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APRICOT¡¯2000
Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel
Seoul, Korea
Feb28th-March 2nd, 2000
Greetings!
Thank you
for your interest and generous support of
APRICOT (the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational
Technologies) -- the region¡¯s premier Internet Operations forum.
It is only
with your generous financial and in-kind sponsorship that APRICOT continues to
help develop and advance the essential skills and understanding necessary to
build a robust Internet infrastructure in the Asia Pacific.
We are
delighted to extend our invitation to you to encourage your sponsorship and
participation in APRICOT'2000, to be held from February 28th – March 2nd 2000 at the
Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel Seoul, Korea (http://www.walkerhill.co.kr).
We are
expecting between 500-800 key engineers and senior decision
makers from around the region to attend the Seoul summit.
As you may
know, the Internet economy in Korea is one of the largest in the Asia Pacific
region (with over 6 million users) and continues to expand at a breathtaking
pace.
Furthermore
Korea still maintains a productive manufacturing industry that has lent a
unique flavour to APRICOT2000 -- especially in terms of the selecting
technologies and developing the technical conference programme.
Selecting
the host economy for APRICOT2000 was especially difficult this year, given the
excellent proposals received to host the operations summit in India, Korea,
Malaysia, Philippines and Hong Kong!
Nevertheless, Seoul was awarded APRICOT2000 on the basis
of the broad base of community
support from the Korea Network Information Center (KRNIC), National Computerization Agency (NCA),
the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), the Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the Open Systems
Infrastructure Association (OSIA)
and Inet, Inc. (a leading ISP).
Our
honourable host in Seoul will be the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Should you have any questions whatsoever, please feel
free to visit our website (http://www.apricot2000.ne.kr) or send email to bkkim@nic.or.kr
On behalf to the APRICOT2000 Executive Committee and our
wonderful local hosts, I look forward to your continued support of APRICOT and
to your participation in our unique community event.
See you in Seoul!
Yours sincerely,
Pindar Wong
Chairman
APRICOT2000 Executive Committee
Index
Sponsorship
Summary Table........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Important
Dates...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Contact
Points......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
What
is APRICOT?...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
What
is Different about APRICOT2000?...................................................................................................................................... 5
How
do I sponsor APRICOT?.............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Financial Sponsorship....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Save 25% with the Early
Bird Discount................................................................................................................................... 7
Financial Sponsors¡¯
Benefits........................................................................................................................................................ 8
Sponsorship
of APRICOT Social Activities......................................................................................................................................... 8
APRICOT FELLOWSHIPS........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
In-Kind Sponsorship of
APRICOT Terminal Room and Skills Clinic......................................................................... 9
More
Information................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
APRICOT in Korea.................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
The History and Background
to the Local Internet Industry in Korea........................................................ 11
Current Statistics:
Internet Users in Korea.................................................................................................................... 11
Prospects of progress...................................................................................................................................................................... 12
History
of Past APRICOTs (1996-1999)........................................................................................................................................ 14
APRICOT
Attendee Country Profile........................................................................................................................................... 16
Sponsorship
Summary Table
|
Benefit |
Platinum Sponsor |
Gold Sponsor |
Silver Sponsor |
|
Private
Hospitality Suite for discrete business discussions |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Optional
Seat on APRICOT Fellowship Committee |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Logo in
banners, print advertising, mailings and press releases |
Yes, Prominent |
Yes, Prominent |
Yes, Standard |
|
Logo in online advertising |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Logo Size |
Large, Prominent |
Prominent |
Standard |
|
Use of VIP Lounge for business meetings |
No. |
Yes |
No |
|
Table for Brochure/Literature Distribution |
Yes, Prominent Location |
Yes, Prominent Location |
Yes
Standard Location |
|
Free Conference and Tutorial Registrations |
16 |
8 |
4 |
|
Sponsorship Contribution |
USD$20,000 |
USD$10,000 |
USD$ 5,000 |
|
Sponsorship Contribution (25% Early Bird Discount -- application received
on or before 11th January) |
USD$15,000 |
USD$
7,500 |
USD$ 3,750 |
Important Dates
¥
11th January 2000 - Deadline for 25% Early Bird Discount
¥ 11th February 2000- Final Deadline for Financial Sponsors
Contact Points
For any detailed enquiries, please
contact
Byung-Kyu
Kim, Ph. D.
