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APAN’05APAN’05Keynote AddressKeynote Address

Next Generation Internet Next Generation Internet and and

Asia-PacificAsia-Pacific

H.E.Dr. Surapong Suebwonglee

Minister

Ministry of ICT, Thailand

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Digital DivideDigital Divide

• Universal access

• Research, Education and Development

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Research, Education and Research, Education and Development NetworksDevelopment Networks

• Next generation Internet testbed

• Experimental and development labs

• Human resource development

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ThailandThailand

• TCSnet (1988-1991)

• ThaiSarn 1992-

• UNINET 1996-

• Thailand Research and Education Network (ThaiREN) 2004-

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ThaiSarnThaiSarn

• 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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UniNETUniNET

• Thai Inter-University Network linked to Internet*2

• Currently 133 members

• Upgrade Backbone to 2.5 Gbps in the next 3 months

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ThaiRENThaiREN

RENX

UniNet ThaiSarn

ThaiREN

Internet2TEIN2 APAN

OXC

DW

DM

DW

DM

OADM

GIGAPOP

Thailand Research and Education Network

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R&D Network Related ProjectsR&D 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 Major Regional Initiative from ThailandThailand

• 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 Major Regional Initiative from Thailand (2)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 Major Regional Initiative from Thailand (3)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 Guohua’s 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 China’s 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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Ultra/high-speed internet

ICT infrastructure

Globalization • E-education• E-business• E-society• .• .• .

•We NEED Capable Human Resources

Sustainable development in the 21st Sustainable development in the 21st CenturyCentury

Engineering

Nano-tech

Biotech

Education Industry Community

Research & Development

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Urgent Needs from Asia-PacificUrgent 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: R&E networksDigital Gap: R&E networks

• Asia-Pacific

– Lambda Networks• North Asia and Australia

– ATM (155 Mbps) or lower

– Commodity networks

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Global Lambda Integrated FacilityGlobal Lambda Integrated FacilityWorld Map – December 2004World 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 CollaborationThailand Global Quilt Initiative CollaborationWIDE and IEEAF 2005WIDE and IEEAF 2005

To IEEAF10Gbps NetworkGigaPOP, Seatle, WA

To IEEAF10Gbps NetworkFuture Plan

20052005

- Tokyo Lambda Exchange- Tokyo Lambda Exchange-T LEX-T LEX

BangkokBangkokLambdaLambdaExchangeExchange

-B LEX-B LEX

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Bangkok Lambda ExchangeBangkok Lambda Exchange(B-LEX)(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 R&E network

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Target: Lambda ICT CorridorTarget: Lambda ICT Corridor

• Creating ultra broadband network in GMS area– Cambodia

– China

– Laos

– Myanmar

– Vietnam

– Thailand

• Enhancing GMS’s activity

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Next Generation Internet Next Generation Internet for for

Asia-Pacific Centers of Asia-Pacific Centers of ExcellenceExcellence

Thank You!