MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS NATIONAL BROADBAND STRATEGY June 2018 Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................... 5 ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 7 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 9 2 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ............................................................................................... 11 2.1 International Connectivity ................................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 National Backbone ................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.3 Backhauling .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.4 Mobile Coverage ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.5 Access Network ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.6 Satellite ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.7 Government Data Network ................................................................................................................................ 12 2.8 Community Access Points (Kitsong Centres) ............................................................................................. 12 2.9 Usage ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.10 Affordability ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 3 DEFINITION AND RATIONALE ....................................................................................... 15 3.1 Broadband as an Ecosystem .............................................................................................................................. 15 3.2 Principles................................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.3 Defining Broadband for Botswana ................................................................................................................. 16 4 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................... 20 4.1 GOALS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.2 OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 5 DEMAND SIDE POLICIES ............................................................................................... 21 5.1 Digital Literacy Programme .............................................................................................................................. 21 5.2 Digital Literacy “Trainers for Trainers”........................................................................................................ 22 5.3 Online Digital Literacy Portal ........................................................................................................................... 22 5.4 Consumer Awareness & Information ............................................................................................................ 23 5.5 Digital Content ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 5.6 Research and Innovation .................................................................................................................................... 26 5.7 Legal Framework ................................................................................................................................................... 27 5.8 Security of Systems and Networks ................................................................................................................. 29 6 SUPPLY-SIDE POLICIES .................................................................................................. 31 6.1 Wholesale Catalogue (standard offers) ........................................................................................................ 31 6.2 Wholesale Pricing structure .............................................................................................................................. 31 6.3 Replicability tests on retail services .............................................................................................................. 34 6.4 ICT Infrastructure Sharing ................................................................................................................................. 35 6.5 Digital Divided......................................................................................................................................................... 38 6.6 International Connectivity ................................................................................................................................. 39 6.7 Backbone Network ................................................................................................................................................ 39 6.8 Mobile Broadband Services ............................................................................................................................... 39 6.8.1 Mobile Broadband Services to Urban Areas.................................................................................................. 40 2 6.8.2 Rural Mobile Broadband Systems ...................................................................................................................... 40 6.9 Agricultural Broadband Infrastructure ........................................................................................................ 41 6.10 Local Access Loop (Copper) .............................................................................................................................. 42 6.11 Fibre-To-The-premises (FTTx) ........................................................................................................................ 42 6.12 Satellite Broadband Systems ............................................................................................................................ 44 6.13 Government Data Network ................................................................................................................................ 44 6.14 Public Internet Access Points ........................................................................................................................... 45 6.15 ICT Customer Devices .......................................................................................................................................... 46 7 FUNDING ..................................................................................................................... 47 7.1 Commercial Funding ............................................................................................................................................ 47 7.2 Public Funding ........................................................................................................................................................ 47 7.3 Public Private Partnership ................................................................................................................................. 47 7.4 Localised Funding .................................................................................................................................................. 48 7.5 Universal Access and Service Fund (UASF) ................................................................................................ 48 8 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................ 49 8.1 Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................. 49 8.2 NBS Coordination .................................................................................................................................................. 52 9 PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION ......................................................... 55 9.1 NBS Monitoring and Evaluation .....................................................................................................................