Director
of Korea Network Information Center
e-mail
: bkkim@nic.or.kr
Phone :
+82-2-2186-4533
Fax : +82-2-2186-4499
Or Pindar Wong
APRICOT2000 Executive
Committee Chair
e-mail
: pindar@hk.super.net
Phone : +852-90505413 of
+852 90409035
What is APRICOT?
¡°Our
mission is to develop and advance the skills and understanding necessary
to
grow a robust Internet
infrastructure in the Asia Pacific¡±
The annual Asia Pacific
Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) is an
educational, non-profit, conference run by volunteers to develop and maintain
Internet operational stability in Asia Pacific Region.
APRICOT's
success is largely due to the excellence of its no-nonsense programme that is
focused on Internet operational issues (i.e. issues surrounding the smooth
day-to-day operation of Internet-based networks and services).
APRICOT is made possible
through generous financial and in-kind sponsorships from distinguished
corporate sponsors and valuable volunteers.
Since 1996, APRICOT has provided a unique and successful educational forum for Internet builders in the region to learn from their peers and other leaders in the Internet community from around the world.
APRICOT
has now clearly established itself as the Asia Pacific¡¯s premier regional
Internet Operations Summit where related regional Internet organizations come
together to host their annual general meetings and share valuable experience.
Last
year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (www.icann.org) held their first Asia Pacific
meeting during APRICOT¡¯99.
The key benefit of attending APRICOT is to synchronize local and regional activities with the rapid developments in the wider Internet in an objective manner that distinguishes between operational realities and marketing 'hype'.
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1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
Host Economy |
Singapore |
Hong Kong |
Philippines |
Singapore |
Seoul |
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No. of Attendees |
280 |
630 |
320 |
632 |
500-800* |
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No. of Countries
Represented |
18 |
25 |
24 |
25 |
25* |
|
No. of Sponsors |
10 |
27 |
18 |
19 |
19* |
[* Note: Current Estimates for APRICOT2000]
Whilst it
is appreciated that there is a natural desire for each successive APRICOT to be
bigger and better than the previous one, APRICOT is primarily a conference with
an educational objective. The primary desire is to bring the knowledge required
to those that can benefit most from such knowledge.
The intense week-long summit
consists of seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions,
birds-of-a-feather (BOFs), and other forums all with the common goal of :-
a)
spreading and
sharing the knowledge required for operational stability and development of the
Internet within the Asia Pacific region.
b)
developing
affinity groups that foster mutual support throughout the year.
Specifically, there are 5 parts to the structure of events during the APRICOT2000 week (Monday 28th February - Friday March 3):-
1. Tutorials 6-8 Tutorials Per Day over 2 days (Mon, Tues)
2.
Conference 4
Track Conference over two days (Wed,Thurs)
3.
Birds-Of-A-Feather
Meetings Evenings
Meetings over two days (Mon,
Tues, Wed)
4.
AP*
(AP ¡®Star¡¯) Meetings Monday,
Tuesday and Friday
5.
Social
Activities Opening
Reception Tuesday
Evening
Lunches (Wed,
Thurs)
Closing Social Thursday Evening
All of the key Internet
operations groups in Asia and Pacific meet for the annual and semi-annual
meetings during APRICOT.
