Analysis of the Needs of ICT Ecosystems to Support the Acceleration of Internet Fixed Broadband Penetration (case: Bogor, Sumedang, Bangli, and Karangasem)

Abstract

<p class="JGI-AbstractIsi">This study is conducted to see the potential demand with the characteristics of the campus environment, industrial environment, and tourism environment on internet fixed broadband use, where the objective of this survey is limited to households, individuals and businesses. Analysis is carried out in a descriptive manner based on the results of qualitative discussions by experts which is reinforced by the findings of the survey results. The survey results show that the internet utilization by the public (households, businesses) is mostly for communication and entertainment, so that the cellular internet is considered adequate for public's internet need. This is relevant to the public’s opinion that 87.9% of the internet needs are met when using cellular phone. There are 3 (three) perceptible reasons of why respondents choose not to subscribe to Fixed broadband internet, namely: 1) There is no necessity for subscription, 2) Lack of Knowledge/Information related to Broadband Fixed internet, and 3) Expensive Prices. The potential demand for each characteristic is always there, however, the most dominant one comes from the businesses, such as cafes/eateries, food stores, gift shops, photocopying businesses, vehicle rental services, travel businesses, etc.<strong></strong></p>

The Broadband Penetration in Europe

“…The investment in broadband penetration in Asian countries is positively associated to GDP growth especially in the case of low inflation as a tool to promote job creation in the digital economy [16]. While on one side, families and individual customers could prefer mobile internet connection to broadband penetration, since these groups use internet for communication and entertainment, on the other side firms and business activities express a demand of broadband penetration to improve the profitability of their activities [17]. Broadband penetration has negative impact on social capital in terms of relationships and interactions since users tend to prefer virtual life to real life [18].…”

The Broadband Penetration in Europe

“…The development of telecommunication infrastructure also has a positive role in promoting digitalization and economic growth especially in high performing EU-OECD economies (Oztunc, Demirbas and Orhan 2019, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. The investment in broadband penetration in Asian countries is positively associated to GDP growth especially in the case of low inflation as a tool to promote job creation in the digital economy (Shodiev, Turayey and Shodiyev 2021).…”