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2.4. SWOT analysis
13. The generalization of analysis on the addressed dimensions identifies the following
advantages, disadvantages, opportunities and threats in the development of the Information
Society in the Republic of Moldova:
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS
Advantages (Strengths)
1) High speed of Internet access;
2) High technological level and a high level of
mobile electronic communications services
accessibility;
3) Relatively high level of electronic
communications infrastructure development;
4) The legal framework for electronic
communications is mainly aligned to the
European Union’ legal framework;
5) The existence of institutional regulatory
framework and of the growing regulatory
capacities;
6) Competition on mobile telephony sector and
Internet ;
7) Advantageous geographical location of the
Republic of Moldova;
8) Mobile telephony and Internet access
segment
are developing quite fast and the majority of
fixed Internet connections are made via
broadband.
Disadvantages (Weaknesses)
1) Access gap between urban and rural areas;
2) Broadband connectivity is not present on the entire territory at
the required speed;
3) Too high prices in relation to GDP/ per capita;
4) Underdeveloped usage capacity of existing electronic
communications infrastructure (lack of infrastructure in some
localities);
5) Low competition in local loop and broadband access to the
copper loop/sub-loop services;
6) The absence of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO);
7) Misuse of the transit capacities throughout the territory of the
country;
8) Restricted access (mainly by prices) to the historical operator
of the associated infrastructure (especially to the sewerage
system);
9) Associated infrastructure (pillars, sewerage system and other)
is inadequately divided ;
10) Outdated regulations of the construction industry regarding
the electronic networks placement;
11) Limited access to associated infrastructure and local loop,
interconnection tariffs are not cost-oriented, historical operator
tariffs non-rebalancing ;
12) Low Broadband Internet penetration comparing to EU
average.
Opportunities
Threat (risks)
1) Legislative and regulatory framework
1) Low level of the GDP;
improvement and its harmonization with EU
2) Crisis prolongation and decrease of investments capacities;
regulations;
3) Failing to recover investments in rural areas;
2) Fast extension of Internet use in the society 4) Political evolutions;
(more than a half of population use it);
5) Corruption and bureaucracy;
3) Republic of Moldova is a testing ground for
6) Continuation of political factor involvement in the operational
new mobile communications technologies;
management of the state institutions and enterprises;
4) Use of the digital dividend.
7) Violation of the radio frequency spectrum policy, of the
National table of frequency band allocation (NTFBA) and
National electronic numbering plan (NENP) by the
Transnistrean region
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CONTENT AND SERVICES
Advantages (Strengths)
1) The Government of the Republic of Moldova
adopted the direction for EU integration,
including alignment to EU standards in the ITC
sector;
2) Implementation of joint M-Cloud platform
for e-Governance and implementation of the
Interoperability Framework;
3) Open Government Data Initiative;
4) Launching of the mobile digital signature;
5) Issuance of electronic ID card.
Disadvantages (weaknesses)
1) Limited availability of local information content and of
relevant
public applications;
2) Small number of electronic services and lack of local digital
content;
3) Legal and regulatory framework is not yet entirely adjusted to
new realities of the digital era;
4) Lack of the management framework of the digital content life
cycle;
5) The interoperability framework is still not functional;