Country Presentation

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Country Presentation

• Kyrgyz Republic

Digital Opportunity for e-Inclusion Conference
March, Hungary, Budapest
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Public Fund Information Future
Peculiarity of Kyrgyz Model

• only we can build Global Information Society in
  Kyrgyzstan

Development of ICT in rural area
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Map of the Kyrgyz Republic
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Kyrgyz Republic at a glance

• Country name Kyrgyz Republic
• Capital Bishkek
• Population more than 5 million
• Total area 199,900 km2 74,000 sq. miles
• Neighbouring Countries China, Kazakhstan,
  Uzbekistan,
• Tajikistan
• Nationalities Kyrgyz 58.6, Russian 17.1,
• Uzbek 13.8, Ukrainian 1.9
• Head of State President
• Head of Government Prime Minister
• Currency the Kyrgyz Som (KGS) (1 USD 41 som)

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ICT in economy
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ICT share to GDP
ICT Sector
Mobile communication
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Mobile vs. Fixed communication
Subscribers
Fixed communication
Mobile communication
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Internet Development
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Who established and how was it established?

• By whom was it established?
• Kyrgyz Companies
• How was it established?
• Alternative to the fund Universal Service
• Why it is created ?
• Clear mechanisms of realization
• Example of voluntary participation of private
  business in resolving social tasks (social
  responsibility of business in the face of
  society)
• We want to leaders in the field of ICT
• By developing ICT we develop economy of the state
  and reduce poverty
• We want to make our country Information
  Center of Central Asia

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About Fund - Strategy

• Mission
• To induce and realize economic, social and human
  potential of regions through ICT using.
• Main Idea
• To make ICT and Internet as one of the source
  of public welfare.
• Strategy goal
• To make Kyrgyzstan Information Heart of
  Central Asia and involve each Kyrgyz citizen to
  the digital way of life.
• Main Goal
• To provide all area centers and villages with
  state information space by creating universal
  access to the information by 2007.

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Stages of development to 2008

• 1-stage
• Information infrastructure development of
  villages
• Creating public information centers Rural
  internet
• Installation of telephones in villages where has
  not been installed telephones Rural
  Telephone
• 2-stage
• Training ( not only ICT,but also it is required
  to cultivate leaders-champions)
• PR
• 3-stage
• Development of content (everything which is
  linked with e)
• 4-stage
• Development of outsourcing (city-village-city)

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Our Model The formula of success!

• Model of creating the universal access point to
  the information
• we lean on people
• Leadership
• Initiative from below
• Participation of local inhabitants
• Business approach
• Networking

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Results

• Public Internet Center Rural Internet
• Created 38 PIC Rural Internet
• Training centers in the regions
• Till the end of the year will be established
  about 70 centers
• Telephonization of villages
• 30 villages are provided by telephones
• Till the end of this year about 30 villages will
  be installed by telephones
• Trainings
• More 50 leaders had trainings
• About 1200 local inhabitants had trainings on
  ICT through PIC Rural Internet
• About 200 thousand have got access to the ICT
  and sources of information

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Results (2)

• Students
• 19 students of Bishkek Universities had practice
  work in Rural Internet
• Is planning to prepare leaders of Universities
  of the state
• Finance of PIC Rural Internet
• turnover of each center is about 80 till 370
  USD
• Total
• about 50 people found a job
• lucky stories
• Volume of invested money more 400.??? USD

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Problems of uniting/resolving

• Centers are connected to the internet through
• Infrastructure Kyrgyztelecom speed from 14
  till 32 kb/c
• GPRS-BITEL speed from 14 till 64 kb/c in
  2006 driving GPRS/EDGE)
• SAPATCOM/CDMA 450 speed till 128 kb/c
• Satellite Internet speed till 512 kb/c

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Sustainable models
Scheme of Relationship
Scheme of Relationship
Clients
Rent
money
Clients
Services
leader
leader
Services
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Example of model

• Tash-Dobo Internet Center

Income Structure
Soms
Soms
Soms
Soms
Soms
Soms
Soms
Soms
Game
Internet
Copier services
Inter. Call
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Example of model (2)

• Tash-Dobo Internet Center

Visitors Structure
Students
Unemployed
Pensioner
Teachers
L-A Staff
Others
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Stability of Centers
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To whom investing is favorable ?

• Internet providers
• traffic
• Operators of communication
• increasing of subscribers
• traffic and expansion of a network
• Credit Companies
• clients and sphere for crediting
• Banks
• regional branches
• clients , electronic banking

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Around of the centers

• Tourist companies
• Credit Unions
• Dealer points,
• Telephone booths,
• Mass Media ,
• And so on.

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Goal of the centers

• To play important role in reducing information
  and social break between cities and villages
• To create new non standard possibilities for
  village inhabitants in reducing poverty and
  realization own plans and ideas.
• With the help of this centers and internet
  people must get required information
• To learn computer and internet literacy
• To use electronic mail services ????????
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• To use computer for own work ??? ????? ??????
• To spend time
• All activity in the village should be carried
  out through the center

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Services
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Demand

• More than 1800 settlements, among them
• From this our segment 66 (about 1200 villages)

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Investments

• about 500 villages have yet installed by
  telephone
• about 1000 villages need in creating PIC Rural
  Internet
• Volume required investments, for
• telephone installation about 750 thousand USD
  (each point for 1500 USD (one telephone point))
• For establishing PIC Rural Internet about 3,3
  million USD (each center for 3,300 USD)
• Total volume 4 million USD, from it 30
  financed by inhabitants
• Every year is about for 750 thousand USD
  during 4 years.

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Source of investments

• Kyrgyz companies 20 annually
• Financing from inhabitants 30
• Investments 50 .

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Lucky Stories

• Kylych future deputy,
• Yryskeldi students of Art Academy
• Sagynaliev ?. have found a job in a building
  company
• Askat and Jyrgalbek had practice work in the
  centers and established own centers
• Leaders all succeed persons in their villages.

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But

• New Universal Access Strategy of Government???

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Questions
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