The ITU-UUM ASP CoE started its operation on 2 January 2007. The Centre serves as the focal point for all rural ICT development initiatives across Asia Pacific region. Our core businesses and activities are to provide executive training programs, knowledge repository, R&D and consultancy services. Our theme of ICT development includes the following:

• Applications and Services – This includes e-government, e-entertainment, e-democracy, Digital Literacy

• Policies and Regulations – it covers developing the National Plans and Policies, Intellectual Properties, genders issues

• Technology – the technologies include wired and wireless, broadband, network management and operation

The creation of Centres of Excellence (CoE) is an ITU undertaking by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the benefits of developing countries. The formulation of CoE arose as an extension of the concept underlying the Global Telecommunication University/Global Telecommunication Training Institute (GTU/GTII), which entails the use of existing resources in public, private or semi-public institutions concerned by the telecommunication and ICT sector, for the purpose of assisting developing countries.

The primary function of the CoE is to train policy-makers, administrators and regulators, and to establish priorities and regulations in the national sector, as well as to