 You are all very welcome. Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am now pleased to play a short documentary produced by ITU, showing some of the human stories behind numbers and statistics. Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would now like to invite His Excellency Mr. Radhavi Vashrily, Prime Minister of Georgia, to deliver his welcome remarks. I am pleased to welcome you now. I would like to introduce a symposium, which is a very important step in the life of our citizens, to the symposium, for the conference, for the public. I would also like to invite you to join us at the Doba forum. I Mitagre Tuie, baton, Jawus Mitwulotso, telecommunicatiewis, Artychoros Kausilis, general, Arcewa, khullu baton, Praheem Hassanous, armkausilis, ganawitarewis, Biuros, directorate, Hniori, Arcewa. Surpatho baton, étion kholam karkahduitsitrom. Magal ganawitarevulis, hsai informatio, komunicatiewis, sektori koechni, shemdkomitta politikuri, ekonomikuda, socialluri ganawitarewis, Zalawris, Ashwaleba. We will not allow any military intervention, this will tell the future of the region and the future of the region. We will not allow any sooner in the technology industry, no more military intervention, no more information, no more communication technology, in the future's industries will provide economic opportunities for the region. But we will not allow any competition in the future. We will not allow any future, no more military intervention, We have been actively innovating the new sector, which is the strategy of the project. We have been working on the technology of the party, which is the main part of the project, and we have been working on the new sector and the new sector of the laboratory. The main initiative of the party's initiative, The It's The I would like to thank the Ministry of Information and Communication, the technology sector and the government. I would like to thank the Ministry of Progress, the Ministry of Information and the government for the implementation of liberalization, demonetization and the process of the business. I would like to thank the Ministry of Information and the technology sector for the implementation of liberalization and the process of the business. I would like to thank the Ministry of Information and the process of the business. I would like to thank the Ministry of Information and We have a multi-selectronomical system, we have a network of services, and we have an effective communication technology. We have a team of three stakeholders. We have a business registration, we have a personal document, we have a procedure procedure, and we have to make sure that everything is in order. I would like to remind you that the center of telecommunications is the center of telecommunications. We have the most long-term interaction. We have a lot of long-term interactions. I would like to remind you, that the international community hasCHEM has two different ideas. The short one is of telecommunications, which is different. Now, the telecommunications community I would like to thank Mr. Gharebashvili for his remarks. And next, I would like to invite Mr. Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General of ITU, to deliver his welcome notes. Your Excellency, irakli Gharebashvili, Prime Minister Georgia, Excellency Mr. George Kwiffi Kachvili, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Georgia. Excellency, Mr. Dimitri Miumisishvili, First Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Georgia, and the Chair of WITIS 2014. Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It's a real pleasure for me and a great honor for me to be here with you today as this opening ceremony of the World Telecommunication and ICT Indicators' Symposium 2014. On behalf of Dr. Amaran Tui, Secretary-General of ITU and other elected officials, we are very grateful to the government of Georgia for hosting this symposium and for the tremendous hospitality you have provided, including yesterday's excursion to the UNESCO Heritage Site of Mosque Heta, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. And also the wonderful evening, the dinner, gala dinner, we enjoyed it. I know that you made a lot of effort to make this World Telecommunication Indicators' Symposium very special. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we have been following ICT trains for many years. I'm pleased to see that many countries have been making great strides towards the information and knowledge of society. I want to congratulate you and hope that when we unveil this year's ICT Development Index at lunchtime, this will also be evident. But since our Prime Minister will travel to foreign countries immediately after this opening session, I'd like to just highlight the secret up to now that according to our latest statistics to be published at lunchtime, Georgia is one of very few countries last year made enormous progress in the ranking. Because today, the ICT Development everywhere seems to be much, it's very hard to move one rank ahead. But