The Internet : Asian Perspective Kilnam Chon KAIST Bangkok

“ 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

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

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

2. Current Status of the Internet Population: (million) North America 181 Europe 155 Asia 144 Latin America 25 Africa 4 [Total 513] ( Aug )

3.Wireless Internet: Asia dominates the world : i-mode and others for message, web,... Q: Why does Asia dominate the world?

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 Q: Will we have more Internet “users” than the global population? Q: What bandwidth do we need/have in future?

4.1 Toward Broadband Deployment - Dialup 64kbps - ISDN 64~144kbps - Cable Modem/ADSL ~Mbps - Ethernet 10Mbps~10Gbps

5. Digital Age: Human-centered Model Global Community Home Country Office Moving

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

6.1 Korean Strength - Broadband 6.25 million (44% of Household) - Venture 11,000 - PC Room (Internet Café) > 15,000 - Online Game - Portal - Stock Exchange

7. Cases : China : Zhongguancun(Beijing) Pudong (Shanghai) Canada : CA*net 3/ CA*net 4 Sweden : Swedish Urban Network Finland : Helsinki Virtual Village Malaysia : Multimedia Super Corridor Singapore : Singapore One Netherland: Digital Delta Korea : Teheran Valley

8. Asian Collaboration: - Internetworking(APAN, λ Networking, …) - Event(APRICOT, APAN, eSilkroad,…) - Information Exchange/Archive - Venture Fund

9. Remarks: 1. Language We need to support various languages in the Internet 2. Heterogeneity Asia is very heterogeneous;economy, culture, …,.. 3. "Asian-ization" of the Internet To make the Internet “Asia-friendly” => Asian Contribution to global Internet Community 4. Digital Divide How do we overcome the digital divide? 5. Wireless vs Wireline

Reference : CA*net 4 Swedish Urban Network Helsinki Virtual Village Ma laysia M ultimedia S uper C orridor Singapore One one.gov.sg Digital Divide(USG) Asia Pacific Advanced Network KISTA

Appendix 1 : Broadband in Korea (July 20001) Broadband Population 6.25 million (Household in Korea 14million) (44% of Household) Korea Telecom3.1 million Hanaro1.6 million Thrunet1.1 million Others 0.5 million ADSL 3.5 million Cable Modem2.0 million LAN 0.8 million

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 1997~ Housing with Apartment Complex - Television Program – Delayed Broadcast - Portal with Multimedia Content - Mobile Telephone-like Competition

Appendix 3 : Broadband in Asia, 2002 China:  5~10 million Japan: 2.5million  10 million Taiwan: 1million  2 million Singapore: HongKong: