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STATEMENT FROM Democratic Republic of Timor - Leste
Eng. OVIDIO DE JESUS AMARAL, Minister of Transport and
Communication
Your Excellencies Mr. Kofi Annan ,
Secretary General United Nations
Your Excellencies Mr. Ben Ali, President
Republic of Tunisia,
Mr. Chairman
Honorable Delegation
Ladies and Gentlemen
First of all, on behalf of the Government
of Democratic Republic of East-Timor I would like to
appreciate the Republic of Tunisia for hosting this
conference.
The final decade of twentieth century has
witnessed significant advances in information and
communication technologies and services.
For East-Timor absolutely essential in
this context to first comprehend and recognize the
necessities of this new age, and then move towards adapting
to it.
East-Timor occupying 24,000 square
kilometers on the eastern half of an island in the Timor Sea
between Indonesia and Australia. East-Timor has a population
of approximately 800,000 people living in 13 District
Capitals.
Since the referendum held on September
1999 all ICT Services were destroyed in Dilly Capital and
other district in East - Timor. East Timor Public
Administration with support International Telecommunication
Union / ITU and Asian Development Bank -ADB provided some
consultant for tender preparation for BOT (Built Operate and
Transfer) that means the new operator will Install
Telecommunication Network Service in East-Timor. And on 19
July 2002 the Concession Contract was signed between PTI
(Portugal Telecom International) as a winner of this
International Tender and the Democratic Republic of
East-Timor, create National Company Timor Telecom who have
responsibility for achieving the main objective of
Concession:
1. Establish, management and
operation of fixed telephone network,
2. Establish, management and
operation of mobile telephone network,
3. Provide following services of
telecommunication:
a. Local National and
International fixed telephone services,
b. National mobile
telecommunication service,
c. Data transfer service,
d. Transport of
telecommunication signal for broadcasting
carrier
Mr. Chairman,
Telecommunication Network Infrastructure
for East-Timor is crucial elements. National Development
Planning/NDP objective are to establish and develop of the
communication service, bringing telephone, Internet, radio,
television and postal services for all people around the
country.
The big challenges of medium term are to
achieve the NDP objective to provide basic services for all
districts to secure the realistic access of
telecommunication for all citizens. This objective will be
achieved, when our national network for communication will
completed until the end of 2007. Development is a continuing
process; we can start and no meet the end. Until now the on
going projects are:
1. The extension of basic service
for telecommunication for all districts,
2. Institutional Frame work
development.
3. Capacity of regulatory
body for telecommunication, ARCOM as a
regulator and ITC department.
4. Government IT Infrastructure
• 3 Government
data centers located in Dili and
interconnected using 1 GB Ps Fiber
link
• Over 21 Radio Wireless
Clients within Government network
• More than 20 Servers
To achieve the objective of National
Development Plan/NDP, Government has identified on
SIP/Sector Investment Program for ICT/Information
Communication Technology the following program:
1. Capacity development of ARCOM
/ Regulatory body for Communication, through
technical assistance (during 3 years) will be assist
by International Telecommunication Union /ITU with
aim, ARCOM can manage and regulate the Communication
sector in East-Timor. The principal outputs are:
Basic Law of telecommunication, Law for
broadcasting. Elaboration of national planning for
frequencies and guide lines to control spectrum for
radio frequencies. Introduction of the program for
management spectrum WinBASMS,
2. The important aspect for
medium term program is how to organize the
integration system for radio communication system.
All radio communication networks own by each
Department will be integrated on National
Communication Network.
3. Implementation of two 2
project; First is Increase the quality of telephone
services for the state and second is increase
quality and quantity of Internet service for the
state, including the viability study to implemented
E-Government/ Electronic Government.
4. Program medium term for rural
communication, Pilot project to providing Internet
service for rural and isolate village that pretends
to providing internet service for schools,
agriculture information, health information,
commerce and trade.
In summary, Timor-Leste is moving
aggressively towards achieving the goals of WSIS. However,
capacity to deliver as well as to assimilate technology and
the related process changes continue to be challenging.
I will conclude by reiterating Timor-Leste
commitment to the WSIS process. Our objective is the success
of Tunis Summit and we will therefore continue to play our
role in promoting consensus on all issues in whatever way
possible.
THANK YOU + OBRIGADO
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