Georgia had made several ranks ahead. How many? We leave this to the Secretary to be announced by the Director of Community, so congratulations. Having said that, let me stop and pose two questions. Do we really know the population that remains unconnected despite statistics showing that there are seven billion mobile cellular subscriptions? Do we know who are the unconnected despite that three billion people have access to the Internet or that 2.3 billion people have access to mobile broadband? I want to call upon the member states to help us identify the really unconnected people. So we may know who to target as we continue to invest in infrastructure. It is also very important for governments as they formulate public policy aimed at stimulating investment and competition in this sector. Speaking with colleagues, since 1889 to date, when we are about to commemorate ITU's 150th anniversary, ITU has been collecting and processing telecommunication statistics and indicators thanks to the support and contribution by the countries. Our work in ICT measurement has grown from a strength to a strength. Today, ITU maintains ICT statistics for 200 economies and over 100 indicators. I have no doubt that this cooperation with countries will continue in the future. I can give you my word. ITU is committed to ensure that very high standard is maintained as we help countries monitor their progress towards attaining universal access, which in turn could drive economies, education, health, and everything that we do. At this moment, let me congratulate Mr. Buraki Masano, the newly re-elected director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of ITU. And his team for successfully re-engineering what used to be a very small technical meeting to the big symposium that it has become today. I see the ministers, director-general of both national statistics offices and telecommunication regulatory authorities, and I also see many experts and very senior government officials in the room. Of course, Georgia is a very attractive tourist destination. That is one of the reasons we see many participants here. I heard from our prime minister last year Georgia attracted more than 5 million tourists. Not everybody has a chance to visit Georgia, but anyhow we see many delegates come to join us. This diversity is crucial as we need political will and expertise to drive the important process of data collection, processing, and reporting. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, as the ITU secret general-elect, I want to assure you here and now that I continue to provide unflinching support for the work related to measuring the information society. This is all the more important as the international community has now set the sustainable development goals that recognize that the ICTs play a pivotal role for future attainment. Thank you for your attention and I look forward to engaging with you personally and to listen to the many interesting sessions over the next two days. Thank you very much. I would like to thank Mr. Zhao for his remarks. And next I would like to call his excellency, Mr. George Bericashvili, minister of economy and sustainable development, vice prime minister of Georgia, to deliver his welcome speech. The ICT Speros Innovative Techniques and Technologies. ICT Speros Investment Services. ICT Speros Investment Services. ICT Speros Investment Services. ICT Speros Investment Services. ICT Speros Investment Services. ICT Speros Investment Services. I A musta ner tats armate bulot khorci eldeba, ghia martoelobis sakartelos programa. Romlis, miznebiam, sajaro vomsakhurebis gauncobeseba, sakhentipos martoashi, sazogadoebis, chartulobis zrdam, da asewe, sajaro resurssebis ukatesi martoada usabtko garemos shekvna. Shekvnili, aserwisebis, mokalak isportali, Romelits, von khoraveleps, tawazops, samazze med sajaro vomsakhurebas, da ase shemdek. Polotslepsi gankhorci eldeba uli samushawebis shedegat, sakartelom nišnolom nad gauncobesa bozitsiebim soplios ICT rating gepsi. ICT mu nišnolovanesi funksia shiasrula, batoni premier ministresmier Dres Agnishnu, schom nišnolova sajarta soris o rating gepsi, da sakartelos tsiltslaši. Magram, mihce uli shedegebit, arkumak opildebit, radganats, kwegana si ICT izganuitarevac armoadges, otsdame erte saukunis gamutsojvas, ta kweganisa tuis ertert untawres prioritets. Ristuisa tsakartelos ekonomiki sadamt gradi gamutarevis saministrosmier kweganis agmasululebeli, kheli suplebi, shesavamis organueptan, sperosimokved kompanieptan, arasamtaurobos sektortan, sajarta soris organizesieptan, da ekspertetan, chidrotanam shomlobit, shemushawebulikna, shesavamisis amokvedo gegmebi. Rommeltag ansa chortzieleblad da itsko konkretulis akmianoban. Achalma teknologiebma, inovaciebma, magalganuitarebulma, sa informacio de, sa komunikacio teknologiebma, kheliunda sheutskom, kweganis ekonomikis, ta konkurentunarianobis amakhlebas, mis euroatlantikursirtsesihrma integracias. Sakentipo politikis na misgangamom dinare, programebis da projektebis, praktikulat