JORDAN NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY (2013-2017) Strategic Objectives Initiatives Actions Responsible Stakeholders service providers Start Date & Duration nine months Resources Required Key Performance Indicators MoICT, TRC, Telecom Operators and Service providers October 2015, Duration ten months.  (Dependent on outcomes/requirements resulting from the universal service policy revision) 1.4.1 TRC to investigate and adopt, if possible, advanced spectrum management principles including but not limited to a technology and service neutral approach to spectrum, spectrum reuse and spectrum sharing, and the potential for secondary spectrum markets to facilitate more intensive use of existing licensed spectrum to provide value added services Existing Operators, TRC Starts July 2014, continuous (Dependent on outcomes/requir ements resulting from the universal service policy revision) None 1.4.2 Identify the revenue generation possibilities (with existing operators and/or international operators) derived from releasing additional spectrum to the market. Prioritize these opportunities for development. 1.4.3 Identify what additional spectrum can be freed up by switching to digital transmission. What is the size of the “digital dividend”? Existing Operators and/or International Operators, TRC April 2014, duration six month None TRC January 2015, duration six month. None competing services of their choice and the need to ensure the affordability and availability of telecommunications services throughout the Kingdom. 1.3.2 Implement the outcomes/requirements stipulated in the revised universal policy (Example developing the required regulatory framework, activating a USO fund,…etc.) 1.4 Implement innovative spectrum management to exploit the largest economic and societal benefit from this limited public resource. 28  Adoption of advanced spectrum management principles by TRC (through revised regulation)  Number of new technologies/ services offered on existing spectrum allocation.  Improved capacity utilization of existing spectrum allocation.  List of opportunities which can be developed with additional spectrum.  Prioritization of this list.  List describing how much spectrum can be freed up by going to digital transmission.