RI's multimedia access lowest in SE Asia: ITU<\/p>\n
By I Christianto<\/p>\n
GENEVA (JP): Indonesia has the lowest level of multimedia
\naccess in Southeast Asia, according to a recent report published
\nby the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).<\/p>\n
Based on the report, \"Challenging to the Network:
\nTelecommunications and the Internet\" Indonesia was ranked 44th
\nout of 45 nations reviewed by the ITU.<\/p>\n
This makes multimedia access in Indonesia one of the lowest in
\nthe world.<\/p>\n
The report coincides with TELECOM Interactive 1997, the first
\nexhibition and forum of its kind ever held. The event is being
\nheld at the Palexpo here from Sept. 8 to Sept. 14.<\/p>\n
The report focuses on the Internet, particularly its
\nrelationship with the telecommunications industry.<\/p>\n
\"The development and growth of the Internet is arguably the
\nbiggest single challenge that the telecommunications sector faces
\nin the last years of the 20th century. But it's also the biggest
\nopportunity,\" the report said.<\/p>\n
Internet and public telecommunications services are offered
\nover the same public network, with the same mix of copper, fiber
\noptics and satellite connections. The applications offered are
\nalso becoming increasingly similar: interactive, digital and real
\ntime information services.<\/p>\n
The multimedia access ranking was based on penetration of
\ntelephone line density, TV set density and Internet host density.<\/p>\n
Telephone line and TV set density represent the figures of a
\nmain telephone line and a TV set per 100 inhabitants, while
\nInternet density is derived by dividing the number of Internet
\nhost computers in a country or a region by the population, and
\nmultiplying the result by 10,000.<\/p>\n
Each item is ranked separately and then the total is
\ncalculated for each rank.<\/p>\n
The report shows that Indonesia's telephone main line density
\nin 1996 was 2.1, while TV sets density in 1995 and Internet hosts
\ndensity in 1996 were 18.3 and 0.005, respectively.<\/p>\n
Indonesia was ranked 44th, slightly above India (45th place)
\nwhose figures were 1.5, 6.1 and 0.<\/p>\n
Singapore was ranked 19th with 51.3 (telephone main line
\ndensity), 36.2 (TV sets density) and 0.95 (Internet hosts
\ndensity). Malaysia ranked 38th (18.3, 22.4 and 0.02), Thailand
\n40th (7, 22.7 and 0.02) and the Philippines 43rd (2.6, 12.6 and
\n0.005).<\/p>\n
Other Asian nations in the report included Japan (ranked 16th
\nwith 49.7, 68.3 and 0.59), Hong Kong 18th (54.7, 36.6 and 0.78),
\nTaiwan 28th (46.6, 31.7 and 0.16), Korea 30th (43.3, 32.1 and
\n0.15) and China 42nd (4.5, 24.7 and 0.002).<\/p>\n
The report said even among major economies there are
\nconsiderable variations in the degree of Internet availability
\nand the networks over which it runs.<\/p>\n
The United States (64.7, 77.6 and 3.81) and Canada (60.3, 65.6
\nand 2.01) have the highest level of multimedia access, while
\nScandinavian countries dominated the next four ranks, including
\nNorway (56.3, 56.1 and 3.91), Finland (54.8, 51.9 and 5.52),
\nDenmark (61.5, 53.3 and 2.01) and Sweden (67.6, 47.6 and 2.61).<\/p>\n
Luxembourg, Iceland, Switzerland and Australia were ranked
\nseventh to 10th place.<\/p>",
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