practical experiences: ict for development in indonesia onno w. purbo [email protected] idrc...
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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
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.