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1. 2nd Edition 1st Year November 2012
Indonesia ICT Institute
Research . Empowerment . Discussion
Neutral Technology Policy Market Review
DDDirectionTeknologi Netral
The government has issued a neutral technology policy for Reviewing how the cloud computing
900 MHz. Tanpa Arah? is questionable because it does
However, this policy market in Indonesia after two years of
not offend refarming 1800 MHz. introduction.
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Akamai: Indonesian From Editor
Internet Still Slow We again present Indonesia ICT Institute
Newsletter to meet ICT community
especially in Indonesia, after the presence
Akamai has issued its report intelligent global platform of the 2nd of the prime newsletter last month. We
quarter 2012 on connection speed, availability, connectivity and attack also thank you for your input, criticism and
traffic in the topic of the report "State of the Internet Report". dissemination of information newsletter.
In the second edition this November, we
Akamai Report said there are about 242 countries connected to the review some of the issues ICT development
Akamai Intelligent Platform, which uses the platform to spread. By in the country, ranging from Akamai reports
doing so, this report does not specifically discuss about Indonesia. that Indonesia internet speeds are low, the
opening of a neutral technology in the 900
The method used by Akamai is to monitor on 25 thousand IP that
MHz band, as well as cloud computing
requests to the Akamai’s content. Based on its report, the speed of the
market review market in Indonesia.
fastest internet connections during the second quarter of 2012 was
As said before, it is not advisable to print
South Korea with 14.2 Mbps, followed by Japan with 10.7 Mbps and
this e-newsletter in order to save paper and
Hong Kong in third place with 8.9 Mbps.
ink. And for readers who want to provide
According Akamai’s report, Indonesia average internet speed is 0.8 input, feedback or questions please email to
editor@idicti.com.
Mbps or 800 kbps. With this condition, Indonesia position still below
Singapore (5.1 Mbps), Thailand (3.1 Mbps), Malaysia (2.2 Mbps),
Happy reading.
Vietnam (1.6 Mbps) and the Philippines (1.2 Mbps). Globally,
Indonesia at number 127.
Heru Sutadi
Executive Director
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Telematics Applications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, most user
domain .id is commercial (co.id) 29 059 followed by personal / community (web.id) and schools
(sch.id) with respectively 15 664 and 5602. The lowest is military (mil.id) with 155 sites.

2. 2nd Edition 1st Year November 2012
Akamai: Indonesia Internet Still Slow
(From page 1)
Although the average speed of the internet Indonesia is considered
low, but the peak of the average internet speed can reach up to 8.4
Mbps, and Indonesia is ranked 104. Even this condition, still under the
neighbour country like Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and
Vietnam.
Akamai report, in line with the World Broadband Commission report
that we are still lagging broadband. And interestingly, since the
majority of data users in Indonesia is mobile broadband, in the view of Webinar Discuss About
Indonesia ICT Institute, all parties should focus on how mobile LTE Adoption
broadband can be developed to its full potential, with due regard to the
development of fixed broadband. Last October, IndoLTE Forum held a
webinar to discuss the adoption of
Because mobile broadband, then the matter should be considered LTE in Indonesia together with
correct frequency allocation. 3G service is already crowded, and the Indonesian Telecommunication
settlement does not go no certainty when additional selection block professionals (ITP) from several
held. In fact, in December 2011, the promised restructuring completed countries.
in April this year. If the selection of unfinished blocks of 3G, LTE
adoption of the business which will use frequency, will also be delayed. The discussion was very productive
and constructive, because beside we
And as they relate to international lines, the opening of an inform the condition of the adoption
of LTE here, we are sharing the
international selection must also be accelerated. The opening is not just
experiences of other countries in the
talking the access code, but it is expected to provide an alternative adoption of LTE as well. From
route out of the country that is still predominantly to Singapore. By discussion we are agree that the main
splitting the bottle neck, then the blockage of internet traffic will be main concern is to build the
open and we will be more smoothly because the paths to Tier-2 or Tier- ecosystem.
1 are used differently..
A Glimpse of ICT
Develompent in Indnesia
(in millions)
Mobile Data/Internet Users
Based on cellular operators report and Indonesia ICT
Institute calculation, Indonesian Internet users until
the mid-2012's has surpassed the psychological 100
million users. Growth and the number of digits
fantastic course. However, if you view the Alexa.com,
as of late October, Facebook was ranked as the most
visited sites of Indonesian Internet users then Google.
