Internet in Thailand The Role of NECTEC Pituma Panthawi National Information Technology Committee...

Internet in ThailandThe Role of NECTEC

Pituma Panthawi National Information Technology Committee Secretariat National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NE

CTEC)

22 2001November

Internet in Thailand: The Role of NECTECPresentation Outline

Introduction to NECTEC

Internet in Thailand

Role of NECTEC

National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)

Ministry of Science Technology and Environment

National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)

MTEC BIOTEC

NECTEC


NECTEC - Departments (not an exhaustive list)

Research and Development Electronics High Performance Computing Telecommunications and Network Information (Software, Language, and Knowledge Eng.) Application Research and Development R&D Funding Section

Policy National IT Committee Secretariat

Services Information System Service Section Electronic Commerce Resource Center Government Information Technology Services Information and Knowledge Management Section


NECTEC - Staff

Ph.D.7%

Master28%

Bachelor57%

Less than Bachelor

8%

Ph.D. Master Bachelor Less than Bachelor Total

45 181 360 50 636


In a Nutshell

18 ISP (commercial Internet service providers)

5 - non commercial Internet hubs

642 - Mbps international bandwidth in (NECTEC)

5265 - Mbps international bandwidth out (NECTEC)

35. million users (National Statistical Office & NECTEC)

8517

domains under.th (www.thnic.net/statistic/domain.html)


International Bandwidth

Year/Month Inbound Outbound200111/ 642

5265. 200110/ 5695.

4505. 200109/ 5685.

4495. 200108/ 546

41825. 200107 539625.

414375. 200106/ 555625.

430375. 200105/ 522625.

397375. 200104/ 515625.

400375. 200103/ 526625.

407375. 200102/ 325125.

225125. 200101/ 316375.

215437. 200012/ 2675.

170062. 199912/ 11825.

6625.

Source : www.nectec.or.th/internet


Internet User Population in Thailand

Estimation using Rear Admiral Prasart Sribhadung’s Model

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Mar-99

International Bandwidth (kbps) 133.12 2836.48 4884.48 12421.12 29194.24 37939.2 51507.2

x 11 1464.32 31201.28 53729.28 136632.3 321136.6 417331.2 566579.2

Domestic Bandwidth (kbps) 13312 20288 25536

x 4 53248 81152 102144

Number of Users 1,464 31,201 53,729 136,632 374,384 498,483 668,723


Jan-00 Oct-00

International Bandwidth (kbps) 144128 252416

x 11 1585408 2776576

Domestic Bandwidth (kbps) 151357.4 273346.6

x 4 605430 1093386

Total 2,190,838 3,869,962

Number of Users (Total x 0.6) 1,314,503 2,321,977

Internet User Population in Thailand

Estimation using Rear Admiral Prasart Sribhadung’s Model


Internet SurveyNational Statistical Office & NECTEC

Period - Jan. to Mar. 2001 Sample - 78,000 households (from 16.1 million) Results

5.64% of the population (or 3.5 million people) has used the Internet during the past 12 months

35% of the users live in Bangkok


.th Domain Names

ac.th co.th go.th in.th mi.th net.th or.th Total Jun 9 7 72 3 7 2 43 - 0 15 56 558

00Dec 423 4774 210 804 7 23 3126553

01Jan 442 4937 211 826 7 24 3196766

01Feb 456 5081 215 846 7 25 3316961

01Mar 463 5245 215 861 7 25 3367152

01Apr 472 5346 217 872 8 25 3447284

01May 491 5496 220 900 8 25 3557495

0 1 513 5665 219 921 9 25 3657717

01Jul 533 5831 223 957 9 25 3757953

01Aug 551 5968 225 977 10 26 3838140

01Sep 562 6048 226 991 10 26 3908253

01Oct 581 6251 227 1020 10 26402 8517

Source : www.thnic.net/statistic/domain.html


Role of NECTEC

- Policy Involvement Secretariat of the National I T Committee (chaired by the

Prime Minister) - Operation Thaisarn, Domestic Exchange (IIR),

SchoolNet, GITS - Information Resources Internet statistics,

eCommerce Resource Center, Internet User Profile

Survey

Role of NECTEC

National Information Technology Committee (NITC)

Establishment 1992Chair Prime MinisterCommittee Members Senior Officials from Public Sector

Representatives from Private SectorExperts

Fundamental Purpose Promote the Use of IT in Thailand for Economic and Social Development

Secretariat National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)

Role of NECTEC

Subcommittees under NITC

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DRAFTING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES LAW

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DRAFTING ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER LAW

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DRAFTING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION LAW

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DRAFTING NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DRAFTING DATA PROTECTION LAW

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DRAFTING COMPUTER CRIME LAW

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT FOR THE DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT POLICY PLANNING

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Role of NECTEC

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT UTILIZATION IN PUBLIC SECTOR

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT PUBLIC AWARENESS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATION INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION INDUSTRY

THAILAND EDI COUNCIL

THAILAND'S INTERNET POLICY TASKFORCE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON e-THAILAND DEVELOPMENT

SUBCOMMITTEE ON GLOBE PROJECT

Subcommittees under NITC - continued

Role of NECTEC

Internet Policy

Policies against Internet Crime/Inappropriate Content Time Synchronization Internet Hotline Public Education

Standard Suffix for Thai Domain Name - National Internet Policy Framework work in process Delegation of authority over .th name space from TH

NIC to THIDA (Thailand’s Internet Domain Name Association) - work in process

Role of NECTEC

IT Law

(1) Electronic Transaction Law(2) National Information Infrastructure Law(3) Data Protection Law(4) Computer Crime Law(5) Electronic Fund Transfer Law

Role of NECTEC

Progress

NITC House of SenatesHouse of Reps.Cabinet

Royal Title

Council of State

Inact

1

2

3

Electronic Transaction

Data Protection

National Information Infrastructure

(4) Computer Crime and (5) Electronic Fund Transfer - Drafting

Role of NECTEC

The SchoolNet Project

- Pilot project 1994 2001 - Initiator and Operator NECTEC - Supporters CAT, TOT, MOE Free Internet Access to Schools 3300 2001, members (as of Oct ) From SchoolNet to EdNet

Role of NECTEC

SchoolNet Project (www.school.net.th)Role of NECTEC

- SchoolNet Digital Library Role of NECTEC

Government IT Services (GITS)Role of NECTEC

Before GITS Insecure Public Network

Internet

Role of NECTEC

GITSHighly Secured Private NetworkGovernment Organizations Only

GITS

Role of NECTEC

Internet Information Research Center (www.nectec.or.th/internet)

Role of NECTEC

Ecommerce Resource Center (www.ecommerce.or.th)

Role of NECTEC

Internet User Profile Survey 2000Location

55.2

14.410.9

8.0 5.7 4.71.2

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

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Source : NECTEC (Online Survey)

Role of NECTEC

Internet User Profile Survey 2000Gender

male51%

female49%


Role of NECTEC

Internet User Profile Survey 2000Age

0.7

5.0

10.6

50.3

23.2

7.6

1.3 1.1 0.1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

<10 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+


Role of NECTEC

Internet User Profile Survey 2000Education

6.3 8.93.3

9.3

57.2

14.5

0.5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

ต!"ากว่�าม$ธยมปลายless than high

school highม$ธยมปลาย

school

. lower

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. upperปว่สvocational

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าโทm

aster

ปรุ�ญญ

าเอกdoctorate


Role of NECTEC

Internet User Profile Survey 2000Weekly Hours of Use

1.5

10.7

16.2

24.5

15.7

12.0

19.6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

<1 1-3 3-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 >20


Role of NECTEC

Internet User Profile Survey 2000Top Activity

37.3

7.44.2

9.5

30.4

1.74.6

0.53.8

0.70

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Email Chat Board News Info. Shop Game Download Game Software Music


Role of NECTEC

Internet User Profile Survey 2000Internet Purchase


Haven't80.9%

Have19.1%

Role of NECTEC

Thank You

Pituma PanthawiSecretariat of Thailand’s Internet Policy

Taskforce

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