ITU Regional Forum on Emerging Technologies Tunis - Tunisia, 23-24 April 2019 Mr. Slaheddine Maaref, Senior Advisor, Arab Regional Office, ITU ITU Regional Forum on Emergent Technologies Tunis - Tunisia, 23-24 April 2019 Key notes on Emerging Technologies
ITU Regional Forum on Emerging Technologies Tunis - Tunisia, 23-24 April 2019
Mr. Slaheddine Maaref, Senior Advisor, Arab Regional Office, ITU
ITU Regional Forum on Emergent Technologies Tunis - Tunisia, 23-24 April 2019
Key notes on Emerging Technologies
193MEMBER
STATES
ITU = International Telecommunication Union
United Nations Specialized Agency for Telecommunications/Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Standardization
Radiocommunication
Development
700SECTOR
MEMBERS
3SECTORS
ACADEMIAMEMBERS
135
ITU at a glance
One of the most far-reaching technologiesin history
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Despite the high growth rates in developing countries and in LDCs, there are twice as many mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in developed countries as in developing countries, and four times as many in developed countries as in LDCs. In January 2018, ITU launched the report on ICTs, LDCs and the SDGs: Achieving universal and affordable Internet in the least developed countries. In the 47 LDCs, 4 out 5 people are still offline. At current growth, less than a quarter of the population of the LDCs will be online by 2020. The key barrier to getting LDC populations online is a lack of skills needed to use the internet, the report says, adding that policymakers have to address broader socio economic challenges that lie outside the ICT ecosystem, such as educational levels and gender equality.
85% of the world’s population is covered by at least 3G services,
but less than 50% of people are connected
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A major gap remains between the degree of progress on ICT infrastructure for developed and developing nations. According to ITU statistics, 84% of households in developed countries have internet access, compared to 43% in developing countries and 15% in the least developed countries.
ICTs and Society
Artificial intelligenceMachine Learning
MobileApplications
Cloud, Edge computing
Data & Big dataanalytics
Community & Social Media
Internet of Things (IoT)Web of Objects (WoO)
BlockchainDigital Finance
ICTs (???)Autonomous Driving
AI/MLBit Coin/Blockchain
AI-powered technologies deployed on 6 billion smartphones by 2021
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IoT is expanding exponentially, and it is estimated that 20 to 50 billion devices will be connected by 2020. IoT already has many applications to improve human lives and holds promise to offer many more solutions to address issues in healthcare (e.g. by monitoring patient data). According to GeSI, 1.6 billion people could be connected to e-health services in 2030, radically improving access to health and getting the world closer to universal health coverage.
2017 produced more data than the entire history of humanity
Value of DATA
IoT technologies expected to connect 50 billiondevices to the network by end 2020
Platform(Console)Layer
Visa Card Master CardAli PayAUDI
Connected Car via VISA / Master card / Ali Pay
According to Gartner, some 250 million connected cars worldwide will be on the road by end 2020.
Powered by a secure platform for mobile transactions, in-car payments will soon be within a driver’s reach.
Drivers will be able to view and complete their purchases to smart parking meters and fuel pumps directly from the Vehicle consoles.
VehicleLayer
Audi Range Rover
Hyundai
Products
ICTs for Innovations in Business
Nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in urbanareas by 2050
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The Thai Ministry of Digital Economy and Society is making progress in its implementation of the Pracharat internet connectivity project, which aims to provide equal access to government services, education, and public health. The program has successfully installed internet connectivity in almost 11,500 villages and plans to reach 24,700 villages by the end of the year. Source: Thailand’s Government Public Relations Department, 14 August 2017.