¡¤ APRICOT is not an Internet Marketing Conference. APRICOT is
about bringing true subject matter experts together with those who can benefit
most from the information. APRICOT provides a unique, vendor neutral forum for
frank discussions on the skills and technologies that are either at the heart
of today's Internet or very likely to see operational deployment within the
next 12 months. It allows attendees to synchronize with the rapid developments
in the wider Internet and an opportunity to dispel marketing 'hype'.
¡¤ APRICOT¡¯s mission is to address the critical need to develop and
advance the skills and understanding necessary to grow a robust Internet
infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region.
¡¤
The people who attend APRICOT are the real people building the Internet
in the Asia & Pacific region. Many of best
Internet engineers and key decision makers attend APRICOT either to teach,
present, or do their own "networking¡±.
See www.apricot2000.ne.kr
or www.apricot.net for the
latest details.
Why Sponsor
APRICOT?
¡¤
APRICOT
influences opinion.
¡¤
APRICOT is
unique.
¡¤
Sponsoring
APRICOT contributes to the growth of the regional Internet Markets.
By providing a vendor-neutral
forum from the frank exchange of skills and experience, APRICOT provides the
chance to participate in a quality, content-rich and highly focussed event.
APRICOT lets you learn first hand the issues that your current or potential
users are facing with existing products or services in the market.
Whist APRICOT does not directly have a sales focus (there
are plenty of other commercial conferences throughout the year for this), it
does allow very discrete marketing opportunities 'out of band'. These
opportunities allow you to create awareness of new products and or services,
together with opportunities to refine product/service/concept offerings for the
Asia Pacific marketplace.
APRICOT is only held once per year and is the key
opportunity to meet directly with influential individuals and network builders
throughout the Asia and Pacific region.
By sponsoring this volunteer
activity, your company is actively demonstrating that it contributing to the
growth of the Internet in the Asia Pacific.
By contributing the time of
your best engineers, your company is helping to spread the skills necessary to
help build a commercially reliable Internet infrastructure in the region.
What
is Different about APRICOT2000?
¡¤
Direct
Involvement of host economy in technology selection process
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Private
Hospitality Suites Provided
¡¤
Expanded
Terminal Room
¡¤
New APRICOT
Skills Clinic
¡¤
Full-Scale
APRICOT Fellowship Programme for 50+ Fellows from Developing Economies
¡¤
Better
building of communities and affinity groups
¡¤
Many Asia
Pacific Internet organizations and groups schedule events during APRICOT
¡¤
Follow-on
Asia Pacific Operational Activities during the Internet Engineering Task Force
(www.ietf.org) meeting
in Australia (March) and the INET2000 Conference in Japan (July) (www.isoc.org)
APRICOT has been extremely
successful in targeting a select audience.
One of the fundamental
principles and distinctive feature of APRICOT presentations has been vendor
neutral objectiveness, providing neutral informed opinion rather than the
technical sales presentations that many conferences suffer from. Extra effort has been placed this year
to continue this tradition which has been a main draw among participants who
value the vendor-neutrality and objectiveness of APRICOT.
Furthermore, there was direct
input into the technology selection process from the host economy (Republic of
Korea) such that APRICOT can have maximum relevance and impact to the local
Internet industry.
As APRICOT is only once per
calendar year, a long time by Internet Industry standards, there needed to be a
better way to build the peer relationships and affinity groups that have
contributed to APRICOT's success. Consequently, more effort is being placed
with APRICOT'2000 to developing an on-line community as well as allowing more
structured social events throughout the week (e.g. organised 'meet me'
breakfasts, lunch and dinner meetings). These structured social events are
valuable as they help provide the discrete marketing opportunity alluded to
earlier.
The traditional APRICOT
Terminal room has been expanded to include an APRICOT Skills Clinic to allow
for hand-on demonstration, interactive questions and answers concerning
sponsored equipment and technologies.
In
addition, many regional Internet groups will also be having their various
meetings during the week of APRICOT. These include :-
1.
Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre AMM http://www.apnic.net
2.
Asia &
Pacific Internet Association AGM http://www.apia.org
3.
