Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 1 Dr. Vytautas Krasauskas Head of Post and Telecommunication Division Ministry of Transport and Communication Lithuanian ICT Policy

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 2 Governmental Institutions Responsible for ICTs  Ministry of Transport and Communication (MoTC)  Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA) under the Government  Ministry of Internal Affairs  Information Society Development Committee (ISDC) under the Government The main tasks obligated by the Government: Formation and Implementation of State Strategy (Policy) in Telecommunication area

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 3 People work more and more People work more and more. Due to Convergence processes, we must speak about Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) as a New Technologies Due to Convergence processes, we must speak about Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) as a New Technologies Connectivity Capacity Content ICT=IT=IST Convergence

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 4 (Enlarged) European Union Towards European knowledge society and economy By 2010 EU is the most competitive knowledge- based region in the world Joint actions, exchange of good practices, common benchmarking

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 5 Lithuanian Tasks To create a legislation base that would be transparent, stimulating competition, be adopted regarding EC requirements To create a legislation base that would be transparent, stimulating competition, be adopted regarding EC requirements To create liberal, stable ICT market attractive to investors To create liberal, stable ICT market attractive to investors Invest and back innovative technologies; educate and increase capabilities to use ICTs Invest and back innovative technologies; educate and increase capabilities to use ICTs

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 6 New Telecommunication Law ( ): - liberalized public fixed telephone network and services - ended fixed telephone network monopoly -liberalized telecommunication authorization policy Higher competition – lower prices Electronic Communications Law on a way

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 7 Lithuanian actions The independent Communications Regulatory Authority was established in 2000 to enforce: Efficiency Efficiency Competition Competition Transparency Transparency Universal access Universal access ”Lietuvos Telekomas” published as SMP and obligated as Universal Service provider (2003 year)

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 8 Lithuania:ICT developments:

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 9 “Information is not knowledge” Albert Einstein 13

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 10 ICT Market Knowledge ICT Market Knowledge affects

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 11 Lithuanian actions (2) “Window to the Future” “Window to the Future” “Establishing Internet Access Points at Rural Areas” (2003, Financed partly by the PHARE)” “Establishing Internet Access Points at Rural Areas” (2003, Financed partly by the PHARE)” Access points at Posts, Libraries and etc. “PC for schools” “PC for schools” Lithuanianizing of SW Lithuanianizing of SW

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 12 Lithuanian actions (3) e BUSINESS ePaymenteSignature e HEALTH e GOVERNMENT (adopted at the end 2002) Source: Sic market investigation, Taylor Nelson Sofres

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Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 14 ICT Strategy Goals(1) - by 2005 to expand works in the spheres of electronic business, public administration, competence of the population, use of the Lithuanian language in computers set - to ensure that by 2005 no less than 40% of the State registers and databases operated within the general State data collection system

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 15 ICT Strategy Goals(2) - to ensure that by 2010 all State registers and all databases operated within the general State data collection system - to achieve that by 2010 the information necessary for business and people were acceptable via computer networks as public services - by 2010 to reform the State institutions and municipalities in such a way that their activities were based on the use of electronic documents

Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 16 ICT Strategy Goals(3) - by 2010 to achieve the availability of universal ICT services (telephone and Internet) throughout Lithuania ICT services (telephone and Internet) throughout Lithuania - by 2015 to ensure that the manufacturing of and trade in the products (goods and services) of ICT accounted for approximately 25% of Lithuania’s GDP and that not less than 50% of such production were exported abroad

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Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania 18 Thank you for your attention