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Usage of Universal Service Fund for connected eLearning

Denis Gudym,

Government Affairs Manager in Russia and CIS countries,

Intel Corporation

Moldova ICT Summit, May 18, 2011 2011

Month, Day 2011

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Most countries have a Universal Service Fund and have

all their Telecommunications industries pay a part of their

net earnings into it. USF is then used to enable a

baseline level of telecommunications services to every

resident of a country

Traditionally these funds have been used for basic voice

service (e.g. payphone shared by many). However,

we’re increasingly seeing governments apply these

funds towards data + voice, or even connected services,

for various applications from telecenters to healthcare to

education.

Universal Service Fund (USF) for Data, Not Just Voice

Case study: Turkey

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Turkey legislation

Objective: to ensure the provision of universal service obligation

• Law No.5369 on the Provision of Universal Service

(Official Gazette : 25.06.2005)

• By-Law on the Rules and Procedures on the Collection of

the Universal Service Revenues and the Financing of the

Expenditures (Official Gazette : 29.06.2006)

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Financing of universal service fund

• 2% of the authorization charges granted to Telecommunications Authority,

• 1% of the annual net sales of operators, except GSM operators,

• 10% of the share that GSM operators paid to the Treasury,

• 20% of the administrative fines incurred by Telecommunications Authority,

• 20% of the amount remained after all expenditure of Telecommunications Authority.

- The revenues of universal service are collected under a special account named “Universal Service Fund”.

- ICT Ministry is responsible from the Universal Service Policies, Fund and applications.

- If these fund do not cover the expenditures of the universal service obligation, Ministry of Finance shall allocate the required appropriation.

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Scope of the universal service

• Fixed telephone services,

• Public pay phone,

• Telephone directory services to be provided in the printed

or electronic media,

• Emergency call services,

• Basic internet services,

• Transportation services to regions where transportation can only be made by navigation and communication services related to emergency and safety in the sea,

• Services for the widesread usage of information technologies including computer literacy,

• Digital broadcasting services (DVB-T,DVB-S,DVB-C), using different broadcast environment, over terrestrial digital transmitters covering all residential areas in Turkey.

• Digitizing the printed documents and information of public institution/organizations by transferring to electronic environment for e-government services (added in 2010).

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Projects

- Public Internet Access Centres (3000).

- Connection of all schools with broadband.

- Rural Area Connectivity (WiMAX based telephony/internet).

- ICT Classes at 21.000 schools.

- Computer supported Science Laboratory at 1333 school.

- Project for Blind people “Seeing Eye”

- FATIH Project

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Annual USF Revenues

2005: 67 Million US Dollar

2006: 310 Million US Dollar

2007: 385 Million US Dollar

2008: 347 Million US Dollar

2009: 376 Million US Dollar

2010: 390 Million US Dollar

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Project Objective: • Developing ICT usage skills of teachers and

students Project Scope • Deploying ICT devices in classrooms

• Internet Connection • Notebook • Projector

• 42.000 schools, 620.000 classrooms

• 3-years investment timeframe

• 2010 – High Schools • 2011 – Secondary Schools • 2012 – Primary Schools

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F@TİH

Project

Teacher Training

Developing Secure, Manageable and Measurable

ICT Usage

Developing and Providing e-Content

Completing Hardware and Software Infrastructure

Adopting Education Curriculum for effective ICT Usage

$1.1B Budget

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Success Factors

- The active involvement of all stakeholders – administrations, industry, academia, and civil society is essential.

- 2003: e-transformation Turkey Project; all individual studies have been gathered under an umbrella project (2003-2004 action plan was including the regulations for Universal Service)

- Universal Service Law, 2005.

- Demo applications to show the benefits of ICT in education and broadband connectivity, other influencer efforts (using media effectively)

- High level meetings with Prime Minister, Ministers of Education and ICT for education programs.

- Convincing Prime Minister and other Ministers for national education transformation project and well defined targets.

- Need to influence both MoE and MICT and provide coordination between them.

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Kocaeli Municipality 1:1 eLearning Initiative

Definition Vision & Targets

• Kocaeli Municipality is going to distribute “CMPC

/Miller Point” to all 5th grade students at the province in

each education year with its own initiative.

