training workshop on development of core statistical indicators for icts

Training Workshop on Development of Core Statistical indicators for ICTs

Tunisian Experience in ICT indicators Collection.

Tunisian presentation

June 2005JALLOULI Mohamed AmineStatistics and Data Analysis Engineer

National Institute of Statistics

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. National Institute of Statistics ICT indicators

3. Ministry of Communication Technologies ICT indicators

4. Tunisian Agency of Internet ICT indicators

5. Principal realizations enhancing ICT access and use in Tunisia

6. Conclusions and perspectives

1. Introduction

Enhancement of ICT in Tunisia represents one of the first objectives aimed by deciders in their development plans.

The first factors which can help in making good decision in this field are reliable ICT statistics.

Establishment of a communicative organization between offices.

1. Introduction

NIS

Census

MCT

Customs MHE TelecomCBT and SBT

MEDIC

NRE

ASEEA

TAI

1. Introduction

Tunisian experience:

1- National Institute Of Statistics (NIS) 2- Ministry of Communication

Technologies (MCT)

3- Tunisian Agency of Internet (TAI)

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NIS missions: collecting, treating, analysing and diffusing statistical data related to the social and economic field.

Related surveys to ICT:

1- General Census of Population and Housing

2- Employment Survey


Variables:Availability of fixed telephone line in

households.Number of mobile cellular subscribers per a

household.Availability of a computer in a household.


Number of individuals using Internet by location:

HomeWorkPlace of educationPublic Internet access centreOthers.


Number of hours of individual use of Internet during the week 21/04/2004 to 27/04/2004 by location:

Home Work Place of education Public Internet access centre Others.

Availability of electricity Availability of solar energy Availability of radio, TV and parabolic antenna.

2. National Institute of Statistics ICT indicators (1)

Infrastructure and access core indicators

Fixed telephone line per 100 inhabitants

Mobile cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants

Computers per 100 inhabitants

Percentage of population covered by the mobile cellular telephony

Radio sets per 100 inhabitants

TV sets per 100 inhabitants

Proportion of households that have at least one member who accesses Internet

2. National Institute of Statistics ICT indicators(2)

Core indicators on access and use of ICTs by households and individuals

Proportion of households with a radio

Proportion of households with a TV

Proportion of households with a parabolic antenna

Proportion of households with a fixed line telephone

Proportion of households with a mobile cellular telephone

Proportion of households with a computer

Proportion of individuals with Internet access by location

home

work

place of education

public Internet access centre

others

Proportion of households with Internet access at home

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MCT goals: Development and modernization of the communication

infrastructures by extending nets and introducing new technologies,

Creation of an evolutive organisational platform to allow subcontracting to the private sector and thus the enhancement of the quality of services and the enterprise competitiveness,

Making human resources valuable by reorganizing the university education and by founding a new system of continuous learning and recycling

Development of international cooperation and partnership in the telecommunication field at national and international level.


ICT data collection of MCT:National Park of ComputersEmployment in ICT enterprises ICT enterprisesFamiliar PC Intensions of investment in ICTQualification in computer sciences

3.1. National Park of Computers

Source: Exterior Trade files.Variables:

Number and value of imported ICT goods,Number and value of imported computers.

3.2. Employment in ICT enterprises

Source: National Repertoire of Enterprises (NRE) (Created by NIS).

NRE is the result of joining 2 administrative files: National Fund of Social Security General Direction of Fiscal Control

Variables: Number of ICT enterprises, Employment in ICT enterprises.

Note: enterprises related to ICTs are selected according to their economic activities.

3.3. ICT enterprises

Source: Annual Survey on Enterprises Economic Activities,

(Realized by NIS) Exterior Trade files.

Variables: Overturn of ICT enterprises, Exportation’s overturn of ICT enterprises.

Note: enterprises related to ICTs are selected according to their economic activities.

3.4. Familiar PC

Goal of the Familiar PC project:Enhance the ICT access and use among families

with low incomings. Source: Administrative files of

Central Bank of Tunisia, Solidarity Bank of Tunisia.

Variables: Number of sales of Familiars PCs, Number of Familiar PC deliveries, Number of SBT approvals, Value of loans which are granted.

3.5. Intensions of investment in ICT

Source: administrative files of “Agency of Industry promotion”

Variables:Amounts of investment in ICTs,Employment to be created,Number of investment projects,Amounts of investment in software,Amounts of investment in services.

3.6. Qualification in computer sciences

Source: administrative files of “Ministry of High Education ”

Variables:Number of qualified students in computer

sciences,Number of equivalences in computer

sciences,Number of students in computer sciences,Number of teachers in computer sciences.

3.7. ICT indicators of MCT (1)


Fixed telephone line per 100 inhabitants

Mobile cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants

Computers per 100 inhabitants

Percentage of population covered by the mobile cellular telephony

Number of Publitels (Public pay phone)

Number of public terminals (Publitel + Publitfax)

Number of imported computers

Total amount of computers products

Numbers of computers at national level

Number of Familiar PC sales

Number of individuals with Internet access per 100 inhabitants

Number of Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants

Number of web sites

3.7. ICT indicators of MCT (2)


Proportion of individuals with a fixed line telephone

Proportion of individuals with a mobile cellular telephone

Proportion of individuals with a computer

Proportion of individuals with Internet access at home

Rate of computer penetration in households

Rate of Internet penetration in households

Number of individuals with Internet access

Number of Internet subscribers

Core ICT sector indicators on access and use of ICTs by businesses

Proportion of ICT goods importations according the global importations

Overturn of ICT enterprises

Employment in ICT enterprises

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Missions: Development of new applications and Internet

services in Tunisia, Installation of national network (education network,

health network, …), Management and registration of the “TN” domain

names, Web hosting, Organisation of seminars and training on Internet

technologies. Source: Its own administrative files.


Number of Internet Service ProvidersNumber of web sitesNumber of domains registred under the domain name "TN"

by the type of linkRTC monposteRTC multiposteX25ADSLISDNSpecialised lines

by sector of activityEducationHigh education and researchPublic institutionshealthAgriculturePrivate Internet Service Provider

by Internet Service ProviderNumber of individuals with Internet access per 100 inhabitantsNumber of Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants



Number of Internet subscribers / number of e-mail addresses

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Entry of private mobile telephony operator, Creation of “Elgazala Pole of Communication

Technologies” hosting a number of multinational and national companies, related to the ICT sector,

The creation of the “Technological Park of Communications” to support scientific and technologic researches and learning increased the number of qualified employees in the ICT field.


The presidential project of the “Familiar PC” started since 2001 enhanced the ICT access and use among families with low incoming. For example, the proportion of Familiar PCs in 2001 represents 30% of the imported computers.

The creation of the “National Centre of Computers for Children” and 22 other “Regional Centres of Computers for Children” involved the education of 58100 children

The Internet connectivity is being generalized by the creation of 5 private Internet Access Providers which increased the number Internet users from 150000 in 1999 to 810000 in January 2005.


Thanks to NIS surveys, GCPH, the administrative files of customs and those of the TAI, … most of the ICT indicators dealing with Individuals and households InfrastructureAre available.Those of Business are still few.

Some specific ICT surveys shall be done in the near future, specially in businesses.

Thank you for your attention…

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