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Click Here & Upgrade PDF Complete Expanded Features Unlimited Pages Documents respect to ICTs, lack of a reliable, widely distributed and high capacity network for data, voice (sound) and video (pictures) has greatly contributed to the low availability and penetration of ICT services as well as costly deployment of basic services especially in rural areas. This has resulted in inadequate telephone and Internet services; high start up costs for radio (especially community radio stations) and TV broadcasting. The net effect is low information access levels that are affecting citizen s participation in governance issues as well as the high cost of doing business across the country. 6.5.1 POLICY GOAL To increase access and promote widespread deployment of ICT services through the expansion of the nation s telecommunications backbone infrastructure covering the whole country. 6.5.2 COMMITMENTS In order to achieve the above goal, Government shall: (a) Endeavour to attain full liberalisation of all services in the ICT sector subject to regional and international protocols/agreements, best practices as well as market readiness; (b) Put equitable and cost-effective mechanisms to manage the country s strategic communication resources such as the frequency spectrum and Country Top Level Domain (CTLD (.ZM)) in order to allow for the development of modern, effective and efficient communication systems in the country; (c) Facilitate the development and deployment of a telecommunication infrastructure backbone with regional and international connectivity through Public-Private Partnerships to offer reliable, high capacity and nationwide service to data, voice and video service providers in the retail market; (d) Require all licensed service providers (telecommunications (voice, data, video), Internet Service Providers etc) operating a national/regional license to submit development/expansion/roll-out plans as part of the licensing framework; (e) Require the regulator to put in place market based guidelines for infrastructure sharing, network interconnection, tariff setting among other things as part of the licensing framework; (f) Develop clear policy guidelines for developing, sharing and 34

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National ICT Policy of Zambia

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Zambia

Type of Document (for States): Strategy Documents: Other Strategy Documents

Topics

Cyber Crime
Cyber Terrorism
Cybersecurity Awareness
Data Protection
Economy and Finance
Gender
Human & Digital Rights
International Cooperation
National Cyber Defense
Public-Private Partnership
Sustainable Development

United Nations Regional Group

African States

Issuing Body

Ministry of Transport and Communications of Zambia

Summary

Outlines 13 pillars:

Attaining sufficient and world-class human resource capacity in critical and relevant ICT skills required for developing and driving Zambia’s information and knowledge-based society and economy;
Integrating ICTs into the education system and developing the nation’s Research and Development (R&D) capacity to support, facilitate and contribute to the development of key sectors of the economy including the development of appropriate local ICT products and services;
Promoting widespread public access to information through appropriate traditional and new technology solutions based on relevant local content while promoting cultural heritage;
Developing a competitive local ICT industry supported by a clear policy roadmap, as well as a fair and transparent regulatory framework and pro-investor market conditions resulting in the effective participation of the private sector in value-adding, export-oriented services, which will serve as the main engine for accelerating the development of the local economy;
Increasing access and promoting widespread deployment of ICT services through the expansion of the nation’s telecommunications backbone infrastructure covering the whole country;
Improving public sector management as well as efficient and effective delivery of public goods and services through the implementation of E-Government systems;
Promoting Zambia’s full and effective participation in national, regional and global trade through E-Commerce services and facilities;
Improving productivity as well as competitiveness of the agricultural sector through the use of ICTs in the planning, implementation, monitoring and the information delivery process;
Improving access to quality healthcare as close to the family as possible through the deployment and exploitation of ICTs and other modern technologies;
Integrating ICTs into the development of the tourism industry and facilitating conservation of Zambia’s natural resources and heritage as well as protecting the environment;
Using ICTs as an instrument to bring issues relating to youth and women into all aspects of the economy and society, as well as empowering youths and women through opportunities created by the implementation of ICT projects and programmes in the country;
Developing appropriate institutional, legal and regulatory system in order to support the development of a competitive local ICT sector based on convergence principles, which will be supported by fair, predictable, and transparent legal and regulatory frameworks; and
Safeguarding national, institutional and individual security concerns to support the development, deployment and effective use of ICTs within the Zambian economy and society at large.

Source Link 1: https://thezambian.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Zambia-Information-and-Communication-Technology-Policy.pdf

Source Link 2: https://www.zicta.zm/storage/sites/attachments/TVV4W9VO7MgqBMtdHT4h09NNq8XSXyS3VVYU44PF.pdf

Year Published: 2006

Document Language(s)

English

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