ict in serbia and montenegro prague 22.- 23. october 2004 olivera@pks.co.yu

ICT in Serbia and Montenegro

Prague 22.- 23. October 2004

olivera@pks.co.yu

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