Asia
Pacific Networking Group AGM http://www.apng.org
4.
Asia
Pacific Top Level Domain AGM http://www.aptld.org
Furthermore, next year will
be a very special year in the development of the Internet in the Asia Pacific
given at that the Internet Engineering Task Force (the entity responsible for
developing Internet technical standards -- www.ietf.org) is hosting its spring
meeting in Adelaide Australia in March. Also the Internet Society¡¯s annual
global conference INET (www.isoc.org)
will be held in Yokohama Japan in July 2000. As such, APRICOT will be
organising follow-on events at both the IETF and INET meetings.
Please see the APRICOT
website for the detailed weekly schedule of events (www.apricot.net
or www.apricot2000.ne.kr
)
How do I sponsor APRICOT?
There are two kinds of
APRICOT sponsors:
1.
financial sponsors who contribute the essential funds to run the
event
2.
in-kind sponsors who contribute their time, services or products
for the event.
Whilst we obviously encourage
our sponsors to be both financial and in-kind sponsors, it should be noted that
the opportunity to present tutorials and conference sessions is not related to
sponsoring APRICOT. Indeed, the separation of concerns between our conference
sponsorship activities and the development of the programme is necessary to
ensure the independence and quality of the presentations. All enquiries with
respect to the conference programme should be directly sent to either the
Programme Chair (Mr. Robert Berger: rberger@ibd.com) or the Programme Committee
(apricot_tech@ibd.com).
Sponsoring APRICOT provides
organizations with access to a select set of individuals involved in the
decision making and daily operation and administration of the Internet.
Financial Sponsorship
In order to financially
sponsor the APRICOT conference, you will need to complete and return by fax the
APRICOT2000 Sponsorship Agreement (attached or available from the http://www.apricot2000.ne.kr
) on or before midnight UTC/GMT Friday
February 11th 2000.
All financial sponsors are
required to fax the agreement to:-
Byung-Kyu Kim, Ph. D.
Director of Korea Network Information Center
Fax : +82-2-2186-4499
All logo positions,
hospitality suites and table spaces are allocated on a first come first served
basis.
There are three levels of
sponsorship (Platinum, Gold and Silver) with the following summary of benefits:
|
Benefit |
Platinum Sponsor |
Gold Sponsor |
Silver Sponsor |
|
Private
Hospitality Suite for discrete business discussions |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Optional
Seat on APRICOT Fellowship Committee |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Logo in
banners, print advertising, mailings and press releases |
Yes, Prominent |
Yes, Prominent |
Yes, Standard |
|
Logo in online advertising |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Logo Size |
Large, Prominent |
Prominent |
Standard |
|
Use of VIP Lounge for business meetings |
No. |
Yes |
No |
|
Table for Brochure/Literature Distribution |
Yes, Prominent Location |
Yes, Prominent Location |
Yes Standard
Location |
|
Free Conference and Tutorial Registrations |
16 |
8 |
4 |
|
Sponsorship Contribution |
USD$20,000 |
USD$10,000 |
USD$
5,000 |
|
Sponsorship Contribution (25% Early Bird Discount -- application received
on or before 11th January) |
USD$15,000 |
USD$ 7,500 |
USD$
3,750 |
Save 25% with the Early Bird Discount
All financial sponsors will
enjoy a 25% Early Bird Discount should applications be received by fax to +82-2-2186-4499 on or before midnight
UTC/GMT 11th January 2000.
Financial Sponsors¡¯ Benefits
Platinum
sponsors contribute US$ 20,000. Sponsorship provides:
¡¤
Private Hospitality
Suite -- to conduct discrete business meetings or promotional activities
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Optional
Seat on APRICOT Fellowship Committee if 10% of sponsorship fee delegated to the
APRICOT Fellowship Programme
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Prominent large logo positioning and sponsorship mention in
banners, print advertising, mailings and press releases
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Prominent large logo positioning in online advertising
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Distribution of company-supplied brochures or gift (bags,
mouse pads, pens, etc.)
