APAN

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APAN05Keynote AddressNext Generation Internet
and Asia-Pacific

• H.E.Dr. Surapong Suebwonglee
• Minister
• Ministry of ICT, Thailand

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Digital Divide

• Universal access
• Research, Education and Development

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Research, Education and Development Networks

• Next generation Internet testbed
• Experimental and development labs
• Human resource development

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Thailand

• TCSnet (1988-1991)
• ThaiSarn 1992-
• UNINET 1996-
• Thailand Research and Education Network
• (ThaiREN) 2004-

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ThaiSarn

• Thai Social/Scientific Academic and Research
  Network (ThaiSarn) establised in 1992 in order to
  promote the use of the Internet in Thailand.
  ThaiSarn is currently in its third generation,
  denoted as ThaiSarn3

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UniNET

• Thai Inter-University Network linked to
  Internet2
• Currently 133 members
• Upgrade Backbone to 2.5 Gbps in the next 3 months

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ThaiREN
Thailand Research and Education Network
Internet2
TEIN2
APAN
RENX
ThaiREN
UniNet
ThaiSarn
optical fiber
1-10 Gbps
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RD Network Related Projects

• Wireless Campuses
• Expand Hotspots in 12 State Universities under
  budget around 72 million Baht
• Expected more than 250 Wireless Access Points
  expansion per university
• Grid Computing
• Setup national-wide Grid facilities and
  infrastructures (budget 211 million Baht)
• Expected 1 Teraflops machine

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Major Regional Initiative from Thailand

• Thai-Laos Internet Project
• 30 Dec 03 MICT to connect all provinces in LAO
  PDR.
• The provision included a one-year free 512 Kbps
  Internet Bandwidth and dispatching technical
  staffs to conduct training and installation the
  Internet System in Vientiane, Luang Prabang and
  Champasak provinces as well as computers and
  accessories
• In addition, MICT provided computers to
  Supanuwong University, Luang Prabang, LAO PDR
• Acceded to extend a sponsorship of the free
  bandwidth for another year according to Laos
  request

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Major Regional Initiative from Thailand (2)

• ICT Corridor Project (Thai-Laos-Vietnam)
• 20-22 Feb 04 Thai-Vietnam Joint cabinet meeting-
  both countries agreed to develop cooperation on
  ICT related fields such as Open Source Software,
  Intellectual Properties, Human Resources,
  e-Government and so on. Apart from these,
  Thailand also proposed the ICT Corridor Project
  which was adopted by Vietnam
• 20-22 Mar 04 Thai-Laos Joint cabinet meeting-
  Thailand proposed the ICT Corridor Project and
  Laos accepted the proposal. Both countries agreed
  to extend the cooperation of the Thai-Laos
  Internet Connectivity Project into the ICT
  Corridor Project.

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Major Regional Initiative from Thailand (3)

• Information Superhighway in GMS
• During a visit to Thailand for a Ministerial
  Conference on Broadband and ICT Development
  organized by the Asia Pacific Telecommunity
  (APT), Mr. Xi Guohua, Vice Minister of
  Information Industry of China PRC make a courtesy
  call to Minister of MICT on June 30, 2004 when he
  expressed a great interest in the ICT Corridor
  Project and its collaboration framework.
• As a consequence of Mr. Xi Guohuas visit, Mr.
  Wang Xudong, Minister of Information Industry of
  China, arranged a discussion among the GMS
  Ministers during the 4th TELMIN on 5 August 2004
  at the Shangri La Hotel, Thailand. The discussion
  focused on Chinas proposal on Jointly Pushing
  Forward the Construction of the Information
  Superhighway in the Greater Mekong Subregion. The
  Ministers expressed their support to the proposal
  and agreed to hold a Telecommunications Senior
  Officials Meeting in China to further discuss a
  Memorandum of Understanding on the Joint
  Cooperation in Pushing Forward the Construction
  of the Information Superhighway in the Greater
  Mekong Subregion.

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Sustainable development in the 21st Century
Globalization

• E-education
• E-business
• E-society
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• We NEED Capable Human Resources

Research Development
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Urgent Needs from Asia-Pacific

• Needs
• Human Resource Development
• Technological requirements
• Multimedia Networks VDO, HDTV, Voice over IP
• Ultra high speed Internet

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Digital Gap RE networks

• Asia-Pacific
• Lambda Networks
• North Asia and Australia
• ATM (155 Mbps) or lower
• Commodity networks

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Global Lambda Integrated FacilityWorld Map
December 2004
Predicted international Research Education
Network bandwidth, to be made available for
scheduled application and middleware research
experiments by December 2004.
www.glif.is
Visualization courtesy of Bob Patterson, NCSA.
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Thailand Global Quilt Initiative
CollaborationWIDE and IEEAF 2005
To IEEAF 10Gbps Network GigaPOP, Seatle, WA
Tokyo-Lambda Exchange T-LEX
2005
Bangkok Lambda Exchange B-LEX
To IEEAF 10Gbps Network Future Plan
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Bangkok Lambda Exchange(B-LEX)

• HRD for network engineers
• Extend the Lambda link further to ICT Corridor
• Our experiences can be shared to other South East
  Asian countries
• Hub of intra-ASEAN RE network

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Target Lambda ICT Corridor

• Creating ultra broadband network in GMS area
• Cambodia
• China
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Vietnam
• Thailand
• Enhancing GMSs activity

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Next Generation Internet for Asia-Pacific
Centers of Excellence

• Thank You!