practical experiences: ict for development in indonesia onno w. purbo onno@indo.net.id idrc...

Practical Experiences: ICT For Development in Indonesia

Onno W. PurboOnno@indo.net.idIDRC Sabbaticant

References http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/ http://www.apjii.or.id/onno/

Mailing List wifi4d@dgroups.org

Acknowledgment .. Thank you IDRC Thank you Indonesian Consulate &

SFU Thank you my comrades in

Indonesian ICT movement including Heru Nugroho, Judith,

Donny, Bona, Michael, Johar, Basuki, etc ..

Disclaimer .. I’m an engineer I’m not a social scientist or a

economics I tend to simplify things ..

Focus on .. Experience in community based

ICT development. More on practical (techno)

experiences ..

High Impact, Low Cost & Sustainable.

Unfortunately ..(or fortunately?) It is a long 10+ years process .. Not much funding

Government World Bank IMF

Indonesia 1993 Internet Users Few Cybercafe None Schools on Internet None ICT books Few ICT Magazine Few

10+ Years Later, Today .. 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 .. To see 100 million Indonesians on

the Internet by 2015. Self-finance

Gov’t have not much $$ to provide infrastructure.

Sustainable Invest, maintain & operate by

communities

Who? Mostly community based ..

Not much gov’t funding & support No World Bank, no IMF funding Mostly self-finance & community

based

More Questions … How? Where? Funding & Cost?

Quick Answers Where?

It is everywhere, all over Indonesia .. Total 7.5+ million Internet users (early

2004)

Funding & Cost? Self-finance US$0.5/student/month (RoI 1-2 years) US$15-45/house/month

How? Some simple short answer would

be: Education Awareness Encourage Local Authors

How? – the logic .. Community education They understand ICT importance

Affordable when shared & Easy to use GUI. They convinced They invest They install They operate They collectively pay all costs They get their $$ back in 1-2 years They influence other communities.

Empowerment

Stories Behind The Screen .. “Jihad” for

Community Based ICT Infrastructurevs.

The Incumbent Jurassic Infrastructure

Empowerment .. It can be self-financed!!

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Web 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 2600+ lists 65.000+ subscribers 50+ e-mail / second

WorkshopsRoadshows

Publish ~40 Books ..

Impact .. Empower the poor Community based Infrastructure

Comp. Lab. For Street Kids

Source: Donny BU dbu@ictwatch.com

Used Equipments

Children Happy …

Stunned Others

Today ICT Equipments Low Cost User Friendly

As a consequence From The People By The People For The People

Old Paradigm:• Licensed by Government• Invested by Multinational• Supplied by Vendors• Operated by Operator• For customer

Major Technologies WiFi – for outdoor usage! VoIP Neighborhood Network

Impact .. 5000+ Outdoor WiFi (Internet

Wireless) nodes. 200-300 new nodes / month Many neighborhood Networks Cost US$15-45/month/neighbor

Community Based Infrastructure

OutdoorWiFi

VoIP

NeighborhoodNetwork

What if we can change the regulation? Currently

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

Fact, Most people run the system w/o licensed

Unlicensing WiFi Band ..

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

Large Market! US$35/unit production cost US$4.5 million

industrial value!

The conservative consequences

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 … A need A “Leader”

The one who Has the vision Knows the way Shows the way Goes the way

It’s not easy to find one …..

Thank You Knowledge is power Share it It will multiply. You‘ll see the real power of

Knowledge.