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Ebrahim Al Haddad, Regional Director, ITU
Innovation and Technology Day,
24th April 2012, Doha
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“…Innovation is essential if countries and firms are to
recover from the global economic downturn and thrive
in today’s highly competitive and connected global
economy. It is a powerful engine for development and
for addressing social and economic challenges. And it
holds the key, both in advanced and emerging
economies, to employment generation and enhanced
productivity growth through knowledge creation and its
subsequent application and diffusion”
- 2010 Ministerial Report on the
OECD Innovation Strategy
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Innovation and ICTs
“Today, high-speed communication
networks support innovation throughout
the economy much as electricity and
transport networks spurred innovation in
the past.”
-- OECD Ministerial Report on Innovation
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How does it happen?
• “Innovation” does not occur in isolation
• Innovation arises out of the intersection of a series of
interacting initiatives across multiple sectors
performed by a broad group of actors — including
governments, institutions, firms and, increasingly,
ICT-enabled users
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Where ICTs are having major
impact on innovation
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• ICTs having large impact on:
• education and training systems
• nature of work
• Direct involvement of end users in innovation processes
• Entrepreneurial culture
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read
& write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn & relearn"
- Alvin Toffler
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Unleashing innovation in
firms
ICTs having large impact on:
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Framework conditions supportive of competition and
conducive to innovation
Well-functioning financial markets. Easing access to
finance for new firms
Culture of risk-taking and creative activity
Fostering innovation in small and medium-sized
firms, in particular new and young ones
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Creating and applying knowledge
ICTs having large impact on:
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Investment in effective public research systems
Ensuring coherence between sources of funding R&D
Ensuring modern and reliable knowledge infrastructure
supporting innovation accompanied by regulatory frameworks
supporting open access to networks and competition in market
Policy and regulatory environment that allows for the
development of technologies and their convergence
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Creating and applying knowledge cont’d
ICTs having large impact on:
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Facilitating knowledge flows and foster development
of networks and markets that enable creation,
circulation and diffusion of knowledge, along with an
effective system of intellectual property rights
Foster innovation in public sector at all levels of
government to enhance delivery of public services,
improve efficiency and create positive externalities in
the rest of the economy
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Applying innovation to address global and
social challenges
ICTs having large impact on:
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Policy regime providing flexibility/incentives to address global
challenges through innovation in developed and developing
countries, and encourages invention and the adoption of costeffective technologies
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Spur innovation as a tool for development; strengthen the
foundations for innovation in low-income countries, including
affordable access to modern technologies
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Improving the governance and
measurement of policies for innovation
ICTs having large impact on:
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Ensure policy coherence by treating innovation as a
central component of government policy
Foster evidence-based decision making and policy
accountability by recognizing measurement as
central to the innovation agenda
Enable regional and local actors to foster innovation,
while ensuring co-ordination across regions and with
national efforts
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ICT Development in the
Arab region
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ICT developments in the Arab region,
2006-2011
 Strong growth in mobile telephony over the last five
years, from 39% to 100% penetration
 Almost all countries have launched a 3G network
 Active mobile-broadband subscriptions have increased
from 1% penetration to around 13%
 Internet usage penetration has increased from 11% to
almost 30%
 Fixed (wired)-broadband penetration has increased from
0.3 % to 2.2%
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ICT developments in the Arab region, 2006-2011
Strong growth in mobile-cellular subscriptions
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90
80
Per 100 inhabitants
70
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions
…
Internet users
Active mobile-broadband subscriptions
Fixed-telephone subscriptions
Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions**
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2006
14
2007
2008
2009
2010
Note: 2011 data are ITU estimates ** Data on fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions exclude WiMAX
subscriptions
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database
2011*
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Mobile-cellular penetration (2011)
 At the end of 2011, the Arab region reached a very high
mobile-cellular penetration: 97% compared to the world
average of 87%
 There are significant differences in mobile-cellular
penetration between GCC countries (173%) and non-GCC
countries (76%)
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Mobile-cellular penetration (2011)
Major differences exist within the region
7.0
Somalia
Djibouti
18.6
Comoros
22.5
Sudan
40.5
Yemen
Africa
46.1
