JORDAN NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY (2013-2017) Contents Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Alignment with the Government of Jordan’s (GoJ’s) ICT Policy and Initiatives ...........................................................................................................................14 The Strategy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Integrating Knowledge: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Training and Education:............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Infrastructure:.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Export Development: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Stimulating Investment: .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Business and Investment Environment:....................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Strategic intent: .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Vision Statement: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Mission Statement: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 National Targets: ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Governance Structure .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................23 Action Plan.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 Annex 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53 Timeline for Liberalizing and Privatizing the Telecommunications Sector .....................................................................................................................................53 Annex 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 Limitations .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 2