Indosat expects growth in IPVPN
Indosat expects growth in IPVPN
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Telecommunications firm PT Indosat expects a growing trend in the
use of Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IPVPN) as
people begin to see the benefits of electronic business
solutions.
The technology enables a company to connect various types of
computers including those of employees, customers and
stakeholders within the firm's network, even when they are far
apart. Indosat has developed wireless connections to meet
corporations' needs for flexible, simple and integrated
communications services.
"With the technology, employers can ensure their business is
running even though their employees and stakeholders are some
distance away," Indosat's vice president for Product Development
I, Triongko Putro Agus, told The Jakarta Post in a recent
interview.
Triongko said Indosat's IPVPN, which covers an area of service
in over 20 countries in the Asia Pacific, has two types of
features: Direct IPVPN and Dial IPVPN.
Direct IPVPN, which has connectivity speed ranging from 64
kilo bits per second (kpbs) to 2,048 kpbs, can be used for
intranets as well as local area networks (LAN).
Dial IPVPN is an additional service to Direct IPVPN, by which
corporate customers can link into the company's LAN using
transmission control protocol or internet protocol (TCP/IP).
Indosat IPVPN is suitable for data transfer, voice
communications, fax, video streaming, video conferencing and
email.
An economist with the Institute for Development of Economics
and Finance (Indef), Aviliani, stated Internet and data
communication services in the country has an annual growth rate
of over 50 percent.
Internet users have increased to over 11 million people, from
eight million in 2003, and is projected to continue grow to 16
million users in 2005.
Since 2003, mobile phone users have doubled from 8.5 million
to 18.6 million people.
Indosat is now focussing its services more on mobile
communications. It has developed mobile communications services
by providing corporates with MIDI (multimedia-interactive-data
communications-Internet) that allow services such as IPVPN.
Besides Indosat IPVPN, MIDI services include other programs:
first, the Indosat Frame Net, a frame-relay packet-switched
network equipped with flexible bandwidth which enable users to
send data with big capacity in a short time without additional
charges.
Second, Indosat World Link, a digital communications system
with speeds of 64 kpbs to 2 mega bits per second (Mbps), that
provides users with 24-hour worldwide point-to-point access.
Similar to World Link, Indosat Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM) enables users to send voice, fax, text or image data, not
just from point-to-point, but also point-to-multipoint and
multipoint-to-multipoint across the world at a faster speed.
Indosat Direct Link links oil, gas and mining-related
corporates to its remote companies or subsidiaries. The service
is supported using VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) and direct
satellite link for data, voice applications and video
conferencing.
Triongko of Indosat said that his company ranked first in the
country for MIDI international market, and second in the domestic
market. "We are expecting a fixed annual growth of 25 percent in
the trend for MIDI," he said. (001)