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- 1 -PALISADES CONSULTINGPALISADES CONSULTING
IP Telephony: Keeping New York Competitive
in the Global Marketplace
Eva Lerner-Lam
PresidentPalisades Consulting Group, Inc.
Rebuild New YorkMajor Infrastructure Conference
March 28, 2000
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There’s a Revolution Going On…
• Telecommunications is the New Millennium’s “Industrial Revolution”
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Silicon Alley in an Infrastructure “Do-Loop”?
• We’re leading the world in high tech development of the Internet
• BUT--are we falling behind in deploying the infrastructure for global competitiveness?
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Leading the World in Development of Broadband Applications…
• Wireless Mobile-Commerce (“M-Commerce”)
• Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony
• Application Server Providers (ASP)
• Video Streaming
• Music Downloads
• Etc.
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…but we can’t get on-line
• The “Last Mile” Problem is 1990’s history
• For now and beyond, it’s the “First Mile”
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The “Last Mile” is now the “First Mile”
“Last Mile”“Last Mile”
THE INTERNETTHE INTERNET THE INTERNETTHE INTERNET
“First Mile”“First Mile”
Pre-2000Pre-2000 Post-2000Post-2000
UsersUsers UsersUsers
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“Does it have a T1 line?”
• Growing disparity between “haves” and “have-nots”– Within our own society– Globally
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The Irony
• We have the large-scale network infrastructure (early ones built by the Defense Department and new ones now built by the private telecom sector)
• We can’t seem to overcome the “Last Mile/First Mile” problem
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What if…?
• We organized national consortia to collaborate in the design and building of functionalities for ubiquitous Internet access?
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What if…
• The Consortia consisted of hospitals, schools, utilities companies, social services organizations, banks, financial institutions, transportation agencies; in short, all major infrastructure sectors?
• The Consortia offered training and certification in design, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of the backbone and support networks?
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What if…?
The Consortia provided a mechanism for the pooling of resources to overcome the “Last Mile/First Mile” problem?
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Then New York would have…
• An infrastructure base for enabling, empowering and energizing e-commerce and e-administration using the Internet
• An organizational framework for business, government, academia and others to:– Define their respective needs– Determine the best approaches to meeting those
needs– Pool resources to implement strategies
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Look at Who is…
• China Golden Bridge Network (CHINAGBN) is the National Public Economic Information and Communication Network (NEICN).
• It supplies the data communication and information services to government, enterprises and individuals.
• Golden Bridge Project is THE major information technology development project of China’s Ninth Five-year Plan.
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China’s Golden Bridge Network
• State Council began the project in February 1996.
• Established four Internet backbone networks in China: Chinanet, CHINAGBN, CERnet and CASnet.
• CHINAGBN is the public data communication network, which is one of the two networks (CHINAGBN and Chinanet) allowed for commercial use.
• Using both satellite channels and terrestrial optic fibre lines, CHINAGBN covers all of China.
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China’s Golden Bridge Network
• CHINAGBN has established 10 backbone nodes in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shenyang, Dalian, Changchun, and Chongqing.
• There are hundreds of group users, enterprises and ISPs that have connected to CHINAGBN; they were instrumental in the development process of the Network.
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China Unicom
• Owned and operated by the Ministry of Railways (the “country within a country”), Unicom is China Telecom’s only sanctioned competitor.
• Will invest nearly US$6 billion in communications construction in 2000, including US$3.6 billion in mobile communications, US$.5 billion in data communications, US$.8 billion in fixed communications, and US$.8 billion in wireless paging.
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China Unicom
• Unicom is nearly finished building its 39k km fiber optic backbone; 470 metro nodes
• This year, the company plans to add • 5.16 million GSM lines• 11.3 million CDMA lines
• It will add 8.4 million new mobile phone users to reach a total of 13.63 million users
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China Unicom
• Works closely with MOR units responsible for:– Health
– Education
– Housing
– Research
– Construction
– Utilities
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China Telecom’s Internet Access and IP Telephony
• Started in Beijing Fall, 1999
• Now in Shanghai and at least a dozen other major metropolitan regions
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China Telecom’s Internet Access
• Dial “169” for 56k modem access
• US$ 0.009/minute
• No ISP or additional monthly fee
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China’s IP Telephony
• Domestic and International
• Pre-paid cards
• Instant hit
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Major Differences
• Strong leadership at the national level for strengthening the use of the Internet for economic development
• “Last Mile” and “First Mile” being worked on at the same time
• Stakeholder Consortia at the local level: banks, financial institutions, schools, university research centers, government agencies, transportation system operators, hospitals, libraries, etc. etc.
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Staying Competitive
• Our Achilles Heel: “Last Mile/First Mile” infrastructure between the User and the Internet
• Our technology is exploding; but our institutional/stakeholder support is lagging, even non-existent at the local and regional levels
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Rebuild America: The Opportunity
• Create a “National Internet ‘Last Mile/First Mile’ Strategy”
• Take it down to the Regional, Metropolitan and local levels
• Let the users speak—and empower them to act
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Rebuild America: Identify the suppliers
– Telephone
– Cable
– Utilities
– Wireless
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Rebuild America: Organize the stakeholders
– Banks and financial institutions– Schools– Hospitals– Libraries– University and private research centers– Government agencies– Transportation agencies– Utilities– Other infrastructure sectors
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One Model
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Local Examples
• Blacksburg, VA: Building a “smart community” with Virginia Tech
• Concord, MA: Looking to joint ventures with cable, ISP’s and telephone company
• Falcon, CA: Forming partnerships with local Internet service providers to offer residents high-speed Net access.
• Palo Alto, CA: The "Last Mile" initiative to connect Palo Alto residents and businesses to the City's Fiber Ring information infrastructure.
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SUMMARY
• We lead the world in technology and broadband applications, but we’re stymied by the “Last Mile/First Mile” obstacle
• Our global competitors are gaining on us at our “Achilles Heel”
• Let’s organize a national framework and implement a strategy for overcoming the “Last Mile/First Mile” problem so we can get on with the business of global competition.