Half of East Timor WiMax Connected
Voip June 9th, 2010
Dili – The four of us, Mr. Kemal Prihatman, Mr. Muchlis, Mr. Harry Sufehmi and I, set out from Indonesia to contribute to helping IT mission in East Timor, especially in the field of open source. We are in East Timor between 1-5 June 2009.
We were greeted by the friends of the Ministry of Infrastructure Timor-Leste an institution responsible for the problems of telecommunications, roads and energy. Friends who welcomed us was Mr. Paulo Dacosta, Mr. Hilman Akil and two other female staff. Mr. Paulo Dacosta who is a manager at the Ministry of Infrastructure. Medium, Mr. Hilman Akil is the advisor to the National Directorate of ICT in the Ministry of Infrastructure.
In our initial conversations with friends from East Timor, the thing that would appeal to us in Indonesia is the success of the Ministry of Infrastructure East Timor, led by Mr. da Silva Pedro Lay one Atmajaya graduates. East Timor’s National implementations Connevtivity Project (NCP) conducted by the National Directorate of the Ministry of ICT Infrastructure, which is led by Mr. Flavio C. Neves graduated from GMU.
Through the NCP, Ministry of Infrastructure Timor-Leste successfully connect the 5 districts of 13 districts in Timor Leste using WiMAX. Nearly half of Timor-Leste connected WiMAX. In addition, they also operate a VoIP, or more precisely its Next Generation Network (NGN) as we know it in the People’s VoIP over their WiMAX infrastructure.
This makes the overall telecommunications costs will be low. Dragons of his far left and Indonesia must learn to East Timor in the implementation of WiMAX & NGN.
National ICT Directorate under the Ministry of Infrastructure in East Timor is currently implementing the National Connectivity Project (NCP) which is a key infrastructure for e-government of Timor Leste that will come. Escorted by Mr. Hilman Akil an Indonesian, an MIT alumnus United States, who became advisor to the National Directorate of ICT tendering process to guard national connectivity project implementation carried out.
Basically, the National Connectivity Project (NCP) was born from the need for data communication to all levels of government in East Timor. This project will support data komnunikasi between departments with other departments, and between Dili district administration.
In the implementation, this NCP is three phase, ie Phase-1 to Dili and Baucau Oecusse, Phase-2 for Maliana, Ermera, Suai, and Batugade (the border), and Phase-3 Ainaro, Liquica, Aileu, Manatuto, Same, and Viqueque and an additional phase to the Border, namely Sakato, Salele and Bobomento.
All districts throughout the state of East Timor is likely to be fully connected at least late 2009 or early 2010. Inter-District used VSAT infrastructure using Telkom-2 satellite. From the capital district, inter-governmental offices are used WiMAX 802.16d version that works on the 3.5GHz frequency. Was in the government building used WiFi and LAN networks.
Even more amazing, the whole process of the National Connectivity Project (NCP) is done in a short time. NCP in August 2008 began the concept matured. Study process including appeals to the various countries that have been implemented in WiMAX as Nauru. There were 18 bidders who wish to participate in the NCP from various countries such as Australia, Portugal, Singapore, Singapore, Indonesia, with 9 pre-qualification, but only 7 participants who enter the document. Tender process in
won by Telkom Indonesia International is led by Mr. Mulya Tambunan.
The process of technology transfer at doing well. For the first stage, the implementation in three districts, Telkom Indonesia International is implemented while doing training for East Timorese.
For two (2) The next district, the implementation process carried out by friends of the East Timorese themselves with guidance from Jakarta. There are about 30 of the people of East Timor who were recruited as a help desk and call center for the implementation of the National Connectivity Project (NCP). One key to the success of the NCP is the budget allocation for capacity building, raising the capacity of human resources capabilities, including scholarships for staff to learn ICT NCP. Like one Linda was a graduate of NCP staff STT Telkom (now IT Telkom in Bandung).
Thus a brief report of developments in East Timor ICT sector that seems far more advanced than what we thought in Indonesia. We seem to need to learn also to East Timor.
