<<March 4, 2008>>
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Kunal Malhotra <Kunal.Malhotra@council.nyc.gov>
Kaisa Kautto-Koivula <kaisa.kautto-koivula@kolumbus.fi>
Bruce Lincoln <bruce_lincoln@yahoo.com>
Ksenia Avetisova <k_avetisova@bk.ru>
Peter O. Jack <pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk>
Mr. Chomora Mikeka <mikeka_chomora@yahoo.co.jp>
Reference:
(a) (03/01/08)
Respectfully requesting time for my testimony at ÒBroadband Advisor HearingÓ at
LaGuardia Community College, March 3rd, 2008
http://preview.tinyurl.com/28e627
(b) (11/26/07) Possible broadband Internet with optical fiber network around
Black Sea and Central Asian countries
http://preview.tinyurl.com/35xaqp
(c) (02/14/08) Idea for Trans-Africa Ultra High Speed Optical Fiber Network
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3x4roy
(d) (02/02/08) Creation of GUS/South Russia/Taganrog with Southern Federal
University
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2782bd
Dear Kunal Malhotra:
(1) I express my sincere thanks for your letting me to present my testimonial
statement yesterday at your hearing (ATTACHMENT I), in response of my list
distribution of Reference (a) above;
Media
Advisory "Need for Speed"
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/yr4uxh>
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/249uga>
As said by me and other testimonials, New York now needs urgent drastic
upgrading of broadband Internet as to be kept as the world dynamic center of
commerce, information, education, healthcare, and culture.
This is because the current status is so shamefully behind other cities,
particularly of Korea and Japan, for example;
(a)
major universities in NYC area (e.g., Columbia University, Polytechnic
University, etc.) are connected with only 100 Mbps, compared with 100 Gbps
among major Japanese universities,
(b) NYC residents are forced to stay with slow speed at high price, e.g., cable
at $45/month for 10 Mbps (which often to be its half) for download and .5 Mbps
for upload, compared with about $50/month for 100 to 160 Mbps in Japan.
You may consider to deploy tera bps optical fiber network around NYC,
particularly around Manhattan with its submarine cable with broadband wireless
in city blocks (e.g., Wibro — see below of Peter JackÕs msgs from Korea).
As having those broadband Internet, it would be much easier to ÒexportÓ various
services of those fields mentioned above, i.e., commerce, information,
education, healthcare, and culture. In a sense, you are now sitting idly
on a vast amount of the so-called ÒTreasure Trove.Ó
With this regard, you may read the followings by Kaisa Kautto-Koivul, a former senior researcher at
Nokia, Finland;
(a) Leading
the way to New Creative Knowledge Age
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/3xtywa>
(b) The Powerpoint slides of the above title.
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qpns3>
These are in the following list distribution;
(02/01/08) Finnish Noblesse Oblige Project for Paradigm Shift and Change the
World
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2kx63c
During the hearing, I mentioned that Finnish attained the world #1 ranking from
DAVOS Forum, UNESCO and OECD in education and vocational training. At
this prominent and prestigious status, they are now planning to perform their
ÒnoblemanÕs obligationÓ to guide and lead the world on the ICT development with
esteemed visions, i.e., a significant paradigm shift out of old industrial age
mind-set to new knowledge economy age with creativity and innovation.
Dear Bruce Lincoln:
(2) It was my great pleasure to have met with you at the hearing. On my
way home, I read your following write-up with great interest;
Urban
Cyberspace Initiative
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/2adyun>
I took the liberty of admitting you into our list distribution so that you will
be kept updated with our daily progress.
Dear Ksenia:
(3) Many thanks for your draft concept paper for creating GUS/Southern
Russia/Taganrog, which I received this morning.
You may be interested in reading BruceÕs material mentioned above for your
possible application in your Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don area.
I will work on your write-up this week end and communication with you.
Dear Peter and Chomora:
(4) Many, many thanks for your very prompt response to my request of ATTACHMENT
II below.
I greatly appreciated for your sending me many very valuable information and
documents. Of course, I could not go through all of them, but I browsed
some of them to have good information basis for my testimony.
I am taking my liberty of distributing those information/documents to our list
members so that they would enjoy reading them, also.
Dear
E-Colleagues:
I strongly
suggest that you go through those information and documents listed at the end
of each of msgs I received from Peter and Chomora.
BTW, Peter is from Nigeria and now working to get his
Ph.D. at the prestigious Soule National University in Korea and Chomora is from
Malawi and finishing up his Maters Degree at Yokohama National University in
Japan.
(5) BTW, about the FTTH (Fiber To The Home) movement, I encountered with the
following, which may be of some interest to you;
Fiber
to the Home Deployment Spreads Globally As More Economies Show Market Growth
Asian Economies Continue to Set Pace on Market Penetration
U.S, China and Japan Drive Volume
February 27,
2008
<http://www.ftthcouncil.org/?t=282>
I was surprised to find out from this article that the FTTH movement is so
strongly rising up, in spite of its high cost. NYC has certainly need to
catch up with other cities on this regard, too.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT
I
From: Kunal
Malhotra <m06malho@council.nyc.gov>
Date: Sun, 02
Mar 2008 16:08:09 -0500
To: "Ph.D.