At 10, entered the local site Kaskus (7) and Detik.com
One of the effects of cell phone use in the presence of (10). Interestingly, the position is still above Kaskus
increasingly smart phones is the use of data internet. With a accessor Twitter. The access Twitter today, 29.4
mobile user population exceeds 237.5 million, an explosion million accounts and Indonesia ranks fifth in the world.
of Internet users move only a matter of time. And now,
From the Vice President, Ministers, celebrities,
Indonesia is enjoying the explosion of Internet users.
politicians to ordinary people can read the booms on
(Source: Cellular Operators Q2 report, the data is processed) Twitter.
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3. 2nd Edition 1st Year November 2012
MHz
Neutral Technology
Policy at 900 MHz
The Government has issued a decision that allows PT Indosat
uses frequencies in the 900 MHz allocation to be used other
than GSM technology had worn over the years. The policy is
known as a neutral technology is almost the same as those
issued by the government for the frequency of 2.3 GHz.
However, because there is no public policy on refarming, the
question arises, where will the government bring neutral
technology policy direction? Tabel. Frequency Allocation in Indonesia
Neutral technology adoption is not something or 3G and 1800 MHz can be used for LTE.
wrong, its trend is there. However, the understanding
of it needs to be returned. Because, as the Law on Ideally, there should be a policy issued before trial
Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) No.. what impact technology neutral if in a frequency
11/2008, looking at technology-neutral as a concept range using different technologies. When will the 3G
of freedom of choice of technology for the utilization auction in 2006, Indosat and Telkom Flexi StarOne
of information and communication technologies it should be moved to 850 MHz technology for
from the user side and not the provider. hybrid method feared disturbing frequency
neighbors.
The concept of a technology neutral policy trend in
many countries. That's because, specifically related And most countries do refarming simultaneously
to the use of the frequency spectrum, a scarce between 900 MHz to 1800 MHz, with several
resource, the existing spectrum must be utilized methods. One is to return all frequencies held by the
optimally. operator to the country, and then made a new
arrangement. This concept is related to the cost of
And interestingly, new technologies, in addition to the new spectrum and massive new frequency
requiring a wide frequency band, also unspecified allocations. The other method is just a spectrum of
occupy a wide range, as well as unspecified occupy a price adjustments, or the amount of bandwidth
specific frequency range. Such as Broadband allocation of new spectrum.
Wireless Access, which can be deployed WiMax at
2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 3.3 GHz or 3.5 GHz. Adjusted Unfortunately, Indonesia does not adopt such
for mananya region, as well as the policies of each methods. Conversion based on the request of the
country to determine which of WiMax will be operator, in view of Indonesia ICT Institute, showed
allocated. no spectrum management governance is good and
seem pointless because it should have made first
Recent developments are existing frequencies that public policy on refarming. Moreover, from current
have been used as long as 700 MHz, 900 MHz and conditions, allocation of frequency spectrum for the
1800 MHz can be optimized to use the latest operator is not the same and some are not side by
technology. The transfer of the use of technology side. From the table looks, Indosat frequency
known as refarming is mostly done in the 900 Mhz allocation can most with 42.5 MHz. Second is
and 1800 Mhz. 900 MHz can be brought to UMTS Telkomsel with 40 MHz.
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4. 2nd Edition 1st Year November 2012
NAP Licensing is Re-opened
The government re-opened the Licensing organization of Network
Access Point (NAP), after dimoratorium since 21 April 2010.
Termination NAP licensing at that time because the total national
supply of international bandwidth exceeds the bandwidth needs
internet access nationwide (oversupply). However, due to the
development needs of national Indonesian Internet bandwidth,
permitting to reopen NAP.
The reopening of the NAP service licensing service is limited to the
requirements and qualifications as follows:
1. Has had a license for fixed network covered with development
commitments beyond the region of the Republic of Indonesia.