¡¤
Sixteen (16) free conference or tutorial registrations
Note1:
There are only 5 Hospitality Suites available (Azalea, Lilac, Dahlia, Acacia
and Dafodil rooms). Each Hospitality Suite is a function room that is provided
to the Platinum sponsor to do as it wishes on a first come, first served
basis.. It is highly encouraged that all prominent sales activities be confined
to the hospitality Suites. Hotel liason details will be provided to sponsors to
contact directly and make any special arrangements.
Note2:
Assistance with local arrangements will be provided on request.
Gold sponsors
contribute US$10,000. Sponsorship provides:
¡¤
Use of VIP
Lounge to conduct discrete business meetings
¡¤
Prominent logo positioning and sponsorship mention in
banners, print advertising, mailings, press releases and interviews subordinate
to PLATINUM sponsors
¡¤
Prominent logo positioning in online advertising
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Distribution of company-supplied brochures to attendees
during registration.
¡¤
Eight (8) free conference or tutorial registrations
Silver sponsors
contribute US$5,000. Sponsorship provides:
¡¤
Standard logo positioning and sponsorship mention in
banners, print advertising, mailings, press releases and interviews subordinate
to PLATINUM and GOLD sponsors
¡¤
Prominent logo positioning in online advertising
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Distribution of company-supplied brochures during the
conference
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Four (4) free conference or tutorial registrations
Sponsorship of APRICOT Social Activities
You
can choose to sponsor, at additional cost, one (1) of the following:
1. APRICOT
Opening Reception (Evening,
Tuesday February 29th)
2. APRICOT
Breakfast ¡®Meet Me¡¯ (Wednesday
March 1)
3. APRICOT
Lunch (Wednesday
March 1)
4. APRICOT
Evening Dinner (Wednesday
March 1)
5. APRICOT
Breakfast ¡®Meet Me¡¯ (Thursday
March 2)
6. APRICOT
Lunch (Thursday
March 2)
7. APRICOT
Closing Social Event (Evening,
off site, Thursday March 2)
The cost of sponsoring any of
the social events is approximately US$ 30-35 per head for sit down meals or
receptions, US$15-20 per head for breakfast.
All
bookings are provided on a first come first served basis.
We are expecting between
500-800 delegates. E.g. an APRICOT Lunch for 500 delegates will be
approximately US$ 15,000 per lunch.
Please contact bkkim@nic.or.kr or pindar@hk.super.net should you have any
questions regarding sponsoring an APRICOT social event.
APRICOT FELLOWSHIPS
Not all people can afford to come to APRICOT. Hence, APRICOT has created a fund to provide fellowships to individuals in lesser develop economies in the Asia & Pacific region.
APRICOT Financial
Sponsors can earmark 10% of their sponsorship funds for the APRICOT Fellowship
program.
Currently there
have been 66 applications from 33 countries to the APRICOT Fellowship
Programme.
Seed funding for
the APRICOT Fellowship Programme has been allocated by APNIC and the APRICOT2000 Executive Committee.
Furthermore, there will also be Special
Invitees from AFRICA. Specifically from afriNOG (African Network Operations
Group), afriNIC (African Network Information Center) and a Senior
person/Leader within the AFRICAN Internet Community.
Platinum Sponsors
who contribute to the APRICOT Fellowship programme will have the option of
appointing an individual to serve
on the APRICOT Fellowship Committee.
E-mail: apricot-fellowship@nic.or.kr
for details on the APRICOT Fellowship program or see the APRICOT website (http://www.apricot2000.ne.kr)
In-Kind Sponsorship of APRICOT Terminal Room and Skills Clinic
In addition to
cash sponsorship, we are also looking for in-kind sponsorship of Internet
connectivity, networking equipment, cabling and hardware for the APRICOT
terminal room, Skills Clinic and APRICOT conference (e.g. Mbone).
