Palapa Ring (2)

PII and IA-ITB have organized a one-day seminar on Next Generation Enterprise Network under a brand-name "Telecommunication Partnership Forum" (ShangriLa Hotel, 26th February 2008). This event was also supported by the Palapa-Ring consortium and by the government i.e. the Ministry of Communication and Information.

Several issues are revealed in this forum, especially those which are related to the Palapa Ring Project:

MCS

I have heard that NAP Info is going to install a new submarine cable connecting Jakarta to Singapore. But it was a surprise for me that it will be ready on Q2/2008. So fast ?

Actually they began the process since early 2007, where they selected Tyco Telecommunications to construct the system. Tyco completed the marine route survey in 08/2007 and then started the marine work. The MCS (Matrix Cable System) will be jointly operated by Matrix Networks Pte Ltd (SG) and PT. NAP Info Lintas Nusa (ID). Matrix Networks holds a Facility-Based Operator (FBO) license issued by the InfoComm Development Authority (IDA), operates a cable landing station in North Changi and owns a 20 km fiber optic backhaul to four major data exchanges. NAP Info is a network access provider established in 2000 which currently owns more than 100 km terrestrial optical cable within Jakarta, connecting more than 120 buildings.

Backbone/Networks

Posts related to terrestrial/mixed infrastructure:

• Telkom's Backbone
  

• Jakarta Metro Backbone
• How Much Bandwidth do Indonesian ISPs Have?
• PT. Power Telecom (PowerTel)
• Mobile Network Coverage: Telkomsel
• PGASKOM (PGAS Telekomunikasi Nusantara)
• National and Regional RENs
• Excelcomindo's Backbone
• Mobile Network Coverage
• Indosat's Backbone (2)
• Palapa Ring (5)
• First Generation Domestic Optical Cable Systems
• International IP Bandwidth
• Wiring Kalimantan
• Indosat's Backbone
• National Fiber Optic Backbone
• Wiring Sumatera
• High Performance Backbone (HPBB)

• Singapore: The Regional Teletraffic Junction
• Metro and Access Infrastructures

• Indonesia's Domestic LD Infrastructure

Indonesian Telcos/ISPs

Posts related to indonesian telcos/ISPs:

• Telkom's Backbone
  

• Jakarta Metro Backbone
• PT. Power Telecom (PowerTel)
• Mobile Network Coverage: Telkomsel
• PGASKOM (PGAS Telekomunikasi Nusantara)
• Excelcomindo's Backbone
• Mobile Network Coverage
• Highlight ISAT (Indosat)
• Highlight BTEL (Bakrie Telecom)
  
• Highlight Three HCPT (Hutchison)
• Highlight Telkom
  
• Highlight Axis (Natrindo - NTS)
• Highlight Mobile-8
  
• Indosat's Backbone (2)
• Highlight TSEL (Telkomsel)
• Highlight XL (Excelcomindo)
• Indosat's Backbone

• Onnet vs. Offnet
• Indonesian Telcos: The Map (1)
• Indonesian Telcos' Customer Base (2006)

Statistics

Posts related to some telecom/ICT statistics:

• Bandwidth Price (1)
• Jakarta (IP) Bandwidth Price

• International IP Bandwidth
• Can Broadband Spread to the Masses?
• Indonesian DSL Market

• Indonesia's (ICT) Statistics

• P2P Internet Traffic: The Elephant
• The Hengchun Earthquake: A Flashback to the Networking Disaster

• SMS: A 23 Years Old Cash Cow
• Broadband: Penetration and Pricing
• Intra-Asia IP Traffic
• Intercontinental Internet Bandwidth
• Onnet vs. Offnet
• Indonesian Telcos: The Map (1)
• Indonesian Telcos' Customer Base (2006)

• Domestic Bandwidth Price

P2P Internet Traffic : The Elephant

Since several years ago, peer-to-peer issues have been a central topic on IP networking. This has been pictured in the program of some top networking conferences e.g. INFOCOM, SIGCOMM, ITC, GLOBECOM etc. What actually makes P2P issues so important?

One possible answer can be seen in the graph at the right. According to Telegeograhpy, as of 2007 54% of the total Internet traffic is originated from P2P applications which are in the forms of video (61%), audio (11%) and other formats (27%).