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Naqibullah Sailab

Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority

(ATRA)June 3-5 ,2013

Indonesia

Brief of the Status of ICT andSatellite in Afghanistan

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ICT Status Afghanistan

In 2000, no ICT inAfghanistan

Internet and TV wereforbidden

Afghans needed to travel

to neighboring countriesfor making phone call

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ICT for the Society

ICT has becomeimportant part of 

everyone’s life

ICT drives social andeconomic development.

ICT is vital in industry,

commerce, banking,governance, health,education etc

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Policy for ICT Development

Emergency Comm Ser

Wireless

Enabling environmentfor private sector

Transparent licensing

Establish the sectorregulator ATRA

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Policy in Action

2003 - ICT Policy, Telecom Policy

2005 - Developed Telecom Law

2006 - The Telecom Regulatory Authority

2009 - E-GIF, E-Gov Interoperability Framework 

2012 - ICT Law (submitted to parliament)

2012 - The National Cyber security Strategy

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Licenses

 ‘03 - 2 GSM licenses, 5M$

 ‘05 - 2 GSM licenses, 40M$

 ‘05 - Afghan Telecom (public) ‘02 – ‘13 - Over 50 ISP licenses,

Four 3G license issued

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Population Coverage

Over 85 % of populationcovered

Leader in theregion

Insecurity in

some parts of the country

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Mobile Phone Users

Mobile users:19.5 million

Penetration: 65% Actual challenge:

Insecurity

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Government Revenues

10% - BRT on netrevenues

2.5% - FrequencyFees on net

revenues

2.5% - TDF

20% - of annual profit

1.9b$ investments

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Taxes &Fees

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Internet

Less progress: 4% or 1 million users

Reasons: no availability, expensive

OFC helps: Price reduced from $4000 to$300/Mb/month

Soon to come down to $150/mb/month

Goal is: Broadband coverage over 80%,

user penetration 50% in next 3 years

Achieve through OFC and 3G

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International Recognition

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GSMA 2011, Barcelona:

 “GovernmentLeadership Award2011” 

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Actual stand

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Afghanistan is in process of awardinglicense for Satellite Communications linksunder Afghanistan Registration….

Response to the bid shows that actualspace segment resource is suboptimal

Consequence of passive approach

Shortage in capacity and human recourses

High demand for getting back on track

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Historical view

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Government(s) of Afghanistan are burdenwith other priorities,

since 2002, increased telecom industrydemands efficient administrative services.

Recent technical assistance openedpossibility to accelerate capacity building

Now is the time, to start regularcoordination.

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Historical view

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ITU procedures have provided minimalprotection of space (AFG0000, AFG__100).

Position on 50ºE, covers Afghanistan only. Other countries/operators, large areas

including Afghanistan

A drain of services and money cannot becompensated by Afghan-based services inother countries

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Our target

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Development of national administration

Introduce automated data exchange

BRIFIC, SMS4DC and other tools Manage Afghan space to enable economical

support for industry

Coordination with otter countries andenable cross border services

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Conclusion

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Passive approach to ITU over many yearshave consequences

Actual, “courtesy-size” space segmentprovides motivation for action

We need to work hard to re-gain lostopportunities

Industry will backup success, and will notforgive passiveness

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The Way Forward

ICT Law, Policy Revision,

Wireless Regulation Revision

MNP, QoS, LTE Licenses, FTTH

Open Access policy, public awareness,

Migration Digital Applications likeID, Gov, Health, Education, Commerce,Broadcast

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