The frequently
visited APRICOT terminal room will provided Internet connectivity to both
speakers and conference attendees during the Internet Conference. Initial connectivity and terminal room
equipment has been kindly provided by INET Inc ( a leading Internet Service
Provider in Korea).
There will be
special recognition for these in-kind sponsorships in the terminal room itself.
The APRICOT2000
Terminal Room has been augmented to allow for the inclusion of a hand-on
APRICOT Skills Clinic. This Skills Clinic is where engineers can interactively
ask questions and have their networking or engineering problems discussed and
resolved. For Senior Engineers that wish to contribute their hands-on
experience and expertise to the skills clinic, please contact Philip Smith (pfs@cisco.com).
For in-kind
sponsors that wish to arrange for their latest hardware/software to be
showcased or demonstrated during the clinic, it is hoped that any import/export
requirements are handled by your regional representative offices. Failing
which, our local organizers will assist, as best they can, on a case by case
basis. Any specific requirements should be send to Dr. Byung-Kyu Kim of the
Korean Network Information Center (bkkim@nic.or.kr) or Pindar Wong (pindar@hk.super.net)
Email apricot-domestic@apricot.net
if you are interested in providing
in-kind sponsorship to the APRICOT Terminal Room.
Sign-up Soon For
The Best Positioning!
Logo positions,
sponsoring of social events etc. are limited and allocated on a first
come/first served basis. So please sign-up soon to enjoy the Early Bird
discount and best positioning.
Please contact us
as soon as possible via email, telephone, or fax to express your interest and
commitment to sponsor APRICOT.
More
Information
Please see the www.apricot.ne.kr
website for the latest details concerning APRICOT2000.
The www.apricot.net.kr
website in the central information coordination point for APRICOT2000.
Should you have
any additional questions, please send them to bkkim@nic.or.kr or pindar@hk.super.net
APRICOT in Korea
The History and Background to the Local Internet Industry in Korea
Networking in Korea began in July, 1982 by connecting PDP-11 in Seoul National University and VAX 11/780 in Korea Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication with 1200bps leased line.
In 1983, a voluntary group of researchers started to build the first IP based network in Korea called System Development Network(SDN). SDN had a link to EUNET, UUCP Net in 1983 and to CSNET in 1984. In 1985, SDN had 20 organizations online and was providing and testing UUCP connection to Indonesia and other Asian countries.
In the meantime, government sponsored networks such as KREONET(for national
labs) and KREN(for universities) started to appear in 1988. KREONET was also an
IP based network while KREN was a part of the international BITNET.
In 1990, SDN established a sister organization called HANA to fund the international leased line to Hawaii to participate in the PACCOM project. With this 56Kbps link, Korea began to have international IP connectivity to the world. Right after this, KREONET also opened a link to the USA and Internet in Korea began to be more popular.
The Network operation center of HANA/SDN was transferred from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to Korea Telecom in 1991.
In 1993, the Korean Network Information Center (KRNIC) was formed to support the sustainable growth of the Korean Internet community. KRNIC also participated in the early stage of APNIC pilot services proposed by the Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) from 1993 through 1994. Operation of KRNIC was transferred from KAIST to the National Computerization Agency (NCA) in 1994 and incorporated as an independent legal body in 1999.
1994 was the turning point into the commercialization of the Internet in Korea.
Inet, Inc., in-kind sponsor of the APRICOT Terminal Room, started to provide the first commercial Internet services, and other companies offered commercial services right after.
Currently,
Korea has more than 37 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and around 6 million Internet users.
Current Statistics: Internet Users in Korea
The number of Internet users in Korea has
steadily increased by 112% per annum since 1994, which means the growing rate
of an additional 200,000-500,000
users per month!
Number of Internet Users in Korea
(source: KRNIC)
Currently, there are 37 ISPs and they are providing Internet
connectivity services to local Internet users. The number of domain name
registrations is also increasing enormously.
