Next Billion Internet Users��- Introduction for 2016 APSIG Role Play Class -
2016-09-11~14
Kilnam Chon
APSIG Rev2016.6.29/7.14/7.22/9.9/9.12+
Internet Users
2002 100 Million
2011 2 Billion
2020s 5~7 Billion
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Requirement for New Users
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IGF 2015~2016 Community Intersessional Program�- Policy Options for Connecting (and Enabling) the Next Billion -��
1. Deploying infrastructure
2. Increasing usability
3. Enabling users
4. Ensuring affordability
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First Phase (2015)
IGF 2016 Community Intersessional Program�- Policy option for connecting the next billion -
Second Phase (2016)
1. Emphasizing local and regional specifications
2. Demonstrating how Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion� contributes to reaching the new Sustainable Development Goals
3. Building strategic alliances with key players at all levels
4. Building strategic alliances with key non-governmental initiatives
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Case Study - Public Sector �
1. China
Internet +
2. India
Digital India
eID (Aadhaar)
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Case Study – Private Sector
1. Facebook (with Internet.org)
Free Basics, Satellite, Drone Project
2. Google (with Google.org)
International links, caching, Project Loon
3. Microsoft
Connecting villages
4. Space X
Low orbital satellites
5. Alibaba
Electronic World Trade Platform (EWTP) with Payment System
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Issues
1. Net Neutrality
2. Internet Governance on Private Sector (Multi-national) Initiatives
3. “Implicit users”; messaging, payment, eID,….
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References
Chinese Government, Internet+, 2015.
Kilnam Chon, The Other Billion, 2015.
Facebook/Internet.org, Free Basics.
Facebook, Internet-beaming drone, Wired, 2016.
Google, International link and caching.
Google, Project Loon.
Manesh Uppal, Net Neutrality, 2016.
IGF, Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion, 2015-2016.
Indian Government, Digital India
Microsoft, Linking villages, Digital India.
Space X, Low orbital satellites.
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