2008 Global Digital Economy - E-Government, E-Health and Tele-education

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Dec. 5, 2008 - 92 Pages

Table of Contents

1. THE IMPORTANCE OF BROADBAND

1.1 Broadband high level overview

1.1.1 Broadband doesn’t just equal high-speed Internet

1.1.2 The many aspects of broadband infrastructure

1.1.2.1 Broadband equals healthcare infrastructure

1.1.2.2 Broadband equals utility infrastructure

1.1.2.3 Broadband equals education infrastructure

1.1.2.4 Broadband equals media and e-business infrastructure

1.1.2.5 Broadband equals lifestyle infrastructure

1.1.3 Cities to take charge

1.1.4 National or local infrastructure

1.1.5 The pointless technology debates

1.1.6 End-to-end connectivity for national NGNs

1.1.6.1 Essential for health, education and energy services

1.1.6.2 Whole-of-government approach is needed

1.1.6.3 Regulatory frameworks are failing

1.1.6.4 National benefits are astounding

1.1.6.5 Conclusions

1.2 Digital economy strategies

1.2.1 Case study: Australian government is leading the way

1.2.2 Essential for health, education and energy services

1.2.3 Whole-of-government approach is necessary

1.2.4 Regulatory frameworks are failing

1.2.5 National benefits are astounding

1.2.6 Conclusions

2. E-GOVERNMENT MARKET

2.1 E-Government analyses and statistics

2.1.1 Introduction

2.1.2 Benefits of E-Government

2.1.3 E-Government applications

2.1.4 Leading E-Governments around the world

2.1.5 Fibre key to E-Government

3. E-HEALTH MARKET

3.1 E-Health analyses and statistics

3.1.1 Scope

3.1.2 E-Health - killer app on true broadband

3.1.2.1 Broadband essential to maintain public health system

3.1.2.2 Aged care services at home

3.1.2.3 Social networking through video cams

3.1.2.4 Public education and public debate needs to start now

3.1.2.5 Online patient record systems

3.1.2.6 Digital healthcare appointment system

3.1.2.7 Video consultation and monitoring

3.1.2.8 There simply is no alternative to E-Health

3.1.3 Massive costs of healthcare

3.1.3.1 Patient remains central

3.1.4 Key developments

3.1.4.1 iPhone applications to assist healthcare industry

3.1.4.2 E-Payments in healthcare

3.1.4.3 US medicare to approve E-Consultations?

3.1.4.4 Google and Microsoft endorse Personal Health Record framework

3.1.5 IT key to sustainable healthcare

3.1.6 E-Health project examples

3.1.6.1 2008 - healthcare goes mobile; IBM Research

3.1.6.2 2007 - Virtual Reality relieves phantom limb pain

3.1.7 Published market statistics and forecasts

3.1.8 Conclusion

3.1.8.1 Urgent rethink needed about E-Health delivery

3.1.8.2 Bureaucratic framework hopelessly inadequate

3.1.8.3 Redefining a medical consultation

3.1.8.4 Redefining service delivery

3.1.8.5 Deregulate and democratise the bureaucracy

4. E-EDUCATION MARKET

4.1 E-Education analyses and statistics

4.1.1 Introduction

4.1.1.1 E-Learning and tele-education

4.1.1.2 E-Learning statistics and forecasts

4.1.2 Case studies

4.1.2.1 Europe

4.1.2.1.1 Overview

4.1.2.1.2 Commercial involvement

4.1.2.1.3 Norway

4.1.2.2 Developing market - Africa

4.1.3 Other trends

4.1.3.1 E-Learning and Open Source

4.1.3.2 Virtual worlds for education

4.1.3.3 Educating remote health professionals

5. FTTH INFRASTRUCTURE

5.1 FttH development and statistics

5.1.1 Introduction: FttH going forward

5.1.2 Fibre-based access

5.1.2.1 Early trials - brief overview

5.1.2.2 Fibre-to-the-Node (FttN)

5.1.2.3 Massive changes in network management required

5.1.2.4 FttH starts making business sense

5.1.2.5 Low hanging FttH fruit

5.1.2.6 Mass market FttH still years away

5.1.3 Global overview

5.1.3.1 Leading markets

5.1.3.2 FTTx market statistics

5.1.4 Regulating fibre: a global issue

5.1.4.1 Regulating copper networks - a lesson

5.1.4.2 Networks under strain

5.1.4.3 The stronger case for fibre

5.1.5 FttH drivers

5.1.5.1 National economy drivers

5.1.5.2 Social drivers

5.1.5.3 Entertainment drivers

5.1.5.4 Business drivers

5.1.5.5 No E-Government without fibre

5.1.5.6 ‘Go with the flow’ strategies

5.1.6 FttH business models

5.1.6.1 Vertically Integrated model

5.1.6.2 Open network model

5.1.6.3 Structural separation a must for FttH

6. REGIONAL OVERVIEWS

6.1 North America

6.1.1 E-Health

6.1.2 E-Government

6.1.3 E-Education

6.2 Latin America

6.2.1 Overview

6.2.2 E-Government

6.2.2.1 Brazil

6.2.2.2 Chile

6.2.3 E-Health

6.2.4 E-Education

6.3 Europe

6.3.1 Western Europe

6.3.1.1 Broadband backbone

6.3.1.2 E-Services

6.3.1.2.1 E-Commerce

6.3.1.2.2 E-Government

6.3.1.2.3 E-Health

6.3.2 Eastern Europe

6.3.2.1 E-Government in Eastern Europe

6.3.2.1.1 Bulgaria

6.3.2.1.2 Croatia

6.3.2.1.3 Cyprus

6.3.2.1.4 Czech Republic

6.3.2.1.5 Estonia

6.3.2.1.5.1 Electronic ID (eID) card

6.3.2.1.5.2 EEBone

6.3.2.1.6 Greece