Internet
statistics until the end of August 1999, sourced by KRNIC is shown below.
Statistics of domestic Internet industry
|
No. of ISPs |
No. of WSPs |
No. of .kr Domain
names |
No. of .kr Hosts |
|
37 |
936 |
140,863 |
460,974 |
Prospects of progress
The Korea government is planning to build an environment that can
provide high-speed network service to everyone at the speed of 1.5-2Mbps with very
low price, and increase the number of domestic Internet users up to 10 million by
2001. (Cyber Korea 21 1999.3.31)
Cyber
Korea 21 will create a total of 1 million new jobs by 2002, while establishing
a strong foundation for a knowledge-based nation.
Prediction of domestic E- Commerce market change in 2000 is shown above
|
Year |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
e-commerce market (provider-customer) |
14 |
63 |
150 |
672 |
1,486 |
|
EDI total sales (100 million won) |
141 |
216 |
591 |
9,449 |
16,063 |
|
Company using EDI (Number of Organizations) |
11,564 |
13,592 |
19,000 |
26,000 |
35,500 |
(source by :
Ministry of Information and Communication report 1999)
Also the current
status and forcast of market size in value-added telecommunication services in
Korea is shown in below:-
|
Year |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
Data Network |
1,493 |
2,687 |
2,183 |
2,120 |
2,502 |
3,178 |
4,130 |
5,370 |
|
Value-Added
Communication Network |
2,504 |
4,656 |
6,438 |
8,606 |
12,642 |
19,055 |
29,673 |
46,481 |
|
On-Line Information |
284 |
315 |
449 |
677 |
914 |
1,233 |
1,665 |
2,248 |
|
Voice Telephone
Number |
660 |
976 |
1,333 |
1,722 |
2,238 |
2,797 |
3,497 |
4,371 |
|
High Performance
Fax |
125 |
218 |
162 |
199 |
239 |
287 |
344 |
413 |
|
Others |
- |
1,068 |
427 |
387 |
406 |
427 |
448 |
470 |
|
Total |
5,067 |
9,920 |
10,992 |
13,711 |
18,941 |
26,977 |
39,757 |
59,353 |
Unit: 100
Million Won
(Source by : 1999 Annual Report of Ministry
Information Communication)
History
of Past APRICOTs (1996-1999)
APRICOT¡¯99
The
fourth APRICOT was held in Singapore from 1 - 5 March ¡¯99. The attendance of
632 represented over 25 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world.
APRICOT¡¯99 was sponsored by the following 19 companies:
¡¤
AboveNet ¡¤ Hongkong Telecom
¡¤
Alcatel ¡¤ Nortel
¡¤
Asia &
Pacific Internet Association ¡¤ O¡¯Reilly and
Associates
¡¤
Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre ¡¤ Pacific Internet
¡¤
Ascend
Communications ¡¤ PSINet
¡¤
AT&T ¡¤ SGNic
¡¤
Cisco
Systems ¡¤ Singapore Telecom
¡¤
Commercial Internet Exchange Association ¡¤
Teleglobe
¡¤
Compaq ¡¤
Unitech
¡¤
Webworks
APRICOT¡¯98
The third APRICOT was held in
Philippines from 16 - 20 February¡¯98. The attendance of 320 represented
over 24 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world.
APRICOT ¡®98 was sponsored by
the following 18 companies:
¡¤
Aponet ¡¤ Infonet Services Corp
¡¤
Ascend
Communications ¡¤ Kokusai Denshin Denwa
(KDD)
¡¤
Asia &
Pacific Internet Association (APIA) ¡¤ MCI International
¡¤
Asia
Internet Holding ¡¤ NeTrue Communications
¡¤
AT&T
Asia Pacific Group ¡¤ NTT Global Business
¡¤
Bay
Networks ¡¤ Orion Network Systems
¡¤
Breeze
Wireless Communications ¡¤ Singapore Exhibition
Services
¡¤
Cisco
Systems ¡¤ United Nations
–Asia-Pacific Development
¡¤
Digital
Equipment Asia Pacific Information
Programme (APDIP)
¡¤
Hong Kong
Telecom
APRICOT¡¯97
The second APRICOT was held in
Hong Kong from 27-30 January ¡¯97. The attendance of 630 people from over 25 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region and
the rest of the world.
