International Telecommunication Union Report on the outcomes of the World Telecommunication...

International Telecommunication Union

Report on the outcomes of the World Telecommunication Indicators

Meeting

Esperanza.Magpantay@itu.int Market, Economics and Finance Unit

(MEF)Telecommunication Development

Bureau

Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society (WPIIS) Meeting

26-29 April 2005Paris, France

Measurement work at ITU - Overview

o ITU has an obligation as a UN specialized agency in-charge of telecommunication/ICT to collect statistics covering its sector - forms part of UN statistical work

World Telecommunication Indicators (WTI)

• Annual data collection and dissemination

• Two WTI Questionnaires per year sent to government agencies responsible for ICT/telecom or operators

• Online research and annual reports

World Telecom Indicator Meetings, 1996-2005

116125

1996 1999 2003 2005

Participants Countries

NSO25% UN/Other

Orgs19%

Regulators32%

Sector Members

4%Ministries

Distribution of participants, 2005

Topics discussed

o ITU indicator activities (data collection and dissemination)

o Millennium Development Goals and ICT Indicators

o New Indicators (mobile, Internet and Community Access to ICTs indicators)

o Research and Analysiso Gender Statistics and Telecom Indicatorso Country experiences from telecom

regulators and NSOs

ITU Telecommunication Indicators Handbook

o First released in 1996 and updated to include new indicators & definition

o Basis for ITU Indicators collected and published

o Discussed during WTIM05 in light of latest developments

o 2003 version available online, 3 languages

o 2005 version to be released by end of June

http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/material/Top50.doc

Indicators

Quality of service

Traffic

Tariffs (Mobile, fixed)

Revenue & Investment

Network subscribers (fixed, mobile, etc)

Indicator categories

New Indicators

Mobile indicators Revenue Subscribers by

technology Traffic (including SMS,

Community access Core infrastructure

and basic indicators

Conventional

Key points highlighted during WTIM05

o Need for a statistical focal point in regulatory/ministry

o Collaboration between regulators, ministries, NSOs, and telecom operators to improve data collection

o ITU and regional organizations should work with focal points to build statistical capacity (workshops, seminars, training)

o Share best practices in the area of data collection

o Promote regional cooperation between regulators to strengthen statistical work

Key points highlighted during WTIM05

o International, regional and national policy makers should promote the value of and need for ICT statistics

o Governments should create a favorable legal basis for collecting ICT statistics.

o ICT Policy Strategy should define clear targets and indicators to measure progress

o Countries are encouraged to increase their efforts to collect and disseminate ICT indicators on time

o Next WTIM scheduled in the second half of 2006 for a period of three days

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