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1 CITY INFORMATIZATION in Asia and Pacific a case of KARACHI. Presentation by Muhammad Yahya Waliullah Executive District Officer (IT) City District Government, Karachi

2 Muhammad Yahya Waliullah Executive District Officer (IT) City District Government, Karachi URL:

3 Urban Megalopolis Year Population ( in millions) (Est.) 14.55!Fastest growing City in Asia.

4 Bonding the Bond KARACHI SHANGHAI

5 Informatization Infrastructure Households with % of Total iv) Internet Connection 20% v) Cable Connection 10% vi) Persons using computers 40% vii) Students using computers 80% viii)household with T.V 80% ix) T.V. coverage 100%

6 Informatization Infrastructure Current level (Est.) A- Tele density Coverage/density 1- Estab. employing 5 or more persons 80% 2- Estab. employing up to 4 persons 30-50% 3- Households with telephones 40%

7 Informatization Infrastructure Current level (Est) 1.Teledensity Coverage/density 4) Use of Mobile Phone 10% 5) Internet Connection 20% 20%/p.a) 6) Cable Connection 10% 7) Persons using Computer 40% 8) Students using Computer 80% 9) H. hold with TV 70% 10)T.V. Coverage 100%

8 Informatization Infrastructure Internet Dial up Connection (ISP) 40% Cable Video Connection 10% Cable Data Connection 5% Satellite Dish Receiver 8% Bandwidth Availability 4 MB

9 Informatization Infrastructure Internet, Dial up connection ISP (No) 32 Bandwidth Availability 30 MB Mobile Phone Companies 4 Mobile Phones % of business with mobile phones 80 % of household with mobile phones 20 WAP application available

10 Informatization Infrastructure Satellite Telephone Video Data available available available Fixed Point Wireless (FPW) available limited in corporate sector

11 Information Industry Manufacturing Assembly Software Potential Rapid growth Encouraging Information Services (Media, Entertainment Promising & Communication data flow)

12 E-GOVERNMENT Government Initiatives " Seventeen projects. " Improving Efficiency / Effectiveness of the Government. i) Electronic office. ii) iii) iv) Electronic procurement. Finance & Budgeting. Human Resources MIS v) Improving I.T. skills.

13 E-GOVERNMENT EMPOWERING PEOPLE " Computer Literacy " Computer Training " Computer Education " Internet Availability " Information Gateway " Band width " Web-sites

14 E-Cooperation Exchange of Ideas Sharing of Resources Sharing of Bandwidth Connectivity Virtual University

15 E-Venture " Confessional financing " Advances against LCS " Tax Holiday " Zero Import Tariff " Confessional loans for IT Projects " Financing by the Government in major Projects.

16 E-Education " IT university. " Virtual University. " Degree s,bachelor,masters,doctorate in IT and Telecommunication. " Computer Training Institute. " Professional Training Centers.

17 E-Commerce " Business to Consumers " Consumers to Business " Business to business " Credit Cards " Debit Cards " ATM Cards " Merchant Account

18 E-Society " Web sites " IT Parks " Free internet for education " Computer Education " Cyber Café s " Computer Exhibition

19 E-GOVERNMENT ENABLING STRATEGIES vi) Incentives vii) IT Promotion & Awareness viii) ix) IT Usage Legislation x) Regulation

20 E-GOVERNMENT ENABLING STRATEGY BY THE GOVERNMENT PTCL has laid more than 5000 K.M. Of optic Fiber which will be connected with sea-me-we optic Fiber cable, PAK-UAE submarine cable, flag & trans euro optical Fiber cable. Introduction of DSL / optic Fiber & wireless system. 150 DXX nodes have started in the exchanges of country, cable TV, mobile phones, satellite phones via Thuraya satellite.

21 E-GOVERNMENT ENABLING STRATEGY BY THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL BACKBONE OPTIC FIBRE NETWORK i) 50 districts, 43 Tehsils, 21 small cities. ii) Alternate optic Fiber load with SDH 622 ambit/sec. iii) 3 major cities optic Fiber 10 gait/ sec. iv) All international gateways and 36 digital transit exchanges have been connected through optic Fiber.

22 E-GOVERNMENT EMPOWERING PEOPLE

23 E-GOVERNMENT ENABLING STRATEGIES i) Human Resource Development ii) Infrastructure Development iii) Software Industry Development iv) Hardware Industry Development v) Internet

24 E-GOVERNMENT EMPOWERING PEOPLE CITY DISTRICT GOVERNMENT WEB-SITE

25 CDGK Website Home Page

26 DIGITISATION 1 Remote Sensing 2 Satellite Imaging 3 Land Sat 4 GIS

27 DIGITAL DIVIDE Bridging the Gap

28 DIGITAL TOUCH Human Touch Digital Touch TRADE OF?

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