ALIPRO objective ALIPRO1 aims at supporting the alignment of the NMS’ national and regional research programmes with the European IST research in the area of mobile technologies, applications, and services. Purpose of the document The national report endeavours to present the findings of ALIPRO carried out in Lithuania. It comprises an overview on mobile IST situation and a detailed description of R&D programmes together with their evaluation. It contains also the conclusions drawn from the evaluation of the R&D funding system in Lithuania. It is meant for institutions and individuals active in the field of mobility. The mobile sector in Lithuania The Lithuanian ICT Sector is mostly private and in 2004 consisted of around 1000 IT companies employing around 30 thousand people2. The total value of telecommunications market (including mobile) in 2004 was 2137 million LTL3, and income from mobile communications amounted to about 51% of the entire telecommunications market in 2004. The Lithuanian mobile telecommunications market is developing very rapidly. The total number of active mobile subscribers by the end of Q2 2005 was 3.5 million (penetration of 107%), and this number has increased by 45% in one year. Intensive competition in the mobile communications market has determined decrease of service prices. Prices for all basic GSM services in Lithuania are the lowest in EU for consumer and middle-use segments and fourth cheapest for business segment. Usage of mobile data is growing rapidly. By the end of 2005 H1 the number of active GPRS/EDGE was 413 702, the change being 210% compared with 2004 H
