JORDAN NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY (2013-2017) Telecommunications Revenues (Domestic and Export)13 Year Internet (JD) Mobile (JD) PSTN (JD) 2011 250,000,000 697,939,916 237,162,165 2010 45,784,944 668,812,200 125,543,976 2009 36,305,532 660,547,716 129,813,924 2008 No clear segmentations between Internet, Mobile & PSTN Total (JD) 1,185,102,789 840,141,120 826,667,172 920,341,232 There has been steady revenue growth in both internet usage and mobile usage. PSTN revenues have also grown between 2001 and 2010 albeit at a slower rate than mobile. The growth in these subsectors of communications indicates increased usage of ICT particularly through the intersection/integration between internet and mobile telephony and particularly among regular citizens/consumers. There may be increased PSTN based commercial service delivery opportunities for non-traditional services as traditional telephony migrates to mobile networks. It is also likely that additional sector growth can be developed, if Jordanian ICT companies are able to deliver meaningful services through the cloud. The growth of mobile and internet among citizens indicates the growing utility of applications for consumers (consumerism) which are launched and used on these platforms (mobile and internet) in addition to the convergence of all hardware types with the cloud. ICT is already a common international communication delivery platform. The development of common programming languages, information technology standards (CMMI, SPOT, etc.), telecommunications standards (GSM, 3G, 4G, etc.) and the proliferation of the internet is allowing people from all around the world to create products, export and sell and communicate with each other. Moreover, with the advent of the internet and mobile telephony and mobile devices, there is now a global unified platform. Products developed on computers and mobile devices can be useful anywhere. The only limiting factor is the ability to conceptualize and develop innovative products which meet people’s or institution’s needs. This to a great extent is based on the creativity of the people in development and their understanding of the sectors or needs that they serve. Since ICT has become a common international communication platform, ICT professionals have access and opportunity to international markets without the difficulties of traditional export. Thus, the main challenge to being able to exploit this opportunity is identifying what issues (challenges and opportunities) need to be addressed in industry or among regular consumers (local, regional and international) and develop innovative solutions to address these challenges using IT technologies and deploying on one or more platforms. In Jordan opportunities exist among a number of high values added industries such as pharmaceuticals, clean technology, agriculture, architecture and engineering, medical/healthcare services, tourism and content among others. The ICT sector needs to identify specific opportunities in these sectors. This can be done by working closely with the management of these knowledge sectors or with the consulting sector that are familiar with these sectors. An EU 13 Ibid 12