Internet: Past, Present and Future Kilnam Chon INET Colombo rev/
What can we do for 3~4 billion new Internet users in the coming decades (2015~2030)? Question
Table of Contents 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Internet as Global Social Infrastructure
1940s: Birth of Computer ENIAC,..... Remark: MEMEX in 1945
One computer per organization 1950s: Mainframe Computer Mainframe Computer Remote Station Remote Station
1960s: Computer Network Research UK, USA, France,... USA: Defense Advanced Research Project Agency – Well Funded UCLA: Project Management BBN: Node Processor (IMP) Testbed: UCLA, UCSB, SRI, Utah
1970s: First Computer Networks USA: ARPANET UK: Coloured Book France: Cyclades
1980s: Global Proliferation of Research & Education Networks 30~40 countries with the Internet
1990s: WWW, Commercialization and P2P WWW - HTML and HTTP - Mosaic Browser Commercialization P2P
2000s: Internet as Social Infrastructure
Internet Users (in million) Asia Pacific Europe North America Latin America Africa Total 1, ,036 50% 19% 10% 11% 10% 100% (2014.6,
Mobile Phone Mobile phones : 6.8 billion (Smartphones: 2.1 billion) Internet Users : 3 billion (ITU 2014) Remark: Smartphone as a primary Internet access device by 2020.
Social Media Asia: WeChat, LINE, Weibo, Facebook, Twitter,……. China: WeChat, Weibo,… Japan: LINE, Mixi,… Korea: KakaoTalk,… USA: Facebook/WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter,… Europe: Facebook, Viber,… Africa: Facebook,…
Convergence Internet (Data) Telephone (Voice) Television (Video) Movie Printed Materials
Future of Internet Population (2020~2030) - 3 billion Internet users in ~4 billion more users by 2020s ~1 trillion devices (Internet of Things) by 2020s.
Issues Security Proliferation Human Rights Governance
Internet as Global Social Infrastructure How do we facilitate new 4~5 billion Internet users by 2020s? How do we develop the Internet harmonized to our society and environment?
Reference Kilnam Chon, et al., Asia Internet History – Book 1 (1980s), Book 2 (1990s), and Book 3 (2000s) Computer History Museum, Internet History, Mary Meeker, Internet Trends 2015, KPCB,
Thank you Asia Internet History Project,