5.2 Statement  of  specific  objectives  and  timetable   This  Policy  has  the  following  specific  objectives  arranged  in  three  groups  for  timing   purposes:       1. Short  term  goals  (2011)   • Adopt  National  ICT  Policy  –  phase  1  reforms   • Review,  update  and  enact  new  legislation  to  give  effect  to  this  policy   • New  license  for  TSKL     2. Medium  term  goals  (2011-­‐2013)   • Strengthen  and  reform  TSKL  (which  may  include  entering  into  a  Public  Private   Partnership  or  partial  privatization)   • Promote  new  entry,  particularly  mobile  and  ISP  services   • Promote  ICT  access  for  schools,  reducing  the  ‘digital  divide’   • Design  and  implement  mechanisms  to  improve  significantly  ICT  services  for  the   Outer  Islands   3. Long-­‐term  goals  (2014–  )   • Effective  competition  in  commercially  viable  areas  of  Kiribati   • Implement  coverage  of  voice  and  data  services  across  Kiribati  to  the  maximum   extent  feasible     • Promote  ICT-­‐dependent  applications  and  services,  including  e-­‐commerce,  e-­‐ government,  education  and  health.   • Encourage  use  of  internet  for  the  people  of  Kiribati   • Achieve  100  %  roll  out  of  Internet  connectivity  to  primary  /  secondary  schools   • Facilitate  the  development  of  cost-­‐effective  domestic  and  international   transmission  networks.     6 Outer  Islands  Strategy   The  Government  is  committed  to  introducing  a  universal  access  regime  for  the  Outer   Islands  to  ensure  ICT  services  are  available,  to  the  greatest  extent  feasible,  to  all  of  the   people  of  Kiribati.  The  Government  is  determined  that  people  living  outside  the  main   centers  should  also  share  in  the  transformational  opportunities  which  ICT  can  deliver.   The  Government  is  currently  developing  the  mechanism  which  will  ensure  services  are   delivered  to  the  Outer  Islands  and  other  remote  areas  of  Kiribati.  It  is  likely  that  the   Government  will  take  a  two-­‐fold  approach  –  (1)  mandatory  coverage  obligations  imposed   on  mobile  licensees,  and  (2)  targeted  subsidies  used  to  support  service  expansion  in  the   most  remote  and  challenging  areas.    The  Government  and,  it  is  hoped,  international   donors  will  supply  the  funds  which  will  be  needed  to  support  any  subsidy  regime.     The  Government  will  co-­‐ordinate  development  of  telecommunications  infrastructure  with   development  of  other  infrastructure  such  as  electricity  and  roads.     Licences  may  include  interim  roll-­‐out  targets  coupled  to  payment  of  subsidies.       4