Mr Pataki served as the Strategic Director of Vivendi Telecom Hungary, as Manager responsible for the communications practice at Andersen Management Consulting Division, Budapest, and as a business market manager at Vivendi Telecom, Hungary’s Business Development Directorate. He started his career in Paris at Totalgaz’s International Directorate. Mr Pataki was awarded the Order of Merit (Knight’s Cross) of the Republic of Hungary in 2005 for his work promoting the development of the information and communications technology sector. Mr Pataki graduated from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences specialising in international relations and public services and subsequently completed a postgraduate management programme in Paris.   Article abstract: In recent years, telecommunications costs in the European Union have fallen considerably; they were one-third less in 2006 than the previous year. TIME, the fusion of telecommunications, information, media and entertainment, is now a key economic sector in Europe and serves to foster education, healthcare and the maturity of Europe’s digital society in general. The growth of the sector, indeed Europe’s economic growth, will depend upon the coordination between the national regulatory authorities in the EU and the TIME sector.   buy     Article no.: 6 Topic: Information and communications sector development in Mongolia Author: Ayush Munkhbat Title: General Director Organisation: Policy Implementation, Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) Regulatory Department, Government of Mongolia PDF size: 216KB   About author: Mr Ayush Munkhbat is currently the General Director of Policy Implementation of the Regulatory Department at Mongolia’s Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) and a member of the MonCERT Board of Directors. Mr Munkhbat is also a NETCO board member and CEO of the ICT HR foundation. Mr Munkhbat began his career as the Director of E-Mongolia, a private company which pre-dated, and later named, the Mongolian Government’s vision for the nation’s E-Mongolia programme. Mr Munkhbat graduated with a degree in mathematics from the Mongolian National University.   Article abstract: Mongolia needs to harness ICTs to drive and catalyse its socioeconomic development. It is working to deal with legal issues, the expansion of privatisation (the separation of networks and services), policy and regulatory issues, its Universal Service Obligation Fund, and public private partnership initiatives. It is expanding its infrastructure in cooperation with international institutions, initiating projects based on public private partnerships, and Universal Service Obligation funding to provide access to ICT, and training in its use, to its entire population.   buy     Article no.: 7 Topic: Our most valuable resources, connected and safe Author: Deborah Taylor Tate Title: Commissioner Organisation: US Federal Communications Commission PDF size: 200KB   About author: Deborah Taylor Tate has been a Commissioner with the US Federal Communications Commission since 3 January, 2006. Commissioner Tate serves as Chair of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service and has represented the FCC officially in bilateral meetings with foreign countries and as a speaker at numerous US and international conferences. Commissioner Tate previously served as Chairman and Director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority and as Legal Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor to two Governors. Often referred to as “The Children’s Commissioner” for her work promoting online safety and children’s health, Commissioner Tate works to facilitate market-based solutions, cooperative federalism and public/private partnerships to address major policy issues. Commissioner Tate received a BA from the University of Tennessee, and a JD from the University of Tennessee College of Law.   Article abstract: Today’s new technologies are often disruptive in that they challenge existing technologies and business models, as well as regulators and policy-makers. They also provide opportunities to connect our citizens to services, social supports and ‘virtual’ jobs that were not possible just a decade ago. ICT addresses many of the challenges facing families and provides improved educational opportunities. Nevertheless, we must be vigilant in protecting our children as they go online to learn, socialise and explore in this connected world.   buy     Article no.: 8 Topic: Mobilised ICT - the foundation for one world Author: Sanjiv Ahuja Title: Chairman Organisation: Orange UK PDF size: 264KB   About author: Sanjiv Ahuja has been the Chairman of Orange UK since stepping down as CEO of Orange SA, having previously been the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr Ahuja organised the extension of the Orange brand from its mobile origins so that it now embraces France Telecom’s broadband, fixed line and IPTV services in its largest markets. Mr Ahuja also served as President of Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) and spent 15 years at IBM in various executive roles. He is currently a non-executive director of Cadbury Schweppes. Mr Ahuja has a degree in electrical engineering from Delhi University, India, and a Master’s degree in computer science from Columbia University in New York.   