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India: Information and Communication Technologies
India: Information and Communication Technologies
India: Information and Communication Technologies
India
Saifur Rahman
04/10/2009
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India at a glance
Area: 1.2 Million SQ Mile
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Board Benefits from ICT
Having telecom and Internet access empower people to
cross the digital divide
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ICT for Health /
Healthcare
New horizons for
Indian doctors
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ICT for Education
Wireless web reaches Village children
“I Can learn
mathematic with the
computer”
Source: BBC News
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ICT for Economic
Opportunity
ICT can contribute to income generation, poverty reduction and
better employment opportunities.
•Weather
•Farming best practice
•Crop status
•Global market price
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ICT for Empowerment and
Participation
ICT can contribute to fostering empowerment and participation
and making government processes more efficient.
i.e. Farmers can get copies of land titles for 10 cents vs.
previously $100 from corrupt officials.
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Rural Telecommunications
Systems
There are four different types of telecommunications systems:
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POTS
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POTS
However, majority of the world’s population lack POTS
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Cellular – India
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Call Centers
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Internet Usage and Population
Statistics
Source: WEF
* 2007-08: 127 countries; 2006-07: 122 countries
Source:http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia/in.htm
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ICT rank of India
2007-08 2006-07
Economy Rank Score Rank Score Change
India 50 4.06 44 4.06 -6
China 57 3.90 59 3.68 2
Pakistan 89 3.37 84 3.31 -5
Philippines 81 3.56 69 3.55 -12
Sri Lanka 79 3.58 86 3.27 7
Source: WEF
* 2007-08: 127 countries; 2006-07: 122 countries
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Sources
1. http://www.mit.gov.in/default.aspx?id=86
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communication_technologies
5. http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?Title=Bahrain-at-45th-place-on-ICT-readiness-index&catid=6&newsid
7. http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_pakistan.pdf
9. http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_india.pdf
11. http://www.ari.vt.edu/2DOC/NAE-Jan06.pdf
13. http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/centres/elab/publications/docs/Business%20Standard%2009.04.2008.pdf
15. http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/default.aspx
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