Pacific Telecommunications Council Annual Conference Proceedings (22Nd, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 31-February 2, 2000)
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 462 920 IR 021 075 TITLE Pacific Telecommunications Council Annual Conference Proceedings (22nd, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 31-February 2, 2000). INSTITUTION Pacific Telecommunications Council, Honolulu, HI. PUB DATE 2000-01-00 NOTE 649p.; For the 2000 proceedings, see IR 021 074. Some papers are not available from ERIC. Some figures may not reproduce clearly. AVAILABLE FROM For full text: http://web.ptc.org/libr.4ry/proceedings/ptc2000/. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF03/PC26 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Communications Satellites; *Computer Networks; Developing Nations; Distance Education; Foreign Countries; *Information Networks; *Information Services; *Information Technology; Policy Formation; Socioeconomic Influences; Technological Advancement; *Telecommunications IDENTIFIERS Pacific Region; United States ABSTRACT This proceedings of the 2000 conference of the Pacific Telecommunications Council contains papers and summaries of sessions in the following areas:(1) socio/economic, including regional studies of China, the South Pacific, Southeast Asian, Latin America, Oceania, Korea, India, and the Asia-Pacific telecommunications market;(2) applications, including telecommunication in the service of humanitarian assistance, case studies in educational telecommunications, rural development strategies, applications of telecommunications to health and medicine, information technology and telecommunications, telecommunications management, and doing good business in the Pacific hemisphere; (3) Internet, including enabling e-commerce, telephony, strategies for financing and tracking the digital economy, government control in privacy and consumer protection, new network technologies, development issues, and content and culture;(4) satellites and submarines, including lessons in satellite planning, business issues in submarine fiber optic cable systems, submarine finance, submarine networks, commercial launch services, GMPCS (Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite), and high data rate and satellite wireless communications; (5) technology, including intelligent networks, infrastructure and services of broadband and emerging technologies, broadcast in the era of convergence, distance learning applications and directions, applications of technology for distributed learning, global, regional, and national issues in electronic business, and the political economy of Asia; and (6) policy/regulatory, including evolving trends in communication, regulatory issues and the Internet, joint ventures and strategic alliances in Asia, convergence policy challenges in Asia, policy and regulation, and impact of regulatory liberalization on the satellite industry. 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BEST COPY AVAILABLE PTC2000 A New Vision for the 21st Century IC MI E, a E F,),; TE Area Hate onf Attendee http://web.ptc.org/library/proceedings/ptc2000/index.html [2/14/02 12:39:56PM] a BEST COPY MAKABLE PTC2000 Sessions Agenda ions Socio/Economicapplications nternet13Satellites&Submarines 1Techno1ogy Policy/Regulatory Monday, 31 January 2000 1100-1230 1400-1530 1600-1730 M.1.1 Regional Studies - China M.2.1 Regional StudiesSouth PacificM.3.1 Regional StudiesSouth East Asia aM.1.2 Telecommunication in the Service M.2.2 Case Studies in Educational M.3.2 Rural Development of Humanitarian Assistance Telecommunications Strategies FflM.1.3 Enabling E-Commerce M.2.3 IP Telephony M.3.3 Strategies for Financing and Tracking the Digital Economy rpi M.1.4 Lessons in Satellite Planning M.2.4 State of the Industry Discussion: M.3.4 Submarine Finance Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Systems- Today's Business Issues M.1.5 Intelligent Networks M.2.5 Essentials of Broadband & M.3.5 Broadcast in the Era of Emerging Technologies: Infrastructure & Convergence Services M.1.6 Evolving Trends in M.2.6 Regulatory Issues and the Internet M.3.6 Joint Ventures and Communication Strategic Alliances in Asia: Their role in the New Century 4 http://web.ptc.org/library/proceedings/ptc2000/sessions/sessions_agenda.html (1 of 3) [2/14/02 12:41:54 PM] PTC2000 Sessions Agenda Tuesday, 1 February 2000 0830-1000 1030-1200 T.1.1 Regional StudiesLatin America T.2.1 Regional StudiesOceania T.1.2 Applications of Telecommunications to