Tag Archive for ‘Internet penetration’ at LIRNEasia

Tag Archive for 'Internet penetration'

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India: Internet, broadband fail to catch up with mobile growth

on September 4, 2008

The debate over Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum auctions and internet telephony comes at a time when international organizations and analysts are painting a starkly contrasting picture of the Indian telecom and IT sectors.

Recent International Telecommunication Union (ITU) data reveals that the success of India’s telecom revolution is restricted to mobile voice with very little to showcase in fixed line and internet access, or high-speed broadband. For a country that is the global IT and ITeS capital or the world’s back office, its own internet penetration remains one of the lowest in the world. Forecasts are equally uninspiring, projecting high-speed internet access to remain abysmal till 2012.

Internet broadband penetration will limp along to eventually reach a measly 3.9 connections for every 100 citizens by 2012.…

Emerging markets: who needs PCs?

Abu Saeed Khan

on July 8, 2007

Is mobile SMS or mobile email more appropriate for consumers in emerging markets? SMS would seem to be the obvious answer. It’s easy to use, established and still growing in such regions. Thus Comverse vice president Dror Bin is unlikely to be alone in seeing huge demand for messaging platforms in emerging markets.

He says: “In some emerging markets PC and internet penetration is so low that the only way for end users to have any kind of data services - even to check the price of goods - is to do it by SMS. Registration is free to read the full article.

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Tags: Comverse, Dror Bin, Internet penetration, SMS.

Iran claims higher Internet penetration than Malaysia’s!

Abu Saeed Khan

on May 15, 2007

Iran’s ICT Minister Mohammad Soleimani has said his country’s Internet penetration had a 60% growth last year compared to year before last, reaching 16%. Therefore, he claimed Iran’s Internet penetration is above that of Malaysia today. But an industry analyst is reluctant to say “Yes Minister.”

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Tags: higher Internet penetration, ICT, Internet penetration, Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Mohammad Soleimani.

Indonesian Minister proposes new initiatives to stimulate Internet growth at ITU World 2006

Divakar Goswami

on December 8, 2006

The Indonesian Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Dr Sofyan Djalil, presented a number of new initiatives for removing the barriers to Internet growth in his country at Building Digital Communities forum session at the ITU World 2006 event in Hong Kong on December 7, 2006.

Divakar Goswami, LIRNEasia’s Director, Organizational and Projects, who was moderating the panel asked the following question:

One of the first achievements of your government was to delicense the 2.4 GHz frequency that allowed communities to use Wi-Fi extensively in the country. Despite that, Indonesia currently has Internet penetration of 0.69 percent. You have about 124 ISPs that operate in Indonesia. How do you explain the low penetration and what are the barriers preventing Internet from growing faster in Indonesia? When we look…

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Tags: Broadband, broadband wireless, fiber optic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, information technology, Internet penetration, Internet service, Jakarta, LIRNE asia, optic based network, Sidney, Sofyan Djalil, telecommunications, Wi-Fi.

Colloquium: Indonesia Sector Performance/Indicators study

Ayesha Zainudeen

on November 9, 2006

As part of the Six Country Indicators Project, Divakar presents the interim findings from the Indonesia country study. The study assesses Indonesia’s telecom sector and regulatory performance. It employs the common methodology and list of indicators adopted for the Six Country study.

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Tags: 2G services, 3G, ADSL, Bakrie Group, Fixed wireless operators, fixed wireless subscriber, GSM, Harsha de Silva, India, Indonesia, Internet access, Internet penetration, ISP, Java, Lorraine Carlos Salazar, mobile Internet, New government, Philippines, PT Indosat, PT Telekom, Satelindo, Singapore, Thailand, VOIP, wireless access.

Indonesian Leased Line Prices to Fall by 50%

Divakar Goswami

on October 10, 2006

Leased Line Tariffs to be Regulated

Bisnis Indonesia, September 27, 2006
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Body (BRTI) will regulate the tariffs for leased lines through a ministerial decree, which is expected to be signed end of this year. The regulator most likely will force network operators to lower leased line tariffs by more than 50 percent to push internet penetration in Indonesia.

BRTI said this in a public meeting with Mastel, internet service providers, and network operators yesterday. Heru Sutadi, a member of BRTI, expected a decline of more than 50% in the tariffs will increase ICT usage, internet interconnection, telephone penetration and increase the number of internet users in Indonesia.

“The regulator expects the decline in leased line tariffs will be followed by the acceleration of local…

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Tags: Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers, BRTI, fixed telephone tariffs, IDR, India, Indonesia, Indosat and Excelcomindo, internet costs, internet interconnection, Internet penetration, Internet service, Internet service operators, Internet Service Providers, Internet tariffs, Internet users, ISP, Jakarta, local internet content, optic fiber network, retail customers, retail tariffs, Sarwoto Atmosumarno, telecommunication services, telephone penetration, Telkom.

LIRNEasia’s WiFi Study in Indonesia Influences Policy Process

Divakar Goswami

on October 14, 2005

Findings from Indonesian study WiFi Access Innovations by LIRNEasia researchers, Divakar Goswami & Onno Purbo were presented at a press conference at the Jakarta Hilton, Indonesia on October 1. The results from the study have been covered by Indonesian newspapers. The news story by Rakyatmerdeka is online and can be found here.

Divakar and Onno identified high leased prices as the main factor forcing ISPs to deploy their own WiFi-based networks to connect customers to the last mile. Leased line prices in Indonesia are about three to four times the price for similar bandwidth in India or the European Union. In the case of a 2mbps local link, Indonesian prices are more than 48 times the price compared to India. This is the primary reason why Internet service in Indonesia is…

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Tags: European Union, explosive Internet, India, Indonesia, Internet penetration, Internet service, Jakarta Hilton, telecommunication services, WiFi.

LIVE BLOG: Colloquium: WiFi Access Innovation case study

Ayesha Zainudeen

on September 12, 2005

Divakar presents findings of his study that assesses the success of WiFi based expansion of Internet access and identifies the conditions that gave rise to this innovation in Indonesia.

DG: Indonesia is a challenging country to connect. 17000 islands. teledensity is 12%, compares poorly with its neighbors. Internet penetration is far lower than Asian average.
So what has given rise to Wifi in Indonesia?

Regulatory conditions (non independent regulator, exclusivities, no local loop unbundling, etc.)
lack of competition in infrastructure sector (leading to very high prices and proliferation of unlicensed ISPs, etc)
extent of infrastructural development (uneven backbone development, leased-lines not available)
grassroots activism (lobbying to get 2.4GHz unlicensed, etc)

Lessons learnt:

hostile environment spawned Wifi and related innovations; can this be replicated without the baggage?
Wifi is quick and involves less hassle in…

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Tags: Indonesia, Internet access, Internet diffusion, Internet exchange, Internet penetration, Internet use, widespread Internet use.

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