2.1.2 ICT Infrastructure Development
15. ICT infrastructure is fundamental to supporting trade, facilitating investments and enlarging markets through its ability to facilitate information exchange, to connect people, to support delivery of services and to reduce the cost of business and trade-related transactions. ICT infrastructure is broadly defined to include fixed, mobile, and satellite communication networks and the internet as well as the software supporting the development and operation of these communication networks.
16. Developing ASEAN ICT infrastructure faces a number of challenges. The most important one comes from the extent of digital divide across the ASEAN Member States and
how to overcome this. Bridging the digital divide requires commitment from the Member States to improve the competitiveness of their national ICT sectors.