Meaningful Broadband

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Meaningful broadband is an ethics-driven framework for closing the digital divide in Asia.[1] It has been adopted by Indonesia and Thailand, and it has influenced other Asian nations. According to the framework, each nation needs a “meaningful broadband ecosystem,” in supply side and demand side dimensions, that would optimize the role of the internet in reducing poverty, and supporting sustainable development, while also fostering meaningful (non-addictive) behavior among low-income citizens.[2]

History

Meaningful broadband was authored by Craig Warren Smith,[3] Chairman of Digital Divide Institute, in 2001 when he had a joint appointment as visiting scholar overseen by Professor Jeff Sachs at Harvard and Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland at MIT.[4] Later, in 2003 he furthered meaningful broadband as a visiting professor of Harvard Kennedy School of Government teaching science and technology deployed to National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. At that time, Smith was invited by Arun Shourie, ICT Minister of India and Chairman of the Asia Pacific ICT Ministers Association, to introduce Meaningful Broadband to ministers to India and eventually to government ministers by lecturing in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, and Malaysia.[citation needed]

In 2006, the first nation to formally adopt Meaningful Broadband as national policy was Thailand.[3] The Thai telecommunications regulatory agency, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC),[5] formulated plans to establish a meaningful broadband ecosystem in a remote province of Thailand called Maha Sarakham and to activate a "meaningful technology index" that would be an ethics based regulatory strategy that would award spectrum to projects that score high on the index.[6] In Thailand, The Center for Science, Technology, and Society continues to incorporate programming in Meaningful Broadband in its sector in applied ethics at Chulalongkorn University.[6][7]

In the following year, Republic of Indonesia began a 15-year embrace of Meaningful Broadband, led by Ilham A Habibie, son of a former President of Indonesia and current director of the government’s National ICT Council.[8][9] Since 2012, Meaningful Broadband has been tested among various local regencies in Indonesia, supported by a technical team from World Bank Indonesia.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Craig Warren Smith on the Second Wireless Revolution: Bringing Broadband to the "Next Two Billion" in Asia's Emerging Markets". Change by University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, Craig Warren (2015). Meaningful Broadband Report 2.0 Broadband Thailand 2015. Thailand: Chulalongkorn University. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Presentation on The Optimal Deployment of Broadband in Asia: Thailand's "meaningful broadband" model, by Digital Divide Institute". The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Old Friends". Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. ^ "ศุภชัยชงบรอดแบรนด์ เชื่อ5ปีโต8แสนล้าน". No. iBusiness. MGR Online. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Meaningful Broadband Research". Center for Science, Technology, and Society Chulalongkorn University. Chulalongkorn University. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ "International Workshop Ethics, Wellbeing and Meaningful Broadband". Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw). 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  8. ^ "MEANINGFUL BROADBAND WORKING GROUP TO FOCUS ON BIG DATA FOR E-AGRICULTURE". No. News. WANTIKNAS. Indonesia National ICT Council. 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ Wardani, Agustin Setyo (26 September 2019). "Wantiknas dan BAKTI Luncurkan Meaningful Broadband Working Group". No. Tech News. Liputan 6. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Indonesia Rumuskan Aksi Meaningful Broadband". No. News. IndoTelko. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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