The Internet : Asian Perspective

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Bangkok
The Internet Asian Perspective 2001. 1.
30 Kilnam ChonKAIST chon_at_cosmos.kaist.ac.krht
tp//cosmos.kaist.ac.kr
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The Internet will almost certainly have a
stronger impact than PC ... a reasonable
guess might put it ahead of the telephone and
television but behind the printing press.
The Economist, 1 July 1995
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Contents

• 1. History of the Internet
•   2. Current status of the Internet
• 3. Wireless Internet
• 4. Future of the Internet
• 5. Digital Age
• 6. Asias Strength
• 7. Case
• 8. Asian Collaboration
• 9. Remark
• Appendix

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1. History of the Internet - 30 Years in USA
and 20 Years in Asia

• 1970   First Internet in USA(Arpanet)  
  
• 1982   First Internet in Asia(SDN)
•    1980's Globalization of the Internet
•    1990's Commercialization of the Internet

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2. Current Status of the Internet

• Population                              
  
• (million) North America   181
  Europe        155
  Asia            144
•                Latin America 25
• Africa
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• Total 513
• ( Aug. 2001. www.nua.ie )

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3.Wireless Internet

• Asia dominates the world    i-mode and others
  for message, web,...
• Q Why does Asia dominate the world?

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4. Future of the Internet

• Population       How many users?
• Broadband      How fast?
• Wireless       How many users?
• Non-human users How many users?
• Remark More Internet users in Asia than the
• rest of the world by 2010.
• Q Will we have more Internet users than the
  global
• population?
• Q What bandwidth do we need/have in future?

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4.1 Toward Broadband Deployment

• Dialup 64kbps
• ISDN 64144kbps
• Cable Modem/ADSL Mbps
• Ethernet 10Mbps10Gbps
  

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5. Digital Age Human-centered Model
Global
Country
Community
Office
Home
Moving
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6. Asian Strength

• Japan Wireless
• Content(game, animation,..)
• Korea Broadband(ADSL, cable modem, LAN)
  
• Ventures(11,000)
• Online Game/PC Room
• China Ventures
• Population
• Taiwan Hardware
• Singapore  Service (eGovernment,)
  
• India Software
• Population

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6.1 Korean Strength

• Broadband
• 6.25 million (44 of Household)
• Venture
• 11,000
• PC Room (Internet Café)
• gt 15,000
• Online Game
• Portal
• Stock Exchange

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7. Cases

• China Zhongguancun(Beijing)
• Pudong (Shanghai)
• Canada   CAnet 3/ CAnet 4    Sweden
    Swedish Urban Network   Finland
  Helsinki Virtual Village   Malaysia  
  Multimedia Super Corridor Singapore
  Singapore One
• Netherland Digital Delta
• Korea Teheran Valley

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8. Asian Collaboration

• - Internetworking(APAN, ? Networking, )
• - Event(APRICOT, APAN, eSilkroad,)
• - Information Exchange/Archive
• - Venture Fund

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9. Remarks

• 1. Language We need to support various languages
  in the Internet 
• 2. Heterogeneity   Asia is very
  heterogeneouseconomy, culture, , ..
• 3. "Asian-ization" of the Internet To
  make the Internet Asia-friendly
• gt Asian Contribution to global
  Internet Community
•    4. Digital Divide How do we overcome the
  digital divide?
• 5. Wireless vs Wireline

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Reference

• CAnet 4
  www.canarie.ca
• Swedish Urban Network www.stokab.se
• Helsinki Virtual Village
  www.wired.com
• Malaysia Multimedia Super Corridor
  www.mdc.com.my
• Singapore One
  www.s-one.gov.sg
• Digital Divide(USG)
  www.digitaldivide.gov
• Asia Pacific Advanced Network
  www.apan.net
• KISTA
  www.kista.com

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Appendix 1 Broadband in Korea (July 20001)
Broadband Population 6.25 million
(Household in Korea 14million) (44 of
Household) Korea Telecom 3.1 million
Hanaro 1.6 million Thrunet 1.1
million Others 0.5 million ADSL
3.5 million Cable Modem 2.0 million
LAN 0.8 million
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Appendix 2 Broadband Penetration in Korea
- No Flat Rate for Dialup - Online Game -
Nationwide Fiber Installation (for backbone
networks) - Computer Literacy (Word
Processor,..) - Internet Boom in 19972000 -
Housing with Apartment Complex - Television
Program Delayed Broadcast - Portal with
Multimedia Content - Mobile Telephone-like
Competition
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Appendix 3 Broadband in Asia, 2002
China ? 510 million
Japan 2.5million ? 10 million Taiwan
1million ? 2 million Singapore
HongKong