PR of the Ministry of ICT_ Rural ICT development is the main goal and view of planning and ICT services promotion in all over the country.
Mon, Dec. 14, 2009, 11:06 am
PR of the Ministry of ICT_ Rural ICT development is the main goal and view of planning and ICT services promotion in all over the country.
In 33rd APT meeting Reza Taghipour expressed: "We are ready to share our experiments of rural ICT developments with the region countries".
"Iran determines its candidacy to be a member of ITU council as well as RRB (Radio Regulations Board) in the regional Plenipotentiary Conference 2010", he added.
The Minister of ICT continued that in spite of world economic crisis in the recent years, ICT has boosted whole economic situations continuum and remarkably.
He referred to the direct and significant effectives of the fast development and usage of ICT on all aspects of life and added that traditional differentiation between media, books and publications, computer, telecommunications and information services are fading so the new cases of producing, broadcasting, and exchanging the knowledge are forming.
Taghipour by expressing that there are some countries in the region which have increased access and usage of broadband, emphasized on the importance of exchanging the experiments between developed and developing countries in the region and said: "Preliminary APT meeting held before ITU, is important to gather the opinions and prepare common proposals of the region and will increase the probability of their final confirmation in ITU world conferences".
He restated that according to the valuable experiments of some of countries in the region about privatization, services and usage of ICT as well as its industry and technology, APT should have a strategic role to hold some workgroups and seminars due to exchange the valuable experiments between them.
According to the supreme officer of ICT, Rural ICT development is the main goal and view of planning and ICT services promotion in all over the country and Iran is ready to share this valuable experiment with the region countries.
He pointed out: "Islamic Republic of Iran has materialized structure and responsibility reforming of the ministry of ICT and establishing CRA with resigned responsibilities and sovereignty, executive, managing and monitoring the Radio Frequency Spectrum powers, by scientific recognition and significant development".
Taghipour by emphasizing on privatization of 30 provincial telecommunication co. and MCI said: "There are many active companies in the field of ICT in Iran".
"Islamic Republic of Iran has succeeded to support and operate the projects of designing, trial, and building some domestic-scientific satellites and gained more remarkable consequences by lunching this kind of satellites into the space, after establishing ISA," he said.
He also restated that this meeting is held to promote the mutual relationship in Asia-Pacific region in the field of ICT and said: "It's satisfy to develop broadband technology and services of ICT in the region according to the result of Ministers Meeting-Bali (Indonesia) due to the importance and effective of ICT in all aspects of life".
The Minister pointed out to the meeting held concurrent to 30th anniversary of APT and said that it is necessary to have a close relationship between policy makers, regulatory, users and industries to eliminate the digital gap and so collective mission of all APT members play the main role in this field and it will be materialized by transmitting the main telecommunication lines to the remoted and deprived areas of the region countries.
He emphasized on the necessity of consulting and cooperation of policy makers and industrial push for developing the theory of public policies, innovative trade models and technical methods to prepare the countries and artisans for being encounter with the future challenges. He also said: "Our country is one of the first ones joined ITU and should seize the opportunity to be a member of ITU Council and introduce a young and eligible expert in the field of Radio Regulations to be member of RRB in the regional Plenipotentiary Conference 2010".
Minister of ICT continued that our country is ready also to introduce an eligible expert in the filed of radio communication for being head of WRC-2012 from Asia-Pacific region because this region with more than half of the world population is capable to gain this technical and scientific position.