Takeshi Utsumi" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re:
(03/01/08) Respectfully requesting time for my testimony at ÒBroadband
Advisor HearingÓ at La Guar
Good afternoon Dr. Utsumi,
I thank you for your interest and quick response. We would greatly enjoy your
presence at tomorrow's broadband hearing. It is taking place from 1-4pm and as
with other City Council hearings you just have to arrive and fill out a witness
info card. There are no set appointments to deliver testimony, please arrive at
1pm to enjoy some of the other testimony or whenever is convenient for you.
Thanks again,
Kunal Malhotra
Kunal Malhotra
Director of Legislation & Budget
Office of Council Member Gale A. Brewer
Council District 6: Upper West Side Manhattan
250 Broadway, Suite 1744
New York, NY 10007
Kunal.Malhotra@council.nyc.gov
212.788.6975 (phone)
212.513.7717 (fax)
ATTACHMENT
II
From:
"Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
To: Peter O. Jack <pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk>; Chomora Mikeka
<chomoramikeka@yahoo.com>
Cc: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 2:53:46 AM
Subject: Urget request
Peter O. Jack
Training Consultant/Director
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Federal Ministry of Science & Technology
Plot 695, Port-Harcourt Crescent
Off Gimbiya Street,
Area 11, Garki, Abuja ‑ Nigeria
Tel: 09‑3142925 (Ext 102)
Fax: 09‑3142924
GSM: 08023112676
GSM: 0805 5007777
08033122299
pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk
Mr. Chomora Mikeka
Laboratory DESK: E301
Prof Arai Laboratory
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Division of Phyisics
Graduate School of Engineering
YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
79-5, Tokiwadai Hodogaya-ku
CHOMORAMIKEKA@YAHOO.COM
Yokohama 240-8501 Japan.
Fax: +81-45-338-1157
mikeka_chomora@yahoo.co.jp
http://www.arailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/English/index.html
http://www.arailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/~mikeka/index.html
<http://www.arailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/%7Emikeka/index.html>
Dear Peter and
Chomora:
(1) Pls visit my following last list distribution;
(03/01/08) Respectfully requesting time for my
testimony at ÒBroadband Advisor HearingÓ at LaGuardia Community College, March
3rd, 2008
http://preview.tinyurl.com/28e627
(2) I would greatly appreciate it if you can inform me some rough data about
the cost and spread of broadband Internet in Korea and Japan, e.g., how much
cost for what speed, and the percentage of its use in ordinary household, via
optical cable, coaxial cable, WiMax, etc., etc.
I would like to use them during my testimony in the afternoon of March 3rd
(Monday).
(3) Sorry for this very short notice, but your off-hand data would be
sufficient.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT
III
From:
Chomora Mikeka
<chomoramikeka@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1
Mar 2008 17:38:36 -0800 (PST)
To: "Takeshi
Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re:
Urget request
Dear Dr. Takeshi UTSUMI,
Greatly excited to receive your very personal email. Besides i enjoy reading
the material and communications on the mailing list. I tried to apply for TICAD
IV organised for May 28th onward at Pacifico Hotel, near my residential here in
Yokohama, but unfortunately i was told i could not participate because its for
Heads of State and perhaps Directors of International corporations.
Anyway back to business. I attach an update on the broadband status in Japan as
of Feb. 2007. The attachment discusses the broadband plan for Japan atleast by
2010. It further examines the major broadband delivery services like FTTH,
ADSL, Cable Internet. The paper then scores ADSL to be the highest delivery service
at the moment. Further, the ISPs competing on the broadband services are
introduced generally as common carrier or ISP specialized company; more
specifically, Yahoo BB,...,So-Net etc in that order. Their revenues are
compared pragmatically.
In my apartment i have an ADSL connection and the service company is So-NET. I
pay 1,974 YEN; though sometimes my bill indicates two charges as follows; 1,434
YEN plus 1974 YEN monthly.
Those with internet connection by Yahoo BB, pay around 4,000 YEN monthly.
Overall Yahoo BB seems is reported to be the winning competitor, looking at the
number of clients but also revenue.
This is as far as i can assist today. I am busy for an IEEE International
Workshop on Antennas and Novel Metamaterials at Chiba Univ. campus this week. I
am presenting a poster on 5th March. Today we are in Hakone for a laboratory
trip an an Onseni (hotspring).
With very kind regards,
--
Chomora MIKEKA, YNU, Japan
http://www.arailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/~mikeka/index.html
<http://www.arailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/%7Emikeka/index.html>
Attached Reference:
Toru
Takahashi, Ò6th ABS Update of Japan: Broadband Status,Ó February 26, 2007
<Toru-broadband status in Japan by Feb. 2007.pdf>(1.3 MB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/36h3pp>
ATTACHMENT
IV
From:
Peter Jack
<pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 2
Mar 2008 02:32:16 +0000 (GMT)
To: "Takeshi
Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re:
Urget request
Dear TAK,
Its ok about the short notice, but you may have to collect the info from the
attached documents, as I am really tied up and the off-hand data may not be
good enough.
