Transcript ppt-ict4d-practical-experiences-03-2004.ppt

Practical Experiences: ICT For
Development in Indonesia
Onno W. Purbo
[email protected]
IDRC Sabbaticant
References
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http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
http://www.apjii.or.id/onno/
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Mailing List
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[email protected]
Acknowledgment ..
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Thank you IDRC
Thank you Indonesian Consulate & SFU
Thank you my comrades in Indonesian
ICT movement
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including Heru Nugroho, Judith, Donny,
Bona, Michael, Johar, Basuki, etc ..
Disclaimer ..
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I’m an engineer
I’m not a social scientist or a economics
I tend to simplify things ..
Focus on ..
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Experience in community based ICT
development.
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More on practical (techno) experiences ..
High Impact, Low Cost & Sustainable.
Unfortunately ..
(or fortunately?)
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It is a long 10+ years process ..
Not much funding
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Government
World Bank
IMF
Indonesia 1993
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Internet Users
Cybercafe
Schools on Internet
ICT books
ICT Magazine
Few
None
None
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Few
10+ Years Later, Today ..
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7.5+ Million Indonesian Internet Users
5000+ WiFi outdoor installations
2000+ CyberCafes
1500+ schools on the Internet
1000+ Community Radio
20+ ICT Magazines
Hundreds ICT Books Title
Hundreds Local ICT Authors
Future objectives ..
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To see 100 million Indonesians on the
Internet by 2015.
Self-finance
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Gov’t have not much $$ to provide
infrastructure.
Sustainable
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Invest, maintain & operate by communities
Who?
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Mostly community based ..
Not much gov’t funding & support
No World Bank, no IMF funding
Mostly self-finance & community based
More Questions …
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How?
Where?
Funding & Cost?
Quick Answers
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Where?
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It is everywhere, all over Indonesia ..
Total 7.5+ million Internet users (early 2004)
Funding & Cost?
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Self-finance
US$0.5/student/month (RoI 1-2 years)
US$15-45/house/month
How?
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Some simple short answer would be:
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Education
Awareness
Encourage Local Authors
How? – the logicEmpowerment
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Community education
They understand ICT importance
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Affordable when shared & Easy to use GUI.
They
They
They
They
They
They
They
convinced
invest
install
operate
collectively pay all costs
get their $$ back in 1-2 years
influence other communities.
Stories Behind The Screen ..
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“Jihad” for
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Community Based ICT Infrastructure
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The Incumbent Jurassic Infrastructure
Empowerment ..
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It can be self-financed!!
Distribute CD
Web
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http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno
http://www.apjii.or.id/onno/
Requests for help, talk &
workshop from Nicaragua,
Venezuela, Benin, Malaysia,
Egypt, Pakistan, Mozambique
etc …
Mailing Lists
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2600+ lists
65.000+ subscribers
50+ e-mail / second
Workshops
Roadshows
Publish ~40 Books ..
Impact ..
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Empower the poor
Community based Infrastructure
Comp. Lab. For Street Kids
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Source:
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Donny BU
[email protected]
Used Equipments
Children Happy …
Stunned Others
Old Paradigm:
• Licensed by Government
• Invested by Multinational
• Supplied by Vendors
• Operated by Operator
• For customer
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Low Cost
User Friendly
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As a consequence
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From The People
By The People
For The People
Major Technologies
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WiFi – for outdoor usage!
VoIP
Neighborhood Network
Impact ..
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5000+ Outdoor WiFi (Internet Wireless)
nodes.
200-300 new nodes / month
Many neighborhood Networks
Cost US$15-45/month/neighbor
Community Based
Infrastructure
Outdoor
WiFi
VoIP
Neighborhood
Network
What if we can change the
regulation?
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Currently
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WiFi outdoor is licensed band.
Only ISP can get such licensed.
1999, we have to pay US$2200/year/node
2002, we have to pay US$270/year/node
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Most people run the system w/o licensed
Unlicensing
WiFi
Band
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Large Market! US$35/unit production
cost  US$4.5 million industrial value!
Today
Next 5 Years
Users
1 million
17.8 million
ISP Tax/yr
US$116.000
US$2.4 million
VAT Tax/yr
US$812.000
US$14.8 mllion
Invest Tax
US$ 2 million
US$69.6 mllion
PC units
5000
2 million
WiFi eqpmnts
5500
130.000
The conservative
consequences
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17.8+ million Internet
users
Indonesia will be dangerous!
Country
Population 2003
Australia
20+ million
Malaysia
23+ million
Philippine
84+ million
Thailand
63+ million
Vietnam
81+ million
Burma
42+ million
Canada
31+ million
The Catch …
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A need A “Leader”
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The one who
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Has the vision
Knows the way
Shows the way
Goes the way
It’s not easy to find one  …..
Thank You
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Knowledge is power
Share it
It will multiply.
You‘ll see the real power of Knowledge.