Article abstract: Isolation means poverty. One of the main reasons countries become and stay poor is remoteness from important markets. The world’s richest nations grew up around seas and rivers: natural channels for trade. Today, the Internet is the trade route of choice, indeed, necessity. Extending access to the world’s isolated masses and driving economic growth is a key United Nation’s goal. Mobile phones, already possessed by 3.35 billion people - half the world’s population - can provide this access and empower the remaining half.   buy     Article no.: 9 Topic: Let’s change this Author: Jonathan Schwartz Title: President & CEO Organisation: Sun Microsystems, Inc PDF size: 260KB   About author: Jonathan Schwartz is the CEO and President of Sun Microsystems, and a member of Sun’s Board of Directors. He joined Sun after it acquired Lighthouse Design, where he was CEO and co-founder. Prior to that, Mr Schwartz was with McKinsey & Co. Mr Schwartz is an inveterate blogger, and has led Sun’s drive to engage the marketplace, and redefine corporate transparency. A leader behind many of Sun’s open source and standard setting initiatives, he’s been an outspoken advocate for the network as a utility with more than just value for the computing industry - but as a tool for driving economic, social and political progress. Mr Schwartz received degrees in economics and mathematics from Wesleyan University.   Article abstract: ICT is world-changing technology, but generating the energy to power computers causes major economic and ecological problems. Twelve million people join the Internet each week. If each gets a PC, consuming 200 watts, that’s ten-20 gigawatts of new power draw and a massive impact on the planet. Something has to change. ‘Eco’ is as much about economics as the environment. For companies, there is a commercial opportunity in eliminating this inefficiency; it is important for society that they do so.   buy     Article no.: 10 Topic: Network-based solutions ignite global innovation Author: John F. Killian Title: President Organisation: Verizon Business PDF size: 188KB   About author: John F. Killian is President of Verizon Business. He comes to this role after serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Verizon’s Domestic Telecom group. Mr Killian previously held a wide range of positions in operations and finance, including: Senior Vice President and Controller, Verizon; Senior Vice President - Customer Operations, Verizon’s National Operations Group; Group President-International Telecommunications, Bell Atlantic; Vice President Investor Relations , Bell Atlantic; President and CEO, NYNEX CableComms Limited, UK; Vice President, NYNEX - New England; President of Rhode Island, NYNEX - New England; and a variety of executive positions of increasing responsibility at NYNEX, AT&T and New England Telephone. Mr Killian began as a Certified Public Accountant for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell. Mr Killian currently serves on the Board of Directors at ConEdison, Inc. and is a Trustee on the Boards of Providence College and the National Urban League. Mr Killian received a Bachelor of Science degree - Magna Cum Laude, from Providence College, where he received The Wall St. Journal Award and The Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants Award - and a Master’s degree from Bentley College.   Article abstract: Global carriers do more than provide essential communications services so businesses can concentrate on their core business. They also transform the way business is done; indeed, new businesses are constantly arising that cannot exist without the Internet. ‘Collaboration’ applications provide more than conferencing, messaging and access for remote and travelling employees; collaboration also reduces carbon emissions by eliminating unnecessary travel. ‘Collaboration’ helps enhance distance-learning opportunities, and the Web is a rich source of educational material for students and teachers alike.   buy     Article no.: 11 Topic: Welcome to anywhere Author: Emily Nagle Green Title: President & CEO Organisation: Yankee Group Research, Inc PDF size: 260KB   About author: Emily Nagle Green is the President and CEO of Yankee Group Research, Inc. She also sits on the Yankee Group Board of Directors. Before joining Yankee Group, Ms Green was the CEO of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, CERA, and led its sale to IHS Energy. Previously, Ms Green served for nine years in leadership roles with the IT advisory firm Forrester Research. She was Managing Director of Forrester Research North America and also launched and built the company’s European operations. Ms Green is a frequent speaker on the challenges and opportunities in connectivity change. Ms Green is also the President of MITX, New England’s trade association for digital technology, marketing and media professionals. Emily Green holds a B.S.L. degree in linguistics from Georgetown University and an M.S.E. degree in artificial intelligence and computer graphics from the University of Pennsylvania.   Article abstract: IP networks carry anything that can be digitised and are driving global connectivity. IP networks will soon be everywhere and this will change scale and nature of connectivity itself, its economics and even social structures. The merging of media and the ability to individually target consumers will provide the basis for a shift to an advertising supported environment. Ubiquitous networks will play an increasing role in businesses which, in turn, will adapt to new communications-based work styles and systems.   buy     Article no.: 12 Topic: Globally connected yet locally isolated Author: William T Hayes Title: President Organisation: IEEE Broadcast Technology Society PDF size: 192KB   About author: William T Hayes is the President of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society. Mr Hayes is, as well, responsible for the planning and development of all technology projects for the Iowa Public Television (IPTV) network including RF transmission facilities, studio origination facilities and 750 interactive classroom facilities throughout the State of Iowa. Mr Hayes has worked in radio and television broadcasting since 1973 and has planned and constructed two start-up full power television stations. Mr Hayes is an author for TV Technology, a leading technical magazine. William T Hayes holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications.   Article abstract: We live increasingly in a virtual technology-mediated world where we are globally connected but locally isolated. People walk and talk with mobile devices oblivious to their surroundings and the handset’s screen becomes their view of the world. Many use technology as a buffer to avoid personal interaction and the consequences. On a larger scale though, technology gives everyone, everywhere, access to knowledge, a chance to study and understand their neighbours throughout the world and our social networking has become global.   buy     Article no.: 13 Topic: Millennium Development Goals and the global community Author: John McAdam Title: President and CEO Organisation: F5 Networks PDF size: 204KB   About author: John McAdam is the President and CEO of F5 Networks and is, as well, a member of its board of directors. Prior to joining F5, Mr McAdam served as the General Manager of the Web server sales business at IBM. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end open systems, until it was sold to IBM in 1999. Mr McAdam holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.   Article abstract: Information and communication technology, ICT, is one of the most powerful tools we have for economic, social and human development. ICTs already play a vital role in meeting such United Nations Millennium Development Goals as: the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; ensuring environmental sustainability; achieving universal primary education; reducing child mortality; improving maternal health; and, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. Unfortunately, only 20 per cent of the world’s population has access to the Internet. International cooperation can make access a universal right.   buy     Article no.: 14 Topic: Influence of ICT on national and global development Author: Rudolf Fischer Title: CEO, Telekom Austria, and Vice Chairman, Telekom Austria Group Organisation: Telekom Austria, Telekom Austria Group PDF size: 216KB   About author: Rudolf Fischer is the CEO of Telekom Austria. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Management Board of the Telekom Austria Group. Prior to Telecom Austria, Mr Fischer served as the President of LTOA, an association of local telecommunications operators in Hungary. Mr Fischer, previously, was the Chairman of the Board of United Telecom Investment B.V. in the Netherlands and, earlier, headed AOSA, a joint venture between Siemens AG and Alcatel Austria. Mr Fischer began his career at Alcatel Austria, where he rose to head the position of Controller. Rudolf Fischer is a graduate of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.   Article abstract: The Internet drives the economy and the economy demands rapidly increasing amounts of bandwidth to fuel Internet growth. New uses of the Web, such as YouTube, digital cameras and amateur content, create enormous quantities of data. Radio, cable and other TV transmissions produce a total of 75 petabytes (75 x 1015) of data a year; YouTube, alone, streamed the same data volume in three months. There is an urgent need for investment to build the infrastructure with the needed capacity.   buy     Article no.: 15 Topic: Global VoIP - evolution or revolution? Author: Ofer Gneezy Title: President, CEO and co-founder Organisation: iBasis, Inc PDF size: 180KB   About author: Ofer Gneezy is the President, CEO and co-founder of iBasis, a global VoIP company. Prior to founding iBasis, Mr Gneezy was the President of Acuity Imaging, Inc., a multinational specialised in industrial automation technology, and President and CEO of Automatix, which he merged with Itran, Inc., to form Acuity. Mr Gneezy is a recipient of Pulver.com’s Industry Pioneer Award. Mr Gneezy is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration and has an MS in engineering from MIT.   