Health and T.2.2 IT & Telecommunications Medicine T.1.3 E-Commerce Strategies T.2.3 Privacy and Consumer Protection & Government Control nT.1.4 Submarine Networks T.2.4 Commercial Launch Services Industry Panel Discussion T.1.5 Distance Learning Applications and Directions T.2.5 Applications of Technology for Distributed Learning rliT.1.6 Convergence Policy Challenges in Asia T.2.6 Policy and Regulation Wednesday, 2 February 2000 0830-1000 1400-1530 1600-1730 W.1.1 Regional Studies- Korea W.2.1 Regional StudiesIndia W.3.1 The Asia-Pacific Telecom Market 61 W.1.2 Telecom Management W.2.2 Doing Good Business in the Pacific Hemisphere W.1.3 New IP Network W.2.3 Development Issues W.3.3 Content & Culture Technologies LI W.2.4 GMPCS Panel W.3.4 High Data Rate and Satellite Wireless Communications 5 http://web.ptc.org/library/proceedings/ptc2000/sessions/sessions_agenda.html (2 of 3) [2/14/02 12:41:54 PM] PTC2000 Sessions Agenda W.1.5 Electronic Business: Global, W.2.5 The Political Economy of W.3.5 IMT-2000 in Asia - Pacific Regional and National Issues Asia: New Perspectives K2W.1.6 Impact of Regulatory W.2.6 Policy/Regulatory II Liberalization on the Satellite Industry http://web.ptc.org/library/proceedings/ptc2000/sessions/sessions_agenda.html (3 of 3) [2/14/02 12:41:54 PM] PTC2000 Sessions 'tiy. Sessions OSocio/Economic Nrg4 same* M.1.1 Regional Studies - China M.2.1 Regional Studies - South Pacific M.1.1 Regional Studies - China M.3.1 Regional Studies - South East Asia Monday 31 January, 1100-1230 T.1.1 Regional Studies - Latin America Location: South Pacific I T.2.1 Regional Studies - Oceania W.1.1 Regional Studies- Korea W.2.1 Regional Studies - India Chair: W.3.1 The Asia-Pacific Telecom Market KEN ZITA, Independent Consultant, International Telecoms Advisory, USA M.1.1.1 DUNCAN CLARK, Partner, BDA (China) Limited, People's Republic of China; ERIC HARWIT, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, USA The Internet With Chinese Characteristics - Regulating the Unregulatable M.1.1.2 PAUL KULLMAN, Second Commercial Secretary, United States Embassy, People's Republic of China China's Broadband Buildout and Services M.1.1.3 WILLIAM KRUEGER, Managing Director and CEO, Xin De Telecom International Ventures Co. Ltd., People's Republic of China Coming of Age in the Information Age - The Post- CCF/Pre-WTO Environment in China for Foreign Participation in Telecommunications and Internet M.1.1.4 TAO YUN, Managing Director, Q- east.com/Corecomm (China), People's Republic of China E-commerce in China 7 http://web.ptc.org/library/proceedings/ptc2000/sessions/monday/m11/index.html (1 of 2) [2/14/02 12:42:00 PM] The Internet With Chinese Characteristics Regulating the Unregulatable S ssions The Internet With Chinese Characteristics - Regulating the Unregulatable* Duncan Clark, Eric Harwit Introduction Since the early 1990s, Internet use in the People's Republic of China (PRC) has grown at a tremendous pace. Today, estimates indicate there are over 7 million Chinese with online access, and some 33 million users are forecast by 2003. In 1999 there will be an estimated $42 million in E-commerce transactions, but the number could hit $4 billion by 2003.1 The continued expansion of the Internet, however, depends on the efficient growth of nascent on-line corporations, ones that need to develop a financial base free from regulatory interference. Internet service and content providers (ISPs and ICPs) both face occasional (though often imprecise) intervention from goverment regulators. An implicit schism between information ministry leaders, who guard their bureaucratic prerogatives, and top central leaders, who want both economic reform and political stability, further complicates the technology's development. Though progress to date has been dramatic, it remains to be seen whether the Internet can realize its full potential in China without falling foul of official control. While the prospect of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2000 provides a basis for less arbitrary bureaucratic intervention in the future, it is likely that conservative elements within the government will aim to frustrate full WTO compliance. This paper focuses on several key areas of China's rapidly developing Internet infrastructure, applications and content, and progress in the face of government regulation. It begins with a brief overview of Internet growth over the past decade. This section outlines the ways political and market forces have shaped the spread of the data network. The paper then examines