1. Internet in Indonesia Experiences to Serve the Unserved
Onno W. Purbo
@onnowpurbo

2. Mind Set
Only licensed operators may deploy telecommunication infrastructure.
Only licensed Internet Service Providers may provide access to the Internet.
Others are illegal.

3. The Fact Internet Users 88.1 million (2014) Internet Penetration 34.9%
Majority Age yo. (49%) - digital natives.
Education Level 64.7% high school
85% use smartphones to access the Internet

4. The Challenges

5. The Internet Service 300+ Internet Service Providers (ISP)
35+ own infrastructure.
Local Indonesian traffic through Internet Exchange Point (IXP) with four (4) major IXPs
In June 2016, total local peak traffic 240 Gbps. Total International peak traffic 800 Gbps.

6. Theory

7. The Challenges

9. Cellular Acces SIM subscriptions 326.3 million SIM cards
Indonesia Population million
Handphone owner 85% (and 43% smartphones)
Let's see the cellular coverage.
Use OpenSignal apps on your android.

16. Main Reasons to use Internet
To socialize and communicate (72%)
Getting daily information (65%)
Following trends (51%).

17. Activities in Using the Internet
Use of social media (87%)
Browsing for information (69%)
Instant messaging (60%)
Read news (60%).
BTW, there is 79 million active Indonesian social media users.

18. Innovation Cyber Cafe (Warung Internet or WARNET)
Neighborhood Network (RT/RW-net)
Telephony on top of Internet (like skype) but we steal the area code and :)...
Etc ...

19. Google “Wajanbolic”

20. Google “Tincan Antenna”

21. Google “OpenBTS Papua”

24. Two (2) major local e-commerce sites, i. e. tokopedia. com & bukalapak
Two (2) major local e-commerce sites, i.e.tokopedia.com & bukalapak.com
Total sellers
Daily transaction Rp. 8 Billion (in Bukalapak.com)