6.3.2.1.6.1 Infrastructure development

6.3.2.1.6.2 Deployed infrastructure

6.3.2.1.7 Hungary

6.3.2.1.7.1 Infrastructure

6.3.2.1.8 Latvia

6.3.2.1.9 Lithuania

6.3.2.1.9.1 Infrastructure

6.3.2.1.10 Poland

6.3.2.1.11 Romania

6.3.2.1.12 Slovakia

6.3.2.1.13 Slovenia

6.3.2.1.13.1 Infrastructure

6.4 Africa

6.4.1 Overview

6.4.2 E-Government

6.4.3 E-Health

6.4.4 E-Education

6.5 Middle East

6.5.1 Overview

6.5.2 E-Government in the UAE - a pioneer

6.5.3 E-Education - a Jordanian university leads the region

6.5.4 E-Health

6.6 Asia

6.6.1 Market Overview

6.6.2 China

6.6.2.1 E-Government

6.6.2.2 E-Education (including South Korea)

6.6.3 South Korea

6.6.3.1 E-Government

6.6.3.1.1 Master plans for an information society

6.6.3.1.1.1 e-Korea Vision

6.6.3.1.1.2 Broadband Korea IT Vision

6.6.4 Japan

6.6.4.1 E-Government

6.6.5 Taiwan

6.6.5.1 E-Government

6.6.5.2 E-Education

6.6.6 Singapore

6.6.6.1 E-Government

6.6.7 Malaysia

6.6.7.1 E-government

6.6.8 Pakistan

6.6.8.1 E-Government

6.6.9 Philippines

6.6.9.1 E-Government

6.6.10 Indonesia

6.6.10.1 E-Indonesia Project

6.6.11 Afghanistan

6.6.11.1 E-Health

6.7 Pacific Region

6.7.1 Australia

6.7.1.1 E-Health

6.7.1.2 E-Education

6.7.1.2.1 Introduction

6.7.1.2.2 FttH to the schools

6.7.1.2.3 E-Learning from Australia Computer Society

6.7.1.3 E-Government

6.7.2 New Zealand

6.7.2.1 E-Health

6.7.2.2 E-Government

6.7.2.3 E-Education and E-Health

6.7.3 South Pacific

6.7.3.1 E-Education

6.7.3.2 E-Health

7. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

Table number:

Table 1 - Percentage of government agencies offering online services worldwide - 2005 - 2007

Table 2 - Projected regional increases in total healthcare spending - 2020 - 2050

Table 3 - Number of consumers using health monitoring - North America; Western Europe1 - 2008; 2012

Table 4 - Spending on IT in healthcare sector - Western Europe - 2006 - 2012

Table 5 - Market value and growth of telehealth - 2012

Table 6 - Worldwide E-Learning market value - 2005; 2008; 2010

Table 7 - Worldwide FTTx subscribers - 2007 - 2008

Table 8 - Worldwide FTTx share of broadband market - 2004; 2006 - 2007

Table 9 - FTTx market share by region - 2007

Table 10 - Worldwide markets with FTTx penetration > 1% - 2007

Table 11 - Worldwide FttH port shipments - 2007 - 2008

Table 12 - Worldwide FttH port shipments by technology - 2007 - 2008

Table 13 - Worldwide spending on fibre-optic cables - 2006; 2010

Table 14 - Internet penetration in Western European countries - June 2008

Table 15 - Broadband access lines and forecast growth in Europe - 2002 - 2009

Table 16 - Take up of e-government services by businesses in selected Eastern European countries - 2007

Table 17 - Take up of e-government services by individuals in selected Eastern European countries - 2007

Table 18 - Broadband household penetration in Arabian Gulf countries - 2007

LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit number:

Exhibit 1 - Key starting-points for local broadbanding

Exhibit 2 - Key broadbanding steps

Exhibit 3 - Telehealth benefits of utilising national communications infrastructure

Exhibit 4 - Examples of Web 2.0 developments

Exhibit 5 - Definition: E-Government

Exhibit 6 - Examples of common web based E-Government applications

Exhibit 7 - United Nations E-Government readiness ranking - top 35 countries - 2008

Exhibit 8 - Brown University’s top five E-Government countries - 2007

Exhibit 9 - Healthcare spending statistics

Exhibit 10 - Advantages of E-Health

Exhibit 11 - E-Health project examples

Exhibit 12 - Popular health related websites in the US

Exhibit 13 - Advantages of E-Learning

Exhibit 14 - Sample of E-Learning market participants*

Exhibit 15 - Examples of tele-education initiatives in developing markets

Exhibit 16 - Examples of open source E-Learning projects

Exhibit 17 - Explanation: optical fibre

Exhibit 18 - Broadband - infrastructure blueprint

Exhibit 19 - Microsoft, Covisint E-Health initiative via A&T Healthcare Community Online

Exhibit 20 - Telemedicine in Afghanistan - June 2007

Abstract

• The importance of broadband infrastructure;
• Key issues and strategies needed for countries to develop their digital economies;
• E-government market overview, analyses and statistics;
• E-health market overview, analyses and statistics;
• Tele-education market overview, analyses and statistics;
• Overview of e-government markets in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific;
• Overview of e-health markets in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific;
• Overview of tele-education markets in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific;
• Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) market overview and statistics.

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