LIRNEasia » WiFi http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Super WiFi from white space http://lirneasia.net/2010/09/super-wifi-from-white-space/ http://lirneasia.net/2010/09/super-wifi-from-white-space/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:24:00 +0000 Rohan Samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/?p=9228 The US has done it. When will Asian spectrum managers start? First step is to move TV to digital. Where are the road maps?

The Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal on Thursday that would open vast amounts of unused broadcast television airwaves for high-speed wireless broadband networks and other unlicensed applications.

The change in available airwaves, which were freed up by the conversion of television signals from analog to digital, constitutes the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use by the F.C.C. in 20 years.

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]]> http://lirneasia.net/2010/09/super-wifi-from-white-space/feed/ 1 LIRNEasia’s WiFi Study in Indonesia Influences Policy Process http://lirneasia.net/2005/10/findings-from-lirneasia-project-covered-by-indonesian-papers/ http://lirneasia.net/2005/10/findings-from-lirneasia-project-covered-by-indonesian-papers/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:58:41 +0000 Divakar Goswami http://www.lirneasia.net/2005/10/findings-from-lirneasia-project-covered-by-indonesian-papers/ 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 [...]]]> 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 also three to four times as expensive compared to many other Asian and European countries. Internet penetration in  is 0.4%, much lower than its ASEAN counterparts and the Asian average of 2.4% (ITU 2003).
According to the researchers, non-independent regulation coupled with a non-competitive market environment for telecommunication services are the contributory factors for high leased line prices and consequently of low penetration of the Internet in Indonesia. The silver lining is that Indonesia may be sitting on the cusp of explosive Internet growth if conducive regulatory and market conditions are created.

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