Cloud Computing
2. Willing is committed to provide international bandwidth at least Potential Market
equal to 1 x 10 Gbps in the principle license and a minimum of 5 x 1 0
In 2012, this is the second year of Cloud
Gbps at 5 (five) years period of the operating license. Computing introduction in Indonesia. As
3. Willing is committed to building a service delivery point (Point of a new product, cloud computing can not
Presence / PoP) in 2 cities / different provincial capitals in the consent be accepted easily by society. From the
principle and minimal in 10 cities / different provincial capitals in 5 few studies conducted in Indonesia, there
are three main things that concern when
(five) years, the first time the operating license .
an individual or corporation decides to
4. Willing to organize traffic and routing settings for the ISP and move to cloud computing: security,
connect with other NAP organizers through interconnection. privacy, and integration between the new
system with the old system.
5. Willing is committed to long-term cooperation agreement for a
minimum of 5 (five) years connectedness (transit) with 2 (two) Tier-1 Currently, a lot of local players, and also
abroad, began to enter the cloud
Internet providers abroad in two different continents.
computing business in Indonesia. Major
operators such as Telkom, Indosat and XL
Axiata officially declared entry into this
Application requirements and qualification according to the business. External players such as EMC
government aims to maintain continuity the provision of international and Equinix also try to enter Indonesian
bandwidth by increasing national demand. For information, up to market.
September 2012, an official data from the Ministry of Communications
How potential cloud computing market in
and Information Technology showed that the number of companies Indonesia? Very potential. Currently,
holding operating licenses NAP is as much as 49 companies. SMEs can be targeted using cloud
Based on the analysis of the Indonesia ICT Institute, before the re- computing totaled 520 thousand, about
117 state-owned enterprises, school 4,900,
opening the new license, government should clustering where the NAP
approximately three thousand colleges,
company which uses satellite-based and where the fiber optic cable. there are more than 1,000 hospitals, not to
Since many are using satellites, the opening is directed to operators mention the telecom operators, both
that build fiber optic due to Indonesia is still leak international fiber technology-based GSM / UMTS, CDMA
optic lines. and WiMax.
Because not many operators want to build international fiber optic Indonesia ICT Institute see that the market
lines, this can be done in one package, such as the implementation of is becoming increasingly open to get into
IDD, who wants to build internasonal lines, granted NAP and SLI because the competition is not tight and
licenses as sweetener. 49 NAP operators could be vain and has a lot if regulations that are still unclear. Plus, big
there is no additional infrastructure abroad that are still minimal and data will be a challenge and opportunity
cloud business in the future.
most via Singapore only.
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5. 2nd Edition 1st Year November 2012
Revision of Broadcasting Act No. 32/2002
Ready to Be Discussed
ap untuk Dibahas
Although almost ten years as an Act, diversity of content and the diversity of
Broadcasting Act No. 32/2002 just real effective ownership, not as they are now, a media
for seven years. The Act which not signed by the conglomeracy—there are some stations that are
President at that time, Megawati Soekarnoputri, owned the same owner.
now ready to be discussed for revision in the
Parliament, between parliament and government. In response to advances in technology and the
challenges of different era, the Broadcasting Act
will surely have to answer all of them. As the
digitization of broadcasting where in Broadacsting
Development and progress toward digital technology
Act No 32/2002 is only talking about analog
and internet protocol-based (IP) as well as the
broadcasting. Also with the progress of the
convergence between telecommunications,
presence of IPTV, internet TV, and internet radio
broadcasting and the internet, making the current
which does not need a large corporation but only
Broadcasting Act can no longer be maintained.
by individual level can broadcast programming.
Therefore, as quoted from Kontan Online
(10/24/2012), the Parliament said they are ready to Questions of ownership, according to the spirit of
discuss the revision of Broadcasting Act. The revision diversity of ownership, need clear whether cross-
of Broadcasting Act will be consisted of 14 Chapters ownership rules prohibited or allowed. Including
and 99 Articles. the extent to which cross-ownership should not
Indonesia ICT Institute considers that the discussion be. What happens right now, is not directly cross-
draft would be interesting, considering not only seen as ownership, but on two or three levels above it.
an broadcasting industry, but also related to control of What also needs clarity, are allowed owners
media, exploiting the political interest of the party, as affiliated with a particular political party.
well as the public interest to be protected from the Therefore, it is feared, less public agenda with the
impressions that are not qualified and do not educate agenda of the owner or party agenda.
content, and culturally appropriate nation. Another issue which also important is how
Broadcasting—television—has been making advanced the Indonesian Broadcasting
continuous presence in living room, even not invited.
Commission (KPI) that do not currently have a
Existing law seems only to be decorated as a standard relationship with KPID. And in many countries,
broadcast program is not followed sanctions deter even namely Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, regulators
impressed easily mocked. The most obvious there be one, between the governing broadcasting,
programme example is the impression that guided telecommunications and the internet, become
Tukul Arwana, formerly "Empat Mata", after being Commission Multimedia. Is here will be
reprimanded and then just replaced "Bukan Empat maintained separate regulator: KPI, BRTI and
Mata", another programme "Silet " which has also been government as well?
reprimanded then reappears, artist Olga were also
The discussion is certainly not in vacuum
given a reprimand, still look like before to date.
condition, there will be a power struggle in the
Not only that. Networked broadcasting stations are interests of government, broadcasting owner and
also not working. In fact, the desire of the Law is the the public. We'll see who will win.
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6. 2nd Edition 1st Year November 2012
Obligation to Put Data and Disaster Recovery
Center in Indonesia Signed by President Yudhoyono
After a long time wait, from website www.setkab.go.id the Government Regulation on
Implementation of Electronic System and Transaction, as part of elaboration from Electronic
Information and Transactions Act No. 11/2008, signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on
October 12. So, what is stipulated in this regulation? Here's the review.
In the 41 pages Government Regulation that contain 90 In the Government Regulation No. 82/2012, the
chapters is set up as follows: a. Implementation of rules also provide protection to the user.
Electronic Systems; b. Implementation of Electronic Electronic system operator shall submit
Transactions; c. Electronic Signatures; d. Electronics information to the user at least the following: a.
Certifications Implementation; e. Reliability Certification Identity provider electronic systems; b. Object
Agency , and f. Domain Name Management. transacted; c. Airworthiness or safety of electronic
systems; d. Tools use procedure; e. Terms of the
The operation electronic systems carried out by the contract; f. The procedure to reach an agreement,;
electronic systems operator, which can be done for the and g. Guarantee the privacy and / or protection
public service and non-public service. Especially for of personal data.
electronic systems operator for the public service, they
have to register, which must be done before electronic And the long-awaited rule from this Government
system in service. But for non-public service, they can just Regulation is a matter of obligation to put a data
register their services. center in Indonesia. According to this regulation,
the electronic system operator for the public
Mentioned in Government Regulation, the electronic service shall put the data center and disaster
system operator must have competent experts in the field recovery center in Indonesia for the purpose of law
of electronic systems or Information Technology. enforcement, protection, and enforcement of
Especially for electronic system operator for strategic use, national sovereignty to the data of its citizens.
they must have expert with Indonesian nationality.
Especially for this rule, in its implementation,
In addition, the electronic system operator shall: a. Indonesia ICT Institute think this rule need further
Secrecy, integrity, and availability of personal data that elaboration through the Minister Decree, which
they manage, b. Ensure that the acquisition, use, and use electronic system operator is categorized as a
of Personal Data Personal Data based on the owner's public service. Because in practice there are three
consent, and c. Ensuring the use or disclosure of the data types of public service, which is paid, not paid but
is based on the consent of the owner of such Personal no such paid transactions online shop, and free
Data. e.g. search engine, news portal etc. For work that
is not easy to determine which one to put data
This rule reinforces the importance of a guarantee of user
centers in Indonesia, which are not. Not only
data. User data become confusing dan question right now
foreigners, but also for local players who had been
because it seems the user data can be move from one
placed data centers abroad as tyang occurred in
party to another, from one service to another service. For
public service banking. And of course, Ministerial
example, many consumer complain their data, at least
Decree must be discussed with all stakeholders.
mobile number, used from one credit card agency to
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7. 2nd Edition 1st Year November 2012
Flash Update
By the end of October, following the decision of the Central
Jakarta Commercial Court bankruptcy against Telkomsel, the
government has not opened the selection process additional
blocks of 2.1 GHz or 3G.
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Since the release of Circular Letter No. BRTI. 177/2011 dated
October 14, 2011, the government has not issued a new policy
regarding the setting of premium content services as a revision
of the Ministerial Decree No. 1/2009. However, now the
operator tried again to revive the service, especially the ring
back tone (RBT).
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