JORDAN NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY (2013-2017) Roles of the Public and Private Sectors: ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Role of Government Must Change: ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Agile Infrastructure Development: .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Company limitations within the sector: ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Limited Labor: .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 58 Annex 3 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................60 Turning Challenges into Opportunities ...........................................................................................................................................................................................60 Fragmented Exports: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Need for Long Term Market Focus: ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Investment Promotion: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Business and Investment Environment: ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Intellectual Property (IP) Recognition: ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 New Paradigm is Required to Become an Early ICT Adopter: ..................................................................................................................................................... 62 Convergence: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Spectrum Management:.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65 ICT Security: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Education, Training, Professional Development and Certification: ............................................................................................................................................ 66 Small/Poor local market: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Annex 4 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68 Where to Focus and Why ................................................................................................................................................................................................................68 Developing International Partnerships: ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 3