Policy Statements: The Development of National ICT Backbone ................................. 22 7.2 Policy Statements: Infrastructure Sharing ...................................................................... 22 7.3 Policy Statements: National Data Centre ....................................................................... 23 8 7.1 e-Government ....................................................................................................................... 23 8.1 9 Policy Statements: e-Government .................................................................................. 23 Content .................................................................................................................................. 24 9.1 10 Policy Statement: Content Development ....................................................................... 24 ICT Sector Growth ................................................................................................................ 24 10.1 Policy Statement: Mobile Number Portability ............................................................... 25 10.2 Policy Statement: Converged Licencing Framework..................................................... 25 10.3 Policy Statement: Entrepreneurship ............................................................................... 25 10.4 Policy Statement: ICT SEPs Transformation ................................................................. 26 10.5 Policy Statement: Innovation ......................................................................................... 26 10.6 Policy Statement: ICT Private Sector Participation ....................................................... 27 10.7 Policy Statement: Radio Frequency Spectrum Management ......................................... 27 10.8 Policy Statement: e-Waste Management........................................................................ 28 10.9 Policy Statement: Use of ICTs for Disaster and Climate Change Management ............ 29 11 Local ICT Industry Development and Empowerment .......................................................... 29 11.1 Policy Statement: Development of Local ICT Industry ................................................. 29 11.2 Policy Statement: Empowerment and Indigenisation .................................................... 30 11.3 Policy Statement: ICT Tax and Duties ........................................................................... 30 Affordable Broadband for All – The Universal Services Fund ............................................ 30 12 12.1 Policy Statement: Broadband Data Price and Last Mile Deployments .......................... 30 13 Human Resources Skills and Capacity ................................................................................. 31 13.1 Policy Statements: ICT Skills Development .................................................................. 31 14 Regional and Global Positioning .......................................................................................... 31 14.1 Policy Statement: Participation and Leveraging Regional and Global Platforms ......... 31 15 Universal ICT Access ........................................................................................................... 32 15.1 Policy Statement: Universal Access to ICT Services.................................................... 32 16 Investments and Funding ...................................................................................................... 32 16.1 Policy Statement: Attract Investment and Funding into the ICT Sector ........................ 32 17 Convergence ......................................................................................................................... 32 17.1 Policy Statements: Establish an Institutional Framework for Convergence ................. 33 18 Marginalised Persons ............................................................................................................ 33 18.1 Policy Statements: Develop ICT Policy to Cater for Marginalised People ................... 33 5

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