APRICOT ¡®97 was sponsored by
the following 27 companies:
¡¤
APNIC ¡¤ HK Net
¡¤
Ascend ¡¤ Hong Kong Telecom
¡¤
Asia
Internet Holdings ¡¤ IBM
¡¤
AT&T ¡¤ KDD
¡¤
Bay
Networks ¡¤ NTT
¡¤
Chinese
University of Hong Kong ¡¤ O'Rielly &
Associates
¡¤
Cisco
Systems ¡¤ Sembawang Media
¡¤
Coggwheel ¡¤ Softbank Expos
¡¤
Commercial
Internet Exchange ¡¤ Sourcecom
¡¤
Data
Communications ¡¤ Spyglass
¡¤
Digital ¡¤ Star Internet
¡¤
Dynalab,
Inc. ¡¤ Telstra
¡¤
Gilat
Satellite Networks ¡¤ The Black Box
¡¤
Global One
APRICOT¡¯96
The first APRICOT was held in
Singapore between 17 - 19 January ¡¯96. The attendance of 280 people
represented over 18 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
APRICOT ¡®96 was sponsored by
the following 10 companies:
¡¤
Global One ¡¤ Digital Equipment
Corporation
¡¤
Cisco
Systems ¡¤ The Commercial
Internet Exchange
¡¤
ATT Jens ¡¤ Sembawang Media
¡¤
Singapore
Telecom – SingNet ¡¤ CSA Automated
¡¤
IBM Japan ¡¤
Penril Datability Networks
APRICOT
Attendee Country Profile
|
by Countries
of Origin |
APRICOT ¡¯96 17
- 19January Singapore |
APRICOT ¡¯97 27
- 30 January Hong
Kong |
APRICOT ¡¯98 16
- 20 February Philippines |
APRICOT ¡®99 1
- 5 March Singapore |
|
Australia |
10 |
10 |
14 |
15 |
|
Belgium |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Bhutan |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
|
Brazil |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Brunei |
3 |
6 |
- |
- |
|
Cambodia |
- |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Canada |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
China |
3 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
|
Emirates |
- |
3 |
- |
2 |
|
France |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
|
Guam |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Germany |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
|
Hong Kong |
30 |
122 |
10 |
15 |
|
India |
4 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
|
Indonesia |
11 |
10 |
1 |
15 |
|
Japan |
22 |
47 |
32 |
17 |
|
Korea |
7 |
16 |
5 |
9 |
|
Macau |
- |
8 |
- |
- |
|
Malaysia |
16 |
16 |
13 |
23 |
|
Mongolia |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
|
Nepal |
- |
3 |
- |
1 |
|
Netherlands |
- |
3 |
1 |
- |
|
New Zealand |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Pakistan |
1 |
- |
2 |
1 |
|
Philippines |
5 |
23 |
93 |
19 |
|
Singapore |
132 |
38 |
53 |
135 |
|
Sri Lanka |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
|
Sweden |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Switzerland |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
|
Taiwan |
12 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
|
Thailand |
11 |
23 |
1 |
18 |
|
United Kingdoms |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
United States of America |
11 |
63 |
55 |
21 |
|
Vietnam |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
|
Total |
282 |
422 |
317 |
336 |
Note: Above
attendance breakdown does include not a number of delegates that did not wish
to list their country or speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and members of various
related events such as APNG, APIA, APNIC, APPLe and APTLD.