Today’s digital technologies are transforming almost every sector of the economy by presenting new business models, introducing innovative products and services – and, ultimately, changing the way countries around the world harness socioeconomic development. Digital technologies, and the benefits that they bring, can connect citizens to services and opportunities, and help them build a better future. However, for markets to functi...
This case study reviews Saudi Arabia’s progress in terms of digital transformation and collaborative regulation based on various sources. These include responses to the ITU G5 questionnaire, virtual and written interviews with regulators, industry groups, and independent research.
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Ce travail fait partie du premier volet dans la série d’études de cas sur la régulation collaborative et va se focaliser sur les cadres institutionnel et réglementaire du secteur des télécommunications/TIC au Sénégal. L’objectif de cette étude consiste à l’évaluation du cadre réglementaire du secteur de télécommunications au Sénégal, notamment les pratiques de collaboration entre institutions (ampleur et profondeur), des outils réglementaires en place, du niveau de maturité de la réglementation en place, après une analyse des principales politiques pour le secteur des TIC, les politiques intersectorielles pour l’économie numériques, l’environnement et l’écosystème du secteur, le cadre politique et institutionnel…
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is advocating a new collaborative approach to ICT regulation. Collaborative regulation or 5th generation regulation (G5) broadly defined is based on the concept of generations of ICT regulation, with successive generations evolving from an initial command and control approach for public monopolies, to one of collaboration across institutions and stakeholders to oversee the development of collaborative regulation for a digital economy.
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Digital transformation has emerged onto the policy agenda of a growing number of countries as a way to drive social development and economic prosperity. Digitalization, as a cross-cutting phenomenon, has a broad social and economic impact. It affects all sectors of an economy – from agriculture to industry and trade, from household consumption to …
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L’objectif de cette étude consiste à l’évaluation du cadre réglementaire du secteur de télécommunications en République Démocratique du Congo notamment les pratiques de collaboration entre les établissements (ampleur et profondeur), des outils réglementaires en place, du niveau de maturité de la réglementation en place, après une analyse des principales politiques pour le secteur des TIC, les politiques intersectorielles pour l’économie numériques, l’environnement et de de l’écosystème du secteur, le cadre politique et institutionnel ainsi que la mise en oeuvre de ces politiques et programmes du développement du secteur.
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Today’s fundamental funding challenge is to make rural and low-income areas and marginalized populations “worth” the investment risk for the private sector and co-investors, as the economic cost of exclusion is higher than the cost of closing the digital divide. Designed to provide practical guidance to ITU members and other stakeholders, this new report will contribute to reviewing and rethinking funds as a concept, exploring alternative models using a combination of monetary and non-monetary contributions and implementing innovative risk-mitigation mechanisms and financial solutions for smarter investments. It also provides guidance on the policy and regulatory frameworks needed to attract greater…
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The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) was first launched in 2015 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to measure the commitment of 193 ITU Member States and the State of Palestine1 to cybersecurity to help them identify areas of improvement and encourage countries to take action, through raising awareness on the state of cybersecurity worldwide. As cybersecurity risks, priorities, and resources evolve, the GCI has also adapted to give a more accurate snapshot of cybersecurity measures taken by countries. This report aims to better understand countries’ commitments to cybersecurity, identify gaps, encourage the incorporation of good practices, and provide useful insights…
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According to the ICT Regulatory Tracker, Rwanda is a fourth-generation (G4) regulator. As a country that has put ICTs at the centre of its development since 2000, Rwanda has duly earned its recent entry into the small but growing club of African countries to be rated at the G4 level. G4 is characterized by integrated regulation, led by economic and social policy goals. G5, which is well within Rwanda’s grasp, has the important additional aspect of deep and meaningful collaboration as a means of achieving development-oriented digitalization and digital transformation.
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The ability to successfully collaborate, is one of the key building blocks of a digital economy, and a key marker of a fifth generation (G5) regulator. In an information and communication technology (ICT) sector known for change, G5 regulation represents yet another shift – not of technology, but of paradigm – for governments and regulators globally. G5 regulation forces the reconsideration of existing institutional frameworks and the harmonisation of policy priorities and regulatory rules in recognition of the interplay between digital infrastructure, services and content across industries and national borders.
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has been advocating in the past years the need to implement a new approach to ICT regulation, labelled fifth generation collaborative regulation. The underlying premise of such an approach is the need for countries to migrate to a regulatory and policy framework based on the collaboration among multiple sectors and cross-sector regulators within a scope that expands beyond the ICT space into that of the digital economy. In this context, as part of its Global ICT Regulatory Outlook, the ITU launched a pilot version of The Benchmark of Fifth Generation Collaborative Regulation (G5 Benchmark) in…
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