| 1. The Potential of Telecommunications: A Quick Review
Government
- Improved Public Access to Services
- Greater Efficiencies
Distance Education
- Improving Access
- Improving Quality
- Reducing Costs
Telehealth
- Patient Education
- Continuing Professional Education
- Health Care Administration
- Clinical Care (Telemedicine)
Business
- Greater Efficiencies
- Expanded Markets
- New Relationships
- E-Commerce!
- And enabler of IT and the Telecommunications Business Itself
2. What About Reality in the Pacific?
Typical Island Status
- Limited Telephone Penetration
- Low Internet Usage
- Little/No Advanced Services
- Limited/No Competition
- Inadequate Human Resources
- Power and Infrastructure Issues Not Uncommon!
And then Getting Off-Island
- Occasional Microwave to Neighboring Islands
- Limited Fiber/Cable Between Islands
- Expensive Satellite Services
- Almost No International Fiber (except Hawaii, Guam and soon Fiji)
- Constrained International Bandwidth
The Pacific Islands are Missing the Digital Revolution
- Missing the Internet
- Missing Convergence
- Missing E-Commerce
- Missing Competition
3. A Quick Review of Hawaii
Hawaii's Telecom Environment
- Dominant LEC with 100% Digital Switching
- GTE HawTel now carries more data than voice
- Two facilities-based CLECs – Extremely high cable penetration and
cel usage
- Vibrant ISP marketplace
- More than 2/3 of the state "on-line"
Dominant Telco
Major Cable Provider
Asset-rich
CLEC
Deregulation "almost there"
On the Human Side
- Multiple education providers at every level
Cisco Networking Academies
E-School &
E-Academies
Community Colleges
Private training
providers
Undergraduate and graduate programs
- Hawaii's workforce is:
Ethnically diverse & multilingual
Loyal
Underpaid
High
Quality of Life
Community Infrastructure
- Publications – TIGR, Local trade tags...
- Industry and professional associations – PTC, HTTA, HTCA, HCCA,
ITPA, AIIM...
- Conferences – PTC, HICSS, HTCA...
4. A Few Ideas on Where to Begin
- Get on-line!
- Work together to articulate highest-priority consensus needs
- Find out how others have succeeded
- Identify regional opportunities
- Consider leapfrog strategies
- Begin dialog about liberalization (deregulation / corporatization /
privatization)
- Invest in education -- connect the schools!
- Be Patient!
*Outline of a PowerPoint presentation given November
12, 1999 |
