CONCLUSION

A the advance level the importance is ICT has been understood and even adopted by the society at large. Therefore there is less need to promote ICT as infrastructure but rather as tools and means to support daily activity whether its business or personal. Countries at this level should stimulate creativity and further explore the limitless boundary of ICT. Therefore, they could lead in either R&D as well as innovative use of ICT.

To foster good relationship and further spread usage of ICT, advance countries could lend assistance toward countries at the basic and developing level. The form could be physical infrastructure or human resource either through education or technical assistance.

The focus and key factors discussed in the document should assist the policy maker and government institution as well as various concerned parties in ICT development. Key factors that need to be considered are:

a) Infrastructure and connectivity

b) Financial assistance and business sector participation

c) Law, regulation and intellectual property rights (IPR)

d) Human resource, education and public opinion building