ganchortzielebis atuis, sakartolos ekonomikis adam gradi ganuitarebis, saministros dakom debaraeba si sheikna, sakartolos inovaciebis, ta teknologiebis sa agentom. Rommeltag ansa da uzumalkos, teknologiuri parkebis, biznesda inovaciiuri centrebis, sheikna da punksionireba. Rommeltag shesavutskops, sodnaze da inovaciebze da pusnebul, kweganis ekonomikis, shemdgom ganuitarebas. Inovaciebis da teknologiebis sa eksporto produkciat kcevas, sa komunikacioda, sa informacioda tehnologiebis da inovaciebis, sakartolos mecinirebisada ekonomikis schoelas perosishechcevas, ta agnišnul instrumentebit mati konkurentunaryanobis amakhlebas. Aseve sheikna, cipruli mautska eblobis sa agentom, Rommeltag uzumalkops, cipruli mautska eblobase gadasulis, honi zivebis, ganchortzielebis koordinacias. Sa ministro ganachzob, sakhti urmusaobas, europisa da azi izdamakauširebeli akhali sa informacio, sircis formirebis sakhti chze, rasa tzuagresa didi strategiul imnišnobogakus, radganacigi, sa transporto, ta energetikul projektepta nertat, im tlianubasi knis, kweganis ertian, sa transito ekonomikur sircis. Pakhtiura desgahlaut akhali sa informacio, tehnologiuri abresumis gzam. Telekomunikacia bis, sa ertasoris o kavširis da eurokavširis sesamamis i gada tsukotilebebit, europis kuegnepši da mačoris sakartološi, oriatast chutma ditselis, čutma ti unisamde, un da ganchortzieldes, analogurda cipruli mautska eblobase gadasula, radc armovadgens, kuegnis sa ertasoris o valdebulebas, agnišnutanda kavširebit sakartološi sesamamis i samušaobit ardebada sakartolo gadawa, cipruli mautska eblobase gansas gulvadaši. Aicitis perosi, sakartološi chelisu plebis mier, dasa kuli, miznebis ganchortzieleba, ronlebit sakartološi premier, ministis mier, ikna agnišnuli, mojutkos, sakem cipo, dasa wek, erzo sektortan, sa ertasoris o organizacieptan, cidrotanam šomlobas. Ristušac, čven, mudmivac, vzadkop, naši uartida, o imedovneptrom. Ami martulebit, čveni da aitijusim, cidrotanam šomloba, kide uprom raom, krejvida, hrmagakteba. Sakartološ, dasa kuli, ambit si u rmiznebi, ami martulebit, da gartsunert, rončen, kula, mizans, mivak se ut. Kide vrt, chelmogesalmebit, da gisurebt, tsarmatebul, nakopier, mūšaubas. Didi madlubak, uratghebistus. I would like to thank Mr. Kurekashvili for his remarks, and invite Mr. Brahima Sano, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU, to deliver his welcome remarks. Your Excellency, Mr. Irakli, Karibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, Your Excellency, Mr. George Kurekashvili, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, and Prime Minister of Georgia, Mr. Dimitri Kumisvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Mr. Wakhtang Abashidze, Chairman of the Georgia Communication Commission, Mr. Ulin Zawo, Deputy Secretary General and Secretary-General-Elect of the ITU, Honorable Ministers, Director-General's Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my real honor to welcome you to the 2014 edition of the World Telecommunication ICT Indicator Symposium, WTIS, here in Tbilisi, with its unique and ancient cultural heritage. I would like to thank the government of... Oh, it's mixing. Let me come back. Sorry for that. This is technology also. Still have a lot to do. Yes. I would like to thank the government of Georgia for hosting this event and for the kind and warm hospitality extended to all of us. This year, the WTIS is bringing some very positive changes. For the first time, we are launching the Measuring the Information Society report. This is where the flagship report of ITU that we launch every year. I can tell you that we are happy to launch it here in the country that I make very good improvement in terms of ICT Development Index. The availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data and robots. International measurement framework is of paramount importance. For this reason, I recently commissioned a study aimed at evaluating our current data collection and processing. The expert will present to us here his final report. Further, one of the key topics of this year is big data. ICT are part of the debate on the data revolution because data revolution or data capital, as some call it, is mainly driven and dependent on ICTs. This is why I also commissioned a report on big data that will be presented this afternoon to trigger discussion on this very important issue. As you know, ITU's mandate and work in data statistics and measuring the information society have been reinforced by Resolution 8 of the Sixth World Telecommunication Development Conference in the Resolution 131 of the just completed ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. We count on your support for us to continue providing reliable data and statistics to all the stakeholders of the ICT ecosystem. Let me take this opportunity to thank all the member state, international organizations, industry and expert that support us in our work. Our two statistical expert groups, the expert group on telecommunication and ICT indicators with around 500 members and the expert