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Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012
ICT Promotion and Standardization Challenges for Nepal
Babu Ram DawadiAsst. Director
Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA)brdawadi@nta.gov.np
ITU Workshop on “Bridging the Standardization Gap”
(Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012)
OutlineNepal-Brief
Existing ICT Policies/Acts
ICT promotion/standardization Activities
Collaboration with ITU for ICT Enhancement
Issues and Challenges for Nepal
Conclusion and Recommendations
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Nepal
Mt. Everest, peak of the world
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(src: cbs.gov.np, 2011)
Demographics
Population Distribution
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Demographics …1
Social Indicator (src:cbs.gov.np, 2011/12)Per Capita GNI: USD 742 Population having access to Electricity: 43.9% Literacy Rate (5yrs and Above)
Male: 74.7%Female: 53.3%
Human Development Index (UNDP Rep. 2011): Rank157Total no of Villages: 3915Villages served by Telephone Service: 3915 (100%)More than 92 local languagesMore than 101 castes.
src: NTA MIS, may 2012, www.nta.gov.np
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Nepal: Telecom StatusTele-Density
Penetration Growth
ICT standardization Need
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Existing Government Acts, Policies, Regulation... for ICT
Standardization/Enhancement in Nepal
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Nepal Government Acts, Policies
Telecommunications Act, 1997Focused over standards
Authority shall define the quality and standards of the machine, equipment and facilities telecommunications and its service.
The authority shall prescribe the minimum standard to be maintained by a licensee in operating the telecommunications service.
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Nepal Government Acts …1
Telecom Policy 2004, strategies Universal Access to telecommunications service
Liberalization of telecommunications sector But limited to available spectrum
Open licensing regime
Enter into information society
Encourage the private sector participation.
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Nepal Government Acts …2
Long term policy on information and communication sector- 2010
Socioeconomic Infrastructure developmentEffective frequency managementHuman capacity building in telecom sector.
Information Technology Policy-2010Vision: establish Nepal in the map of world information technology by developing knowledge base society.Internet access to school/community, e-governance, broadband data network.
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Nepal Government Acts …3
Electronic Transaction Act-2008 and Electronic Transaction Rule-2010
Provisioning of E-Records management and generating secure digital signature
E-Government Master Plan-2006Establishes the vision, strategy and framework for Nepal’s e-governanceDefines direction of the executing organization, and restructuring legal framework.
Government Involvement/initiatives in ICT promotion/standardization
Collaboration with ITU (Research, Standardization for Nepal)
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Government/NTA Initiatives
Within recent few years NTA has carried out several mission projects for ICT standardization within the country by taking fruitful assistants from ITU.
Regulatory guidelines on broadband through universal service (ITU mission project-2011)
Strategies and policy framework proposed.Recommended suitable administrative framework for the disbursement of Rural Telecom Development Fund (RTDF).
IPTV/IPCDMA project for Nepal TelecomAssisting by ITU to standardize
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Government/NTA Initiatives …1
M-Health country needs assessment and feasibility study (ITU Mission, 2011).
Role of ICT in improving healthcare deliveries by sharing the experiences and best practices.
Identify critical national health priorities and its needs.
The report has been forwarded to Ministry of Health (MoH), with the interest that NTA can take initiatives for pilot project based on the recommendation, collaborating with MoH.
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Government/NTA Initiatives …2
Wireless Broadband Master Plan (ITU Mission, 2012)
Government focus on infrastructure sharing => county’s needRecommendations:
Legal/regulatory framework reform in telecom sector.Unified licensing regime (recently being introduced by the government).Effective spectrum regulation and pricing framework.(3yrs interim plan recommended to the government)
ICT Accessibilities for Persons with Disabilities (ITU Mission, Nov. 2012, going to be commenced soon)
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ICT Promotion/Standardization Activities
SASEC Information Highway project in the bidding process. (bid notice published: moic.gov.np)
District Optical Fiber Network Project (utilizing RTDF) => Standardization process in line with ITU Standards
Tele-center Project 58 centers of 26 districtsEstablished multipurpose common service centers (as pilot project) at three villages of Lamjung district in 2011. (PPP model).
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ICT Promotion/Standardization …1
Reviewing/Standardizing National Numbering Plan
Initiated Research to develop Standards for Interconnection to suite into converged network environment.
Infrastructure Sharing guideline finalizing.
Directives for laying and maintaining optical fiber cable across the country=> guideline standardized and issued
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ICT Promotion/Standardization …2
National Emergency Telecommunication Plan (NETP)=>under consultation Service
Study of health hazards due to wireless communication => under consultation service
EIR implementation and Genuine IMEI verification: processed
National Broadband Plan: almost finalized
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ICT Promotion/Standardization …3
Type Approval Working Procedure of Customer Premises Radio Telecommunication Equipments-2012” (TAP-02)=>issued
Guideline for Analysis and Design of Telecom. Tower, Earthquake/Disaster Risk Assessment of BTS Towers and Vulnerability Assessment => under consultation service
ICT policy consultation project (MoIC Leading) for Nepal assisting by KISDI and KCC.
Study on Regulatory Framework in response to the Convergence of Telecommunications and Broadcasting for Nepal
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Policy Issues
Different policies in ICT with the involvement of different ministries.
Policy harmonization required
Legacy PolicyConvergence approach have to be adopted
Telecommunications, broadcasting, content management
Different licensing regime (basic-PSTN, mobile, limited mobility, internet service)
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Policy Issues…1
Lack of clear policy with vision of workContent management and content filtering issues.
ccTLD .NP domain administration/management and regulation not yet under govt. framework.
Cyber Security issues (formation of NP-CERT/CIRT), its management and operation issues
Conflict of Interest among organizationsMoIC/MoEST/NTA => major policy formulating organizations
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Policy Issues (QoS) …1
Standardization of Quality of Service (QoS) parameters for Basic, wireless and internet service by NTA on 2007.
Operators Quality of Service (QoS)Last two years quality measurement of bigger operators (NTC, NCELL & UTL)Not a Satisfactory Result
Mobile BTS concept, thinking by Nepalese Operator(s)
Not yet standardized and practiced by ITU QoS can’t be compromised hence implication on QoS by this approach has to be analyzed.
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Policy Issues (QoS/Interconnection)…2
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Low QoS, Determining factors for NepalNetwork capacity planning and optimizationCoverage/TerrainsFrequency Allocation/PlanningEnd-user mobile device performance (device quality)Power ( load-shedding) problem (avg. blackout 35hrs/week throughout the year)Unplanned Urbanization
Interconnection IssuesLack of proper policy/guideline for IP based network interconnection (VoIP, NGN..)
Type Approval issues
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Type approval procedure for radio telecommunication equipments for customer premises equipment
Preferable for the accreditation of regional lab for type approval
decrease the cost of testing of the equipment in each and every countryremoves the duplication of work.address the well equipped lab facilities as an important resource which is not available especially in the developing countries like Nepal
(NTA study in SATRC working group)
Conclusion & Recommendations
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Recommended Assistantship Expected-2013
Feasibility study to divide Nepal in to two telecom circles for allocating cellular spectrum.
Expected o/p: feasibility of two Telecom circle for spectrum
Revise/Standardize QoS parameters including new technologies (LTE, 3G, VoIP) for NTA
Expected o/p: Updated quality benchmarks with QoS parameters
Review of Telecom tariff guidelines for Nepal Telecommunications Authority
Expected o/p: Updated tariff guidelines
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Thank You!