The 2006 u-Korea_IT839_Strategy document has sub-sections in all the chapters
on Current status, and you should find some of the info you need in these
sections.
The Korea IT Industry Outlook 2007 document offers some more info from page 17
onwards.
Humble regards
Peter.
Attached
Reference:
(a) ÒA Leap
to Advanced Korea based on IT: IT 839 StrategyÓ
<u-Korea_IT839_eng.pdf> (828 MB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/23joq5>
(b) Ò2007 Korea IT Industry OutlookÓ
<Korea_IT_Ind_outlook 2007_total.pdf> (1 MB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ax9m4>
ATTACHMENT
V
From:
Peter Jack
<pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 2
Mar 2008 03:05:43 +0000 (GMT)
To: "Takeshi
Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re:
Urgent request
Dear TAK,
I have already sent a mail earlier, but I thought you might find these
additional documents useful.
I am also attaching a very brief PowerPoint concept note for the Niger Delta
Wireless Broadband (Wibro) project.
Humble regards,
Peter.
Attached
Reference:
(a)
International Telecommunication Union
ÒWorld Information Society 2006 ReportÓ Executive SummaryÓ
<Exe_Sum_ITU_World_Info_Society_Report_2006.pdf> (1.5 MB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/2gv58h>
(b) The World Bank
Ò2006 Information and Communications for Development: Global Trends and
PoliciesÓ
<ICT4D GLOBAL TRENDS_2006_UNDP REPORT.pdf> (4.4 MB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/24ma9w>
(c) Alison Gillwald
ÒNational Convergence Policy in a Globalised World: Preparing South Africa
for Next Generation Networks, Services and RegulationÓ
<Key_Paper_1_South Africa.pdf> (576 KB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/2yhcye>
(d) Irene Wu
ÒCanada, South Korea, Netherlands and Sweden: regulatory implications of the
convergence of telecommunications, broadcasting and Internet servicesÓ
<Key_Paper_2_Irena_Wu_Phorn_Pam.pdf> (248 KB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/25dxl6>
(e) Siddhartha Menon
ÒPolicy Initiative Dilemmas Surrounding Media Convergence: A Cross National
PerspectiveÓ
<Key_Paper_3_Cross NAtional perspective.pdf> (128 KB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/25klla>
(f) Peter Jack
ÒEDCF Proposal for Wireless Broadband Internet Infrastructure for eEducation
and eCommerce: A partnership for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta
Region between Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Republic of KoreaÓ
<Proposal_Wireless_Broadband_Wibro.pdf> (32 KB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/2xwfhd>
ATTACHMENT
VI
From:
PETER JACK
<pj2000ngr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2
Mar 2008 04:15:35 +0100
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Urgent
Request
Dear Tak,
The attached document may also prove useful.
Humble regards
Peter.
Attached
Reference:
(a) United
Nations
ÒUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development: Information Economy
Report 2006; The Development PerspectiveÓ
<Information Economy Report 2006_UNCTAD.pdf> (13.5 MB)
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/29ga82>
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of Distribution
Kunal Malhotra
Director of Legislation & Budget
Office of Council Member Gale A. Brewer
Council District 6: Upper West Side Manhattan
250 Broadway, Suite 1744
New York, NY 10007
Kunal.Malhotra@council.nyc.gov
212.788.6975 (phone)
212.513.7717 (fax)
Kaisa Kautto-Koivula
Ph.D.(educ.), Lic.Techn., Docent
Adjunct Professor, New Learning Environments
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Mobile: +358 400 403 632
kaisa.kautto-koivula@kolumbus.fi
or
Kruununtie 8 C
02180 Espoo, Finland
Bruce Lincoln
Chief Design Scientist
Urban Cyberspace Company
143-45 West 116th Street, Suite 5B
New York, NY 10026-2573
347-993-5171
bruce_lincoln@yahoo.com
Ksenia Avetisova
Media Lab: New Media Project Management
University of Art and Design Helsinki
Kilpolantie 16 C 36
00940 Helsinki
+358468114913
k_avetisova@bk.ru
Peter O. Jack
Training Consultant/Director
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Federal Ministry of Science & Technology
Plot 695, Port-Harcourt Crescent
Off Gimbiya Street,
Area 11, Garki, Abuja ‑ Nigeria
Tel: 09‑3142925 (Ext 102)
Fax: 09‑3142924
GSM: 08023112676
GSM: 0805 5007777
08033122299
pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk
Mr. Chomora Mikeka
Laboratory DESK: E301
Prof Arai Laboratory
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Division of Phyisics
Graduate School of Engineering
YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
79-5, Tokiwadai Hodogaya-ku
CHOMORAMIKEKA@YAHOO.COM
Yokohama 240-8501 Japan.
Fax: +81-45-338-1157
mikeka_chomora@yahoo.co.jp
http://www.arailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/English/index.html
http://www.arailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/~mikeka/index.html
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