Infrastructure for knowledge economies

By Rohan Samarajiva, LIRNEasia

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Information infrastructure is a pillar of KE

Companies, government, non-profit organizations (including educational) and people must be able to Communicate in multiple forms, locally and globally Retrieve information locally and globally Publish Transact Compute remotely, etc.

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For organizations, including those engaged in BPO

Broadband that is Readily available In configurations that are responsive to customer needs

Including service-level agreements andRedundancy

Value for money (price + quality)

Generally provided over fixed links, fiber or copper But now increasingly over wireless

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For people

Broadband that is Ubiquitous Flexible Value for money

For most in Sri Lanka Over mobile networks With common-use sites as complement

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Common elements for both

International private leased lines of good quality (including redundancy) and price

Domestic backbone available to all operators at cost-oriented prices and on non-discriminatory basis

Security and payment infrastructure

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What is current situation with . . .

International link Three operators after international liberalization of

2003-04 Gateway still not fully open

Domestic backbone Two major networks No open access

Security and payment infrastructure Not in place Inchoate payment network developing in mobile

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Domestic leased line prices (2 MB/2 km, benchmarked with S Asia

Source: Broadband Benchmarks : Feb 2008 – Preliminary results, LIRNEasia, http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/

12,000

55,393

23,393

49 432

2,4383,249

18,803

358

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Domestic leased line prices (2 MB/100 km, benchmarked with S Asia

Source: Broadband Benchmarks : Feb 2008 – Preliminary results, LIRNEasia, http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/

2,760,290

2,4374,447

18,283

40,576

6,350

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Business broadband (2MB, Unlimited offering), benchmarked

Source: Broadband Benchmarks : Feb 2008 – Preliminary results, LIRNEasia, http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/

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119

57,385

3,7794,540

556

16,619

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Business broadband (256kbps, Unlimited offering), benchmarked

Source: Broadband Benchmarks : Feb 2008 – Preliminary results, LIRNEasia, http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/

8,608

8,016

964

241303

250

2,091

119

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Home broadband (256kbps, Unlimited offering), benchmarked

Source: Broadband Benchmarks : Feb 2008 – Preliminary results, LIRNEasia, http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/

6,695

2,680

964

379303

250 379119

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Business broadband QOS, India & Sri Lanka

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Home broadband QOS, India & Sri Lanka

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Broadband and Mobile Benchmarks South Asia: Feb 2008

can be found at:

http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/