Article abstract: Traditional switched telephony is disappearing; it is being replaced by VoIP. What started as a way to inexpensively interconnect major international carriers has spread even to residential calling. Traditional providers throughout the world are rolling out IP networks and VoIP is rapidly becoming a low-cost, or even free, commodity. In Japan, the government has mandated the changeover. This is dramatically changing the planning and business models of all carriers and attracting traditional brand names from other sectors to the market.   buy     Article no.: 16 Topic: The rise and impact of Carrier Ethernet Author: Jeff Reedy Title: President and CEO Organisation: Overture Networks PDF size: 232KB   About author: Jeff Reedy is the President and CEO of Overture Networks. Prior to Overture, Mr Reedy was VP of Engineering of Larscom Incorporated, a network access equipment company. Mr Reedy joined Larscom when they acquired T3 Technologies, a start-up he co-founded. Mr Reedy began his career at Bell Laboratories designing packet switching hardware and later joined FiberLAN, Inc., rising to Director of Engineering. He holds two patents. Mr Reedy earned a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University and a MSEE from Stanford University.   Article abstract: Telecommunications is undergoing a tremendous transformation caused, in part, by Carrier Ethernet. Today, Ethernet is more than a local area network (LAN) technology. Telecom service providers and equipment vendors have adapted Ethernet technology for metropolitan and wide area networks to offer business customers data, voice and video services. Carrier Ethernet offers the reliability, manageability, flexibility and high speed needed not only for business but for medical, distance learning and other applications that bring vital services to people throughout the world.   buy     Article no.: 17 Topic: Global multimedia communication Author: Dr Roar Hagen & Dr Jan Linden Title: Dr Roar Hagen, CTO and Co-Founder, and Dr Jan Linden, Vice President Engineering Organisation: Global IP Solutions PDF size: 188KB   About author: Dr Roar Hagen is the CTO and a Co-Founder of Global IP Solutions. Dr Roar has nearly 20 years of research and development in speech processing and coding. He built his career at AT&T Bell Labs and Ericsson Research. Dr Roar has filed more than ten patents. Dr Hagen holds a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a MSc in Physics. Dr Jan Linden is the Vice President of Engineering at Global IP Solutions responsible for all research and development activity within the company. Dr Linden has been conducting research and development in speech processing and communications for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Global IP Solutions he was with the University of California, Santa Barbara and SignalCom, Inc. Dr Linden has published more than 30 articles in various publications and has filed and been awarded several patents. Dr Linden holds a PhD and a MSc in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology.   Article abstract: For many decades there were few true innovations in the telecommunications industry, but the arrival of Internet-based (IP) communications changed the sector dramatically. IP has made inexpensive, when not free, voice, data and video a common service throughout the world. Wireless, both fixed and mobile, and the quick and inexpensive rollout it makes possible, is bringing IP-based, multimedia communications to the remotest regions of the world and making available life-changing, life-saving applications such as medicine at a distance and distance learning.   buy Confirmed authors (Order by article no.)   Dr Hamadoun Touré Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union   S.E. Minister Kyamusoke Bamusulanga Nta-Bote Minister of Postal and Telecommunications, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)   Dr Edmond Mansoor Minister of Information Technology, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Antigua and Barbuda   Cheong-Moon Cho Director, Division of International Cooperation and Planning, Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion   Dániel Pataki President, National Communications Authority, Hungary, NCAH   Ayush Munkhbat General Director, Policy Implementation, Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) Regulatory Department, Government of Mongolia   Deborah Taylor Tate Commissioner, US Federal Communications Commission   Sanjiv Ahuja Chairman, Orange UK   Jonathan Schwartz President & CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc   John F. Killian President, Verizon Business   Emily Nagle Green President & CEO, Yankee Group Research, Inc   William T Hayes President, IEEE Broadcast Technology Society   John McAdam President and CEO, F5 Networks   Rudolf Fischer CEO, Telekom Austria, and Vice Chairman, Telekom Austria Group, Telekom Austria, Telekom Austria Group   Ofer Gneezy President, CEO and co-founder, iBasis, Inc   Jeff Reedy President and CEO, Overture Networks   Dr Roar Hagen & Dr Jan Linden Dr Roar Hagen, CTO and Co-Founder, and Dr Jan Linden, Vice President Engineering, Global IP Solutions