dr edmond mansoor minister of state office of the prime minister antigua & barbuda canto 24 th...
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Dr Edmond MansoorMinister of State
Office of the Prime MinisterAntigua & Barbuda
CANTO24th Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition
14th July, 2008Bahamas
Community Technology Program (CTP)
E-Learning Advantage
Mobile IT Class-rooms
Community Technology
Officers
Education Max Advantage
Technology for the
Physically and
Visually Challenged
Multi-Lingual Studies Program
Community Computer
Access Centers
Promoting Computer LiteracyBridging the Digital Divide
Connecting Antigua & Barbuda to the World
CONNECT ANTIGUA & BARBUDA INITIATIVE
Mobile Information Technology Classrooms
Each Mobile IT Classroom can be serviced with up to10 megs of
broadband 17 touch screen tablet PCs with feather weight keyboards
2012 GOAL2012 GOAL A personal computer (PC) and high-speed Internet (broadband) in every home in Antigua and Barbuda by the year 2012
3 Submarine Fibre Optic Cable SystemsFiber Optic Cable Landing, Dickenson Bay, Antigua
10 Gigabit – December, 2006
High speed wireless Internet and advanced cellular technology is widely available from both the public and private sectors
Modern Telecommunications Systems
4 Internet Service Providers (ISPs)Cable & Wireless (Antigua) LtdAntigua Computer Technology Ltd (ACT)Antigua & Barbuda Public Utilities Authority (APUA i-Net)Maricom (services the high-end yachting
industry) ISP licenses already awarded to Karib Cable, CTV,
and Antilles Communications – not yet operational
3 GSM Mobile Providers Digicel – (GPRS) Cable & Wireless (Antigua) Ltd – (GPRS) Antigua & Barbuda Public Utilities
Authority (APUA–PCS)
Wi-Max broadband by Cable & Wireless- minimum of 1 megabyte to homes
Wi-Fi and Wi-Max mesh network by Antigua Computer Technology Ltd - island-wide coverage
ADSL Network by APUA i-Net
Mobile Penetration rate greater than 125%
Mobile internet is already available in Antigua and is being used by many to access the Internet via their handsets
The “Ruckus”
New Data Centres for Government
2 Data Centres – fully operational2009 – 3rd Centre to be commissioned
IT Infrastructure Support Provided
e-government- CASE (full automation of Customs)- Landfolio (digitized cadastral survey)- Civil Registry (births, deaths and marriages)
- e-visas- e-legislation (all government laws on-line)- e-forms
e-maile-commercee-business e-Carnivale-EVERYTHING
Computerized Border Control
Community Technology Program (CTP)
E-Learning Advantage
Mobile IT Class-rooms
Community Technology
Officers
Education Max Advantage
Technology for the
Physically and
Visually Challenged
Multi-Lingual Studies Program
Community Computer
Access Centers