Country Presentation: PHILIPPINESCountry Presentation: PHILIPPINES

Regional Multi-stakeholder Discussion Forum on Rural ICT Development

Bangkok, Thailand, 4 July 2011

Rural ICT Policy Advocacy, Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building Regional Project

Outline

Outline

ICT StatusInstitutional StructureRegulatory FrameworkFunding MechanismRural ICT InitiativesLessons Learned Follow-up

PHILIPPINE ICT STATUS

Telephone Subscription and Density for 2009

Country World

Total Telephones (000)

99,010

Fixed Telephones(000)

6,783

Mobile Telephones (000)

92,227

Total Tele-density 108% 86%

Fixed Tele-density 7% 17%

Mobile Tele-density

100% 68%

% popn covered by Mobile Network

99% 93%

PHILIPPINE ICT STATUS

Internet Access and Broadband

Country World

Fixed Broadband Subscription (000)

1,722

Fixed Broadband Density (%)

1.9% 6.8%

Mobile Broadband (000) 9,385

Mobile Broadband Tele-density

10.2% 10.1%

Number of Internet Cafes

Approx 35,000

Number of CECs 1,480

Est No. of Internet Users

24M or 27%

Estimated number of Internet Subscribers

Source: NTC

Estimated number of Internet Subscribers

GOVT’S INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

Legislation Congress

Policy setting , planning, and programming Commission on ICT

Regulatory National Telecommunications Commission

ICT Research and Development Department of Science and Technology- Advanced

Science and Technology Institute

ICT Plans and Policies

Relevant ICT Laws and Issuances

Public Telecommunications Policy Act

Municipal Telephone Act

Mandatory Interconnection

Creation of CICT

•Natl Telecomm Plan

•Natl IT Plan 2000

•IT21

•Strategic Roadmap for the ICT Sector 2006-10

•Phil Digital Strategy 2011-16

FUNDING MECHANISM

• Public Financing

• Official Development Assistance

• Public Private Partnership

• eGovernment Fund

eGovernment Fund

• started in 2003

• over P15B allocated since 2003

•Used for mission-critical eGov /ICT projects

Rural ICT Initiatives and PPP

Community eCenter Program

E-Governance

Jumpstarting eGovernance in LGUs

ICT for Basic Education

iSchools, PCPS, GILAS, eSkwela

ICT for Agriculture

Farmers IT Service Centers

Community eCenter Program

• various models I mplemented

•1,480 CeCs in Municipalities

•Mostly owned and managed by LGUs

•Target : 80% of villages by 2016

•PhilCeCNet as CICT partner

•CeC Academy trains CeC knowledge workers

KEY LESSONS LEARNED FROM WORKSHOP

Availability of funding, such as USF, helped in the growth of ICT in countries that implement a transparent, multi-sectoral, and objective-driven program;

ICT champions are needed at all levels ;

eCommerce applications in telecentres, such as Korea’s and Thailand’s, can help boost the local economy and increase income of communities;

OBJECTIVES FOR FOLLOW-UP

Explore the possibility of new funding sources for ICT initiatives, such as USF;

Develop strategic and political support for ICT initiatives.

Conceptualize and design the eCommerce application for Community eCenters and initiate partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry for online marketing of local products;

End of Presentation.

Thank you.