Internet Developmentin Indonesia

Indonesia status Lacking of investment to develop telecom

infrastructure Low density (3 % or 3 phone lines per 100

people) Most lines are concentrated in cities, Major population does not have opportunity to

telephone and information access. There is a need to invite foreign investor to

participate in telecommunication development Toward open market, Government has made

some steps to reform telecommunications sector.

Recent statusTelecom:

7 million lines ( 3 % density) Cellular: 4.7 millions

Internet Access: Users: estimated 4 millions Potential users: estimated 61 millions High growth in Internet users

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Potential Internet Users

• 150.000 telephone/internet cafe

• 1600 Universities+

• 4000 Specialized High School (SMK)

• 10.000 High School (SMU)

• 10.000 Pesantren(religius boarding school)

• Business / offices

Total potential internet users

• ~30 millions

• ~3 millions

• ~4 millions

• ~7 millions

• ~7 millions

• ~10 millions

~ 61 millions

Huge potential internet users in Indonesia :

Information technology Internet Subscribers

Dial-up Internet subscribers: 511.000 Leased-line internet subscribers: 7.200

Access : public Internet kiosks (43%), offices (41%), residential (12%), campuses (3%), and schools (1%).

Internet bandwidth

International bandwidth : 670 Mbps Outgoing : 170 Incoming : 500

Local bandwidth (Indonesia Internet Exchanges or IIX) : 231 Mbps peak

Physical Connection in IIX : 2.5 Gigabit (2450 Mbps)

ISP

Licensed : 173Operasional : 70

Domain .id progress

(source: APJII. – 2001)

Information and Communication Technology

ICT in Indonesia

Through Presidential Decree No. 50/2000, Government has established Coordinating Team of ICT (Telematika).

The team is to coordinate the development and the utilization of ICT in all sectors from government departments and private sectors in Indonesia

Through Presidential Decree No. 6/2001, Government endorses Development and utilization of ICT in Indonesia.

Implemented through Five Year Action Plans

International Bandwidth

Dealing with International bandwidth, Government endorse that bandwidth (Internet) should be cheaper than before .

Through network access point (NAP) license, Government encourages private investments to compete in International bandwidth provisioning in Indonesia.

IT development strategyEstablishing regulations on ICTDeveloping Infrastructures and access

facilities and CTCDeveloping IT corridors.Encouraging IT services, emphasized on:

• Tele Education• Tele Medicine.• E-Government.

Program in ICT regulation Currently, no limitation on the number of ISP. Preparing Information Technology Law to provide

jurisdictions and umbrella provisioning for IT implementations in Indonesia. The law will covers all aspects on IT implementations such as: Privacy protection Electronic Commerce Competition, Consumer protection, Taxation. IPR (Intellectual Property Right)

Program in information access: Endorse Information Access through villages. One million Telephone access for 971 sub district

(kecamatan) and about 42,014 village (desa). Infrastructures for community telecenter in rural areas. Broadband Internet Kiosk/Café : remote access area 10

nodes. Business Information Center: 320 nodes. Education:

School 2000 program, accelerating internet access from schools.

Establishing campus network in Indonesia

Program in IT corridors

Develop multimedia cities: Kemayoran cities, Jakarta Parahyangan multimedia corridor, West Java Bandung High-Tech valley, West Java

Develop High-speed IP-based backbone: Indonesia rings.

Programs in application developments Tele Education :

establishing campus network in Indonesia developing course contents promoting on-line education and research in IT

Tele Medicine : To provide access for 7000 hospitals and health

centers E-Government :

Applications of E-Government for 86 locations. Applications of E-Government in villages such as

information-rich villages (Desa Maju), 95 units.

Thank You

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF POST DAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS,THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

Gedung SAPTA PESONA, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat 17Jakarta 10110 – Indonesia

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