ict in serbia and montenegro prague 22.- 23. october 2004 [email protected]
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JISA
Established in 1994. Year Secretary General – Mr. Djordje Dukic ICT development in SCG Harmonization of all informatics' societies Improves the Cooperation among
representatives of the Government, providers and users of ICT technologies
JISA Activities
Organization of JISA CONGRESS Publishing of JISA INFO Magazine Institution of the DISCOBOLOS award JISA aid campaign SEFICT (South East Forum for ICT) International communications
JISA CONGRESS
10 years of success in promoting new ideas Cooperation with competent Ministries and
Chambers First Promoter of the newest results in
combining mobile units and informatics solutions
The most important users of ICT society in SCG participated in Congress activities
JISA INFO Magazine
Founded in 1993. Year Exchange of experiences of research
organizations, industry and companies Monthly with over 10.000 readers Unique in SCG for representing leading
companies as business partners of the largest world companies in the field of ICT
DISCOBOLOS award Annual award for top informatics achievements Members of the Jury are selected among famous IT
experts and scientist The most quality achievements, which could
contribute to father development of the society, have been elected and awarded
Categories: production and designing, managing and social activities, finances, healthcare and services
Special awards: ICT conferences, Radio and TV shows, publishing industry and foreign partners
ICT in Serbia and Montenegro
Network access ICT in workspaces ICT in everyday Life ICT employment Opportunities B2C and B2B E-government Legal Aspects
Network access
Introduction to the Internet market in 1996. 150% average annual rate till 2002. 9% population had Internet in 2002. 870.000 users in 2003. In 2000. – 8 major ISPs and more then 40
local ISP sub providers At present – more then 2 ISPs per one
million inhabitants
Network access
Landline operators: Telecom Serbia and Telecom Montenegro
Mobile wireless operators: 2+2
– Expecting to speed up the resolution of the ownership and legal issues within the telecom industries
Network access Internet Availability: 8 major ISPs and more
then 40 local sub-providers YUBC ISP – 100% private, 500 tel. Lines EUNET – 40% owned by government, 2000
tel. Lines Total connectivity available for the country is 188
Mb• 170 Mb through Telecom Serbia• 4Mb through Telecom Montenegro with connectivity
through Slovenia• 14 Mb satellite
Network access
•VoIP providers increase within last 6 months•Telecommunications low suits ISP and Telecom, no VoIP•Old analogue switchboards are replaced by the digital •Dial up connections mostly used•ISDN with high prices•Leased lines for companies
Network access
•Speed: deal up modem transfer up to 32.2 kbps leased lines up to 64.4
kbps •For non urban communities: frequent dropped connections•Quality of the network is satisfactory•HW and SW are affordable among urban areas and reach people – latest technology•6% of HW are brands•Some SW in local languages available
ICT in workspaces
Not effectively incorporated in the internal process of the companies
Many computers are internally networked for data processing, reporting, applicating
Usage of e-mails - 90% 70% of the companies have web sites 57% posted their products online
ICT in everyday Life 20.000 people on line at any time during day
(0.3%) or 0.8% of the urban population In primary and high schools less then five PC
per school (1.620 +163+73) University level: Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad
well equipped (poorly Kragujevac and Pristine)
Education in ICT increasing gradually
ICT employment Opportunities
Over 200.000 locally educated left SCG Approximately 20.000 employees in ICT Average salary is 350-800 Euros 3000 ICT professionals work for foreign
companies in Serbia Government needs to stimulate
development of ICT sector
B2C and B2B
No low concerning e-commerce No low concerning digital signature Low usage of valid credit cards Many web sites have the B2B components Many web sites have the B2C components There are G2B and C2C sites too
E-government
The information on web sites are static and infrequently updated
Some of them are very good structured No appropriate infrastructure and PC
equipment No staff for projecting, implementing and
supporting the Information systems
Legal Aspects
Copyright low not functional at national scale
Successful Microsoft legalization campaign Internet crime and e-commerce
transactions unknown for SCG legislature jet
Some low packages are in procedure
Conclusion
Major push towards building the ICT infrastructure and environment needed
With banking and telecommunication aspects of the New Economy following, Serbia and Montenegro will join the Networked world by the end of year 2005