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1 การใช เทคโนโลย เพ อการพ ฒนาส งคมด จ ท ล Wisit Atipayakoon ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

2 Increase productivity Lower costs Digital Economy Promote innovations Enable opportunities

3 Smart Society Digital Society Creative Society Knowledge Society Information Society

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5 C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development C2. Information and communication infrastructure C3. Access to information and knowledge C4. Capacity building C5. Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs C6. Enabling environment C7. ICT Applications: E government, E business: E learning; E health; E employment; E environment; E agriculture; E science C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content C9. Media C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society C11. International and regional cooperation

6 Goal 1 Growth : Enable and foster access to and increased use of telecommunications/icts 55% of households should have access to the Internet Agenda for Global Telecommunication/ICT Targets 2020 adopted at ITU Plenipotentiary Conference % of individuals should be using the Internet 40% Telecommunications/ICTs should be 40% more affordable Goal 2 Inclusiveness Bridge the digital divide and provide broadband for all 50% of households should have access to the Internet in the developing world; 15% in the least developed countries 50% of individuals should be using the Internet in the developing world; 20% in the least developed countries 40% affordability gap between developed and developing countries should be reduced by 40% 5% Broadband services should cost no more than 5% of average monthly income in the developing countries 90% of the rural population should be covered by broadband services Gender equality among Internet users should be reached Enabling environments ensuring accessible ICTs for persons with disabilities should be established in all countries Goal 3 Sustainability Manage challenges resulting from the telecommunication/ict development 40% improvement in cybersecurity readiness 50% reduction in volume of redundant e-waste 30% decrease in Green House Gas emissions per device generated by the telecommunication/ict sector Goal 4 Innovation and partnership Lead, improve and adapt to the changing telecommunication/ict environment Telecommunication/ICT environment conducive to innovation Effective partnerships of stakeholders in telecommunication/ict environment Reference:

7 Source: ITU, based on 2015 estimates. AND INTERNET TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO GROW DAILY

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11 US$ 7T 9M 7 Billion Mobile cellular subscriptions Healthcare costs & productivity losses Premature deaths per year Diabetes Cardiovascular Diseases Cancer Chronic Respiratory Diseases Other NCDs Physical inactivity Obesity Tobacco use Unhealthy diets Malnutrition Alcohol use "We should all work to meet targets to reduce NCDs."

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17 Digital transactional platform, enables a customer to make or receive payments and transfers and to store value electronically through a device that transmits and receives transaction data and connects to a bank or nonbank permitted to store electronic value. Retail agents, armed with a digital device that is connected to communications infrastructure to transmit and receive transaction details enable customers to convert cash into electronically stored value and to transform stored value back into cash. Device, such as a mobile phone or an instrument, such as a payment card that connects to a digital device (e.g., POS terminal).

18 Mobile, Smartphone, e Commerce Growth 110 million mobile subscribers with 3G/4G services available More than 40 million mobile internet users 58% of Thais owned smartphones in 2014 (Nielsen s 2014 Smartphone Insights study) Thailand has 8 million 4G capable handsets (AIS, 2015) Thailand has more than 500,000 e commerce merchants and e commerce sector has grown by 20% annually Financial Services and Infrastructure 78% of the country s population over 15 years of age had a bank account in 2014 (World Bank) 2,020 commercial banks and specialized financial institutions (FIs), together owning approximately 9,664 branches and 61,839 ATMs nationwide as of 2014 (BoT, 2015) The number of enrolled bank accounts increased 435% from 1.2 million in 2013 to 6.2 million in (BoT)

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20 If we were building a financial system from scratch today, we would do it on a digital platform --Bill Gates, 2013 AFI Global Policy Forum

21 Women and Girls Youth and Children Persons with Disabilities Indigenous People Web accessibility Telecommunications Relay Service Text To Speech Assistive devices Captioning The Elderly and People with Special Needs Accessibility Local contents Affordability Public procurement Availability

22 "What we need is an entrepreneurial society in which innovation and entrepreneurship are normal, steady and continuous. --- Peter F. Drucker

23 Lifestyle Digital Society Opportunities Quality of life Equality

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