Conclusions and recommendations

International Telecommunication Union

doi:http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/pub/805ba7f3-4760e112-en

Connect Arab Summit 2012

Connecting the Unconnected by 2015. ICT Adoption and Prospects in the Arab Region

This report has been prepared as a background document for the ITU Connect Arab Summit, which takes place in Doha, Qatar from 5 to 7 March 2012. The main objective of the report is to provide an overview of the deployment and adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Arab region, and to carry out a needs assessment that will help policy makers in the Arab States to identify key ICT areas that require future action. The report in particular focuses on the ICT issues identified by the Arab States regional initiatives adopted by the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10), such as broadband access, digital broadcasting, opensource software, Arabic digital content and cybersecurity.

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Conclusions and recommendations

Based on the findings of sections I and II of this report, this section draws some conclusions and makes specific recommendations for the countries in the Arab States region. Special focus is on the five topics identified under the ITU WTDC-10 Regional Initiatives for the Arab region: broadband access networks, digital broadcasting, open-source software, Arabic digital content and cybersecurity.