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July 22, 2002 10:00 - 11:30
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MITA KAIGISHO (Conference Hall)
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| (1) Members (alphabetical order) |
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Prof. Royol CHITRADON, Prof. GOTO Shigeki, Mr. KANAI Tsutomu, Mr. LAI Xiaorong (in behalf of Ms. YANG Liansi), Mr. LIM Kian Soon, Mr. LIU Dong, Mr. MORISHITA Yoichi, Prof. MURAI Jun, Mr. OH Jong-Ghun, Prof. Yong-Jin PARK, Prof. Sureswaran RAMADAS, Mr. SASAKI Hajime, Mr. SHINOZUKA Katsumasa, Mr. SUZUKI Koichi, Mr. SUZUKI Masanobu, Mr. USHIO Jiro, Prof. Lawrence WONG |
| (2) MPHPT |
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Minister KATAYAMA Toranosuke; Prof. TSUKIO Yoshio, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination; Mr. UCHIDA Koichi, Director-General of the International Affairs Department; Mr. SUZUKI Yasuo, Director-General of the Telecommunications Business Department; and Mr. YAMAKAWA Tetsuo, Director of the International Policy Division |
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| (1) Opening |
| (2) Selection of Chair |
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Member USHIO Jiro was selected as Chair. |
| (3) Introduction of Members |
| (4) Keynote Address by MPHPT Minister KATAYAMA |
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Minister Katayama gave a Keynote Address in line with a presentation material entitled "Formulation of the Asia Broadband Program," (PDF) containing an analysis and basic recognition toward the formulation of the Asia Broadband Program. |
| (5) Reports from Asian countries |
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| i) China |
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Mr. Liu Dong, President & CEO, Beijing Internet-networking Institute, explained the Chinese Internet market, problems including shortage of IP addresses, etc. in accordance with his presentation materials, "Prospect of Telecom and Internet Markets in China" (PDF) and "IPv6 in China." (PDF) |
| ii) Korea |
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Professor Yong-Jin Park, Hanyang University, made an explanation on NGO initiatives including the Asia Pacific Advanced Network, etc. using a material "APAN and Some Thoughts." (PDF) |
| iii) Malaysia |
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Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass, Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, introduced projects, etc. including the distance learning project "360 CAVE" using a document "Project Proposal to increase Inter Asia Broadband and Internet Usage." (PDF) |
| iv) Singapore |
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Professor Lawrence Wong, National University of Singapore,
in accordance with a material "Update on Advanced Networking in Singapore," (PDF) gave an explanation on the current status of a Singaporean advanced research/education network, etc. |
| v) Thailand |
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Dr. Royol Chitradon, Professor, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, explained the last-mile problem, necessity of applications and content, etc. using a text "Some R&D through Internet in Thailand." (PDF) |
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| (6) Opinions exchanged |
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It is necessary to recognize that as the entire circumstances, in addition to the existing three regional groups, namely Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific regions, newly emerging groups of Africa and South America are formed, thus the Internet world has a five-pole structure. |
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The Asia-Pacific regional group shall have responsibilities for promoting two movements based on R&D activities, one is to play a leading role in the world taking a leadership in cutting-edge technology, the other one to raise the average level of the region as a whole. |
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Governments shall not construct networks without a business basis as hasty attempts for some political reasons. A principle shall be established that governments tackle initiatives in fields where there is no commercial basis. |
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How to build an essential system consisting of meshes networking servers as nuclei on a global basis, that controls and manages killer content in the future, is an important task. |
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With regard to large capacity networks, in particular, such networks as submarine cable systems that require a huge amount of investment and time periods for laying cables, there shall be a scheme for planning the construction on a long-term perspective. |
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In order to implement an extremely wide-ranging task to promote information distribution within the Asian region, the task will be classified into three levels, i.e., i) the Internet used in an ordinary business scene including R&D domains, ii) information networks among areas, nations and ethnic groups with a common cultural basis, and iii) cross-culture information distribution. In particular, a specific and realistic proposal related to iii), cross-culture information distribution, will be anticipated. |
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It is vital to deliberate on specific approaches by purpose such as shared use for academic purpose and corporate use for business purpose, then implement them with priority. |
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In addition to bilateral consultations or various fora in Asia, the "International Conference for Asia Broadband Strategy" shall cope with coordination concerning problems, including e-commerce, each country's future e-government, shortage of IP address space, security. |
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With regard to the digital divide, as various fora deliberate on the issue, it is preferable that a forum with one eye toward trends developing around the world shall be set in order to deliberate on programs, initiatives, etc. |
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Asian Internet carriers are paying interconnection charges to U.S. carriers. If Asian Internet backbone networks will develop to some extent comparable to U.S. ones, Asian carriers will be able to negotiate interconnection issues with the U.S. carriers. In this case, however, Asian carriers will need support from government authorities. |
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Because issues relevant to copyrights and property rights can be treated by the Asian group under its leadership, an approach to cope with the issues must be established. |
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In order to establish Internet hubs, it is vital to foster human resources with competence. Thus, administrative support measures are essential for facilitating acceptance/reception of foreign students and exchanges of human resources. |
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Standards are needed for ensuring content security and bridging the digital divide. |
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In a sense, classifications between academic and business purposes may not necessarily be strict, taking into consideration the reality that many countries/economies employ ambiguous standards differentiating the two domains. |
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With regard to methods for closing the digital divide, it may be possible that the introduction of state-of-the-art methods without gradual steps would raise the average level of the region to an unexpectedly higher level. |
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| (7) Summary of the chair |
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The Chairman's Summary of the "International Conference for Asia Broadband Strategy" (-- Basic Policies on the Formulation of the Asia Broadband Program -) was approved as an outcome of the Conference for release. |
| (8) Closing |
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At the closing of the Conference meeting, Vice-Minister Tsukio made the closing remarks. |
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