group on ICT household indicators with around 300 members. We work continuously to improve methodologies, define new indicators and review existing one. I would like to thank all the expert for their artwork in contributing in those two groups. Your Excellency, Prime Minister of Georgia and guests of honor of this meeting, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the member of your cabinet here present. Your Excellency, you have demonstrated political will by your ability to embrace ICT for social economic development. Your country has also set the bar high for the next hosts of this symposium. Thank you so much for greeting this meeting by your presence. This way, we can gather statistical data to understand Georgia better. We have around 3,200 villages and only a lot of people can pay for it. Therefore, it is very important at the same time to understand what is worth to say about statistics. It is important to press the capital investment And the government will support these beginnings. I would like to note that the business enterprises in Georgia, business enterprises in Georgia, and so on, well, let's say, in Russia, there are eight Mi, but the methodology has changed. And now we have come to the 400th iPhone, also e-connors, and electronic commerce, and the law on electronic commerce. It is quite a development. I believe that when all this will be done, we will get the appropriate benefits. The development of new technologies for both international and international markets will be in its report. There will be some projects that will play a simple role in the coming days. And they cannot allow themselves to internet. And this is, of course, very important. It is important to fight for the entertainment of our politics. We can do statistics, because our question of critical importance, critical results, you see? This is all we need to take part in. And in addition to the approach of the government in some direction, from this point of view, the perspective of the house of justice is not limited to a separate solution for statistical analysis. Of course, it should be taken into account that this has become a danger. The questions are safe. If we take, for example, Liberia, which is fighting the Ebola pandemic, the epidemic, in this context, we need to use the mechanisms of financing. It is a matter of deciding to change the solution. The right to say, to consider how we can support the selection of data and the blue approach. We answered the same questions. And Manchastra is often using this model for the purpose of not explaining what is happening, when you are updating the technology. But at the same time, how it is changing and how it is necessary to include knowledge here. This is when the corresponding result will be. Let me also note for my colleagues in Saudi Arabia that the ICT and the revolutionary direction that appears in the Middle East, it was a sector that was very, very dynamically developed. And all these negative sides were, as it were, did not show up. And I also want to say about what was said about the fact that 50% of our population uses the Internet. The reality is much lower, because these 50% do not use it at full scale. Therefore, we are doing everything to create a wide range of access. And recently the government announced that the use of satellites in a wide range of zones will help. As for the balance, a very interesting dynamic of the development of business models, which are also available for a wide mass, simplification of those areas of access to telecommunications. The market is simplifying in the context of information revolutions. The new social contract that is now available for new technologies in this regard is very important to ensure the use of so-called social contracts. We can now say that we have a great opportunity to ensure development. We now have a good opportunity to reconsider the role of ICT and since when we have a global agenda for 2015, all of this should be adapted to the national level. This will be an important issue. ICT Focus may not be so clear, but there are certain directions where it can be raised to a higher level. All these negotiations that can be carried out should end at the end of this year. ICT is to include these questions on the agenda and will be discussed at the General Assembly of 2015. Thank you all very much. We must sum up all these data. I hope that I will take 30 seconds to provide you with my ideas. We need a certain policy, we need a regulatory framework and to ensure that we can save resources. We need to ensure that our statistics are stable, and I agree with what the minister said, that Georgia has become the 14th and I hope that the methodology will not change, although the methodology will change only for us. Let's welcome the members of the Presidium and ask the deputy minister to finish the session and prepare for the next topic. The next topic is lunch. Mr. Deputy Minister, thank you. Mr. Zauzaus, thank you. Let me thank all the participants and invite them to the lunch.