Table 2.5.  Telephone Lines in Asia and USA 

Mobile 

Telephone Mainlines 

International Telecommunication 

phones 

Country 

In larger city 

per 1000 

Outgoing traffic 

Cost of call to 

Per 1000 

Per 1000 people 

people 

minutes per 

US $ per 3 

people 1999 

1999 

1999 

subscriber 1999 

minutes 1999 

China 

86 294 

34 

18 6.70 

Hong Kong 

576 576 

636  703 2.60 

South Korea 

438 521 

500 

43 1.80 

Japan 

558 814 

49 

28 2.10 

Singapore 

482 182 

419  719 1.70 

India 

27 131 

2 

18 4.20 

Philippine 

39 146 

38 

45 4.80 

Thailand 

86 371 

38 

57 2.50 

Malaysia 

203 282 

137  156 2.80 

Indonesia 

29 163 

11 

41 4.20 

USA 

664  

312 

155  

Source : World Bank 

The capacity of telecommunication lines in Indonesia is quite low compared to the 

other countries in Asia. Table 2.5, above, indicates the combination of availability 

of phone line and high cost of call per minute has contributed to the low 

international ongoing traffic in Indonesia, 

Development of Web Sites in Indonesia  

Though the availability of telephone lines is constraint for the development if 

Internet, however, the demand of web page address  indicated the companies or 

individuals intended to develop web page in the Internet either for Indonesia or 

International address were quite high. Total protocol Internet address using 

Indonesia address as registered in Indonesia Network Information Center (IDNIC) 

by 2000 are 4265 (see table 2.6 below) and it is estimated to reach 8000 addresses 

in this 2001. Meanwhile, the demand of registration through International address 

is also high and at the moment is served by three internationally affiliated 

companies respectively by .com, .org, and .net.    

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