Seminario: The Digital Divide in the Wireless Era

Contatto di riferimento: Prof. Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli

About the speaker

Dr. Kussai Shahin received the Dr. Ing. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico of Torino, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Computer Science from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He joined ASTER in 1996 where he participated, as IT expert, to several European projects in ICT and Innovation, becoming later the responsible of ICT Area and member of the Management Board of ASTER, until 2008. Dr. Shahin joined Lepida SpA in 2008 and he is currently the Chief of the Networks Division and he is responsible of planning, development and management of telecommunication networks for Public Administrations. Dr. Shahin is deeply involved in producing public strategies on broadband and ultra broadband development and anti digital divide programmes, with a technology neutral approach.

Abstract

The telecommunications networks and infrastructures are essential conditions to ensure the availability of broadband and ultra broadband access to the Internet. In the Digital Agenda, one of the flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, Member States have endorsed ambitious broadband targets aiming for 100% broadband coverage by 2013 for all Europeans and increased speeds of 30Mbps for all, with at least 50% of the European households subscribing to Internet connections above 100Mbps by 2020. The innovation processes, the development of Internet ultra broadband access and the reduction of digital and knowledge divide require strong coordination actions and cooperation between all the actors.