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The Development Strategy of the Broadband Infrastructure of Lithuania for 2005-2010 is drafted when implementing Article 5(3) the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Electronic Communications (Official Gazette, 2004, No. 69-2382) and having regard to the goals of the 28 February 2000 European Council Strategy (DOC/00/7), the eEurope 2005 action plan (COM (2002)263 final), the update of the eEurope 2005 action plan (COM (2004)380), the concept of e-governance approved by Resolution No. 2115 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania as of 31 December 2002 (Official Gazette, 2003, No. 2-54) as well as other legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania and the global convergence changes in the information society sector.
The Strategy goals are as follows: to create conditions for public administration institutions, bodies and individuals to obtain broadband access; to promote competition in the field of the Internet access provision on the market using public and private capital investments; to seek that the national social and economic growth would be influenced; to reduce the exclusion of the population in the territory of the country.
When connecting public administration institutions and bodies to the broadband networks and creating an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as the population to use the broadband infrastructure and e-services all over the country’s territory (especially in peripheral/uncompetitive locations where the level of use and development of wideband connection services is low), the following assessment criteria are important:
1. By 1 January 2007 in 50% of the country’s territory to create an opportunity to connect to the available broadband networks for all small and medium-sized enterprises willing to do so as well as the population and to connect at least 40% of public administration institutions and bodies (i.e. educational institutions, libraries, health care institutions and bodies, etc.) to the broadband networks.
2. By 1 January 2008 in 50% of the country’s territory to create an opportunity to connect to the available broadband networks for all small and medium-sized enterprises willing to do so as well as the population and to connect at least 60% of public administration institutions and bodies to the wideband connection networks.
3. By 1 January 2009 to connect 100% of public administration institutions and bodies (except for some diplomatic representations of the
4. By 1 January 2010 in 98% of the country’s territory to create an opportunity to connect to the available broadband networks for all small and medium-sized enterprises willing to do so as well as the population.