Asia Broadband Backbone Committees

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Asia Broadband Backbone Committees
August 30, 2002 Shigeki Goto, Kazunori
Konishi (APAN-JP)
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APAN Topology
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Current Status of Information Distribution within
Asia(International Internet bandwidth)
There is a need to create an environment under
which increased information distribution
corresponding to economic development in Asia and
strengthened economic collaboration within the
region can be realized.
Europe(30) 511.7 Gbps
North America(2) 55.2Gbps
Asia(18) 9.7Gbps
Africa(18) 0.01Gbps
Central and South America(16) 1.9Gbps
Figures in parentheses indicate the number of
countries/economies.
(Source Packet Geography 2002, TeleGeography,
Inc.)
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Trends and Direction of International Information
Distribution
Along with increased information flow within
Asia, it is forecast that international
information distribution will shift to more
balanced information flow in terms of volume.
Balanced future
North America
Japan
Singapore
Korea
Asia
China
Malaysia
Thailand
162 Gbps
North America
Ref. World trade volume
413 billion
North America
42 Gbps
1 Gbps
564 billion
428 billion
(Source CIAJ based on Packet Geography 2002,
TeleGeography, Inc.)
(Source WTO International Trade Statistics
2000?
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Potentials of Asia
Population coverage rate of the Internet by
country in Asia
Population coverage rate of the Internet by
country in Europe
(Source White Paper 2002 Information and
Communications in Japan?
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Toward Developing the Asia Broadband Program

1. Bridge the digital divide and set common goals
   within the Asian region
2. Respect economic and cultural diversity
3. Ensure closer collaboration among public/private
   sectors, NPOs, international organizations and
   support the efforts of these parties

To make the entire Asian region a global
information transmission hub through increasing
information distribution within the region.
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Joint Efforts

• Japanese government will play the key roles for
  IT deployments in Asia, but should be widely
  collaborated by
• Joint planning with leaders in other countries
• Wide range participants including government,
  private sectors and NPOs
• Advanced Experiments Educations
• Expanding Intra-regional communications

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Two committees

• Strategic Committee
• hosted by the Minister of PTT
• will decide the guideline
• Chair Jiro Ushio (Ushio Electric Co., Ltd.)
• Planning Committee
• hosted by the Vice Minister of PTT
• will make the plan based on the guideline by the
  Strategic Committee
• Chair Shigeki Goto (Waseda Univ.)

PTT Ministry of Public Management, Home
Affairs, Posts and
Telecommunications
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Summary of 1st Strategic Committee

• 1. The common objectives should be the
  stimulation of information distribution within
  Asia region along with establishing the entire
  Asia region as a global information base.
• 2. Respect should be given to the economics,
  social and cultural diversity in the Asia region.

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Summary (Continued)

• 3. Participation by all related countries in the
  Asia region and close cooperation between a wide
  range of entities such as governments, the
  private sector and NPOs shall be ensured.
• 4. Exhibiting ownership by all related parties
  including governments, the private sectors and
  NPOs is essential.
• 5. Consideration shall be paid to the elimination
  of the digital divide in the Asia Region.

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Proposals are requested

• The deadline is Aug. 28, 2002
• Format
• Project name
• Target date/year
• History Status
• Action plan

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Schedules

• July 22 1st Strategic/Planning meeting
• Aug. 28 Deadline of the Proposal
• Sep. 11 2nd Planning Committee
• Oct? Interim Report
• Nov?
• Dec? Final Report
• Jan IT Summit?

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Members from APAN and related organizations

• Strategic Committee
• Shigeki Goto (JP)
• Jun Murai (JP)
• Yong-Jin Park (KR)
• Sureswaran Ramadass (MY)
• Royol Chitradon (TH)
• L.W.C.Wong (SG)
• Planning Committee
• Shigeki Goto (JP)
• Kazunori Konishi (JP)
• Yong-Jin Park (KR)

• Izumi Aizu (JP)
• Toru Takahashi (JP)
• Tommy Matsumoto (JP)