• Datateknik (LOEM) has won the tender and going to

implement the education model in Kocaeli.

• All public schools in the city, totally 369 schools, will

be covered by this program.

• 26587 units CMPC will be distributed to students ito

the 5th grade students until the end of 2009.

• The prime minister of Turkey is expected to attend the

launch event on the third week of November.

• This is the first and the unique program applied by

local government institution in Turkey.

The vision of the program is “Be a contemporary

municipality by implementing 1:1 Learning Model in

Kocaeli and giving students chance to achieve 21st

Century skill set.”

Targets

• Launch 1:1 eLearning usage model based on

classroom/home usage in Kocaeli.

• Students’ access to quality education from anywhere.

• Accelerate student-centered learning in Kocaeli

region

•Increase students’ performance, motivation, and

engagement.

• Facilitate teachers’ task to stimulate learning and

interaction.

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Execution & Training Opportunities & Expectations

• Students are going to collaborate, exchange

information and work with e-Learning material

• Teachers are going to monitor classroom activity,

supplement and extend their lectures with interactive

material.

• On December 2009, there will be training section to

more than 1000 teachers in the Kocaeli province.

• Each year training will be provided on 1o1 education

and project-based learning subjects; and CMPC

education stack usage model.

• Training will be 3 days and 20 hours for each teacher.

• Intel Teach program which is already active in Kocaeli

province will be extended to include the teachers of all

schools during the course of the implementation.

• Influence other municipalities in implementing 1o1 e-

learning model by providing high-quality education to

more students

• Demonstrate feasibility/benefits of e-learning model

within context of Turkey to government stakeholders ,

private schools and influencers .

Kocaeli Municipality 1:1 eLearning Initiative

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Case studies: Portugal, Romania, Spain

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Leading uses of USF for Broadband

Country Description

Turkey Subsidize BB + PC for Teachers (620,000)

Nigeria Accelerate BB in State Capitals, train educators, subsidize CMPCs

Malaysia Subsidize BB + PC to students and underserved population in Malaysia

Pakistan BB Coverage – 100k to 1.5M BB subs in 2010, build out rural PC centers

Chile BB Coverage - 1% to 90% coverage in rural areas

Morocco SMB government sponsored program

Romania Build out of 600 telecenters

Portugal Subsidize of NBs + 3G from spectrum auction

Vietnam BB Coverage to villages & WiMAX pilots

India BB Coverage / BB Subsidy / PC Subsidy / WiMAX Subsidy

Colombia BB Coverage to 4k public institutions with 4.7M people impacted

Ecuador Subsidize BB to schools & teachers. Purchase 33k PCs for schools.

Poland Internet Tax Deduction - deduction of services fees up to ~$250/year

$6B+ invested in the last 3 years on ICT

programs impacting 320M+ people/SMB

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Portugal - IT Investment to grow GDP

Objectives 2008 2010 Goal

Internet Usage 38% 60% Additional 2.2M new Users

BB Penetration 13% 50%

Student per PC 9:1 2:1 550k PC by 2010

Teacher ICT 8% 90% 150K

• National ICT plan by Prime Minister

• $400M 3G License fees to subsidies PC + BB

• Build kids laptops, Export Education Solutions

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Success factors

- Started with a national technology plan

– (Plano Technologico)

– Comms, Edu Ministries and Intel

- Investment in comprehensive education program that improves education through new technology, software and educational content, training and support.

- Create a local sustainable economic model that generates jobs and trade opportunities

- Form Partnerships that lower costs and utilize the experience and resources of both public and Private sectors

- Innovated funding model – 3G license

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Romania Education Transformation

Launched EURO

PC: shared access

program for rural

areas

200EURO vouchers towards

a new PC for students

60.000 teachers

trained by 2010

Intel “Unwire Romanian

Universities” Program serves over

300,000 students

One-to-One

eLearning with

Classmate PC

Opening spectrum for WiMAX wireless

connectivity

World class educational

content – AeL (SIVECO)

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Spain

• Announced by President on May, 12th.

• Part of the government stimulus plan

• Objective: Knowledge base economy

• Implementation start on September 2009

• Initial Target: 5th grade students (420K)

Escuela 2.0 = School 2.0

Thank You

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