Syria
53.0
57.8
Lebanon
68.0
Iraq
75.8
Non GCC countries
75.9
Mauritania
Asia & Pacific
World
79.3
Egypt
87.1
Algeria
86.7
Arab States
92.4
Morocco
73.9
100.1
Tunisia
106.0
Jordan
107.0
Bahrain
The Americas
103.3
Europe
124.2
Qatar
96.7
119.5
132.4
UAE
CIS
145.5
Kuwait
143.0
160.8
Oman
165.5
Libya
0
171.5
GCC countries
50
150
200
Per 100 inhabitants
173.3
Saudi Arabia
100
187.9
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Per 100 inhabitants
Note: 2011 data are ITU estimates
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database
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Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions
 Between 2006 and 2011, fixed (wired) broadband has
grown relatively slowly in the Arab region
 At the end of 2011, fixed (wired)-broadband penetration
stood at 2.2% (8 million subscriptions compared to 1
million in 2006) in the Arab region, compared to almost
5% in the developing world and 8.5% globally
 This reflects to some extent the limited fixed network
in the region as a whole
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Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions
Relatively low uptake of fixed broadband
2011
2006-2011
30
Developed
25
Per 100 inhabitants
Africa
World
Developing
0.2
Arab States
2.2
Arab States
20
Asia & Pacific
6.2
World
15
8.5
CIS
10
9.6
The Americas
15.5
5
Europe
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011*
25.8
0
10
20
Per 100 inhabitants
30
Note: Data on fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions exclude WiMAX subscriptions; 2011 data are ITU estimates
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database
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Active mobile-broadband subscriptions
 Wireless broadband is growing fast in the region, including
the deployment of WiMAX and 3G mobile broadband
services
 Active mobile-broadband subscriptions (48 million in 2011
compared to 3 million in 2007) in the Arab region
reached 13% penetration in 2011
 Comparing with other regions: 8.5% in the developing
world, 10.7% in Asia and the Pacific, and 3.8% in Africa
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Active mobile-broadband subscriptions
Fast-growing wireless broadband
2011
2007-2011
60
Developed
Africa
50
Asia & Pacific
Arab States
Per 100 inhabitants
3.8
World
40
Developing
10.7
Arab States
13.3
CIS
30
14.9
World
20
17.0
The Americas
30.5
10
Europe
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011*
54.1
0
20
40
Per 100 inhabitants
60
Note: 2011 data are ITU estimates
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database
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WiMAX and 3G licenses in Arab countries,
mid-2011
 Strong growth in wireless-broadband uptake is the result
of strong increase in operational licenses
 Most Arab countries have started to deploy wirelessbroadband networks (WiMAX and 3G)
 Some of the GCC countries are early adopters (as of
2003)
 These are promising developments in view of the
relatively low fixed-broadband penetration
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WiMAX and 3G licenses in Arab countries:
mid-2011
Wireless-broadband licensing on the rise
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Number of operational 3G licensees
5
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5
5
Number of operational WiMAX licensees
4
4
4
3
3
33
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
22
22
2
2
22
2
1
1
1
1
11
11
1
1
0
0
0
0
00
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Note: *3G services were not available in 2011
Source: ITU, operators, Arab Advisors Group
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Internet users in the Arab region: 2011
 In the Arab region, 29% of people are currently using the
Internet, compared to 35% globally, 26% in developing
countries, 27% in Asia-Pacific and 13% in Africa
 These numbers are expected to increase with the growth
of wireless broadband
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Internet users in the Arab region, 2011
Less than 1 out of 3 people are online
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74.4
70
Per 100 inhabitants
60
56.3
47.6
50
40
29.1
30
27.2
20
12.8
10
0
Europe
The Americas
CIS**
Arab States
Asia & Pacific
Africa
Note: 2011 data are ITU estimates ** Commonwealth of Independent States
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database
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ITU Fixed-broadband sub-basket, 2010
 Strong link between ICT uptake and cost of ICT services
 ITU ICT Price Basket shows that average cost of ICT
services, and in particular fixed-broadband services, in the
Arab region is higher compared to other regions
(except Africa)
 In 2010, the average price of an entry-level fixed
broadband package in the region cost the equivalent of
52% of average monthly GNI per capita
 Note: these figures are of course influenced by very
high prices in a few of the region’s low-income
countries
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ITU Fixed-broadband sub-basket, 2010
Fixed broadband is still relatively expensive for the user
350
291.3
300
US$
300
PPP$
250
Monetary units
200
200
150
150
112.2
100
100
52.6
50
22.4
0
1.4
Europe
1.5
Developed
countries
50
27.3
7.3
CIS
% monthly GNI per capita
Fixed-broadband sub-basket as % of GNI capita, 2010
250
0
The
Americas
Asia &
Pacific
Arab States Developing
countries
Africa
Source: ITU
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SO, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE
INNOVATION IS EVERYWHERE?
 Integrate ICT innovative strategies into overall national
economic development plans and establish concrete targets to
monitor progress
 Increase investment in fixed infrastructure
 Leverage on wireless technologies to increase broadband
Internet access and increase mobile innovative apps.
 Make broadband more affordable in line with ITU-UNESCO
Broadband Commission target 2 (i.e. to cost less than 5% of
average monthly GNI per capita by 2015).
 Internationally, align the work of the UN agencies towards the
creation of and strengthening knowledge societies.
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Thank you for listening
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