Timeline & History of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific ... · PDF fileIPv6 specification...
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1992 Hong Kong Japan Malaysia Internet Society Established 2002 Internet Society successfully bids for .ORG registry 2003 Afghanistan Timor-Leste 1 st Meeting of the South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG) in Kathmandu, Nepal 2005 Nokia E series (with embedded keyboard) launched YouTube launched 1 st Meeting of the Pacific Network Operators Group (PacNOG) in Nadi, Fiji Winner of Jonathan B. Postel Service Award - Jun Murai 2006 2007 2009 1 st commercial 4G/LTE deployed in Stockholm and Oslo WhatsApp launched Creation of internationalized domain names for country code top-level (ccTLDs) approved by ICANN 2017 25th Anniversary of the Internet Society 2010 Wireless for Communities Programme launched in Chanderi, India Winner of Jonathan B. Postel Service Award - Jianping Wu 1999 Bhutan Papua New Guinea 2014 2014 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees (Asia) Abhaya Induruwa, Sri Lanka Hualin Qian, China Mahabir Pun, Nepal Masaki Hirabaru, Japan Srinivasan Ramani, India Winner of Jonathan B. Postel Service Award - Mahabir Pun 1993 National Center for Supercomputing Applications released Mosaic Web Browser APNIC, the regional Internet address registry for the Asia-Pacific, established 1994 Bangladesh Indonesia Republic of Korea Philippines Singapore 1 st Internet Society Chapter founded in Japan 2001 Southern Cross Cable linking the Pacific to US completed 2008 Internet Society established the Asia-Pacific Bureau 2011 LINE, Japanese messaging app, launched WeChat, Chinese messaging app, launched Internet Society Singapore entity established Winner of Jonathan B. Postel Service Award - Kilnam Chon 2012 2012 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees (Asia) Tan Tin Wee, Singapore Kilnam Chon, Republic of Korea Toru Takahashi, Japan 1 st Asia Internet Symposium (AIS) in Manila, Philippines 2013 2013 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees (Asia) Gihan Dias, Sri Lanka Haruhisa Ishida, Japan Jun Murai, Japan Kanchana Kanchanasut, Thailand Qiheng Hu, China China created Tianhe-2 a 33.86 petaflop computer 2016 1 st Regional Internet & Development Dialogue (RIDD) in Bangkok, Thailand Winner of Jonathan B. Postel Service Award - Kanchana Kanchanasut 2000 1 st IETF meeting in the Asia-Pacific region in Adelaide, Australia Trek 2000 International in Singapore created the ThumbDrive Myanmar Tuvalu SEA-ME-WE3 submarine cable completed 1996 Nokia 9000 Communicator released, the 1 st mobile phone with Internet capabilities Hotmail and Rocketmail launched Maldives Mongolia Viet Nam 1 st Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) in Singapore 1995 Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Brunei Darussalam China Fiji India 2004 1 st IETF meeting in San Diego, USA (1986) World Wide Web opened to the public (1991) Linux source code released (1991) Australia (1989) New Zealand (1989) 1997 Cambodia Lao PDR Solomon Islands 1998 Nauru Samoa Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Name Association (APTLD) established FlipKart, leading e-commerce website in India, launched 1 st commercial Android device, TMobile G1, launched Kakao Talk, Korean messaging app, launched Grab, taxi booking app in South-East Asia, launched Lazada, leading ecommerce website in South-East Asia, launched Friendster launched 1 st Blackberry device launched Alibaba established Yahoo! launched Windows 95 launched Google launched ICANN established Wikipedia launched MySpace launched Skype launched Facebook launched Twitter launched iPhone launched iPad launched Orkut launched 1 st Asia-Pacific IGF in Hong Kong 1 st billion Internet users in the Asia-Pacific 100th IETF meeting in Singapore 1 st Asia-Pacific Regional Policy Survey 3 billion Internet users 2 billion Internet users 1 st Regional INET in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 nd Phase of WSIS 1 st Global IGF 1 st commercial 3G launched in Japan IPv6 specification released by IETF INET '92 Kobe in Japan 1 st Phase of WSIS 1 billion Internet users Global milestones Internet Society milestones Asia-Pacific milestones When countries first had Internet connection (based on establishment date of first commercial Internet service provider) 1992-2017 The Internet Society's 25th anniversary timeline & history of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific Internet Society Asia-Pacific Bureau, 9 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec Tower Two #09-01, Singapore 038989 facebook.com/isocasiapacific @ISOCapac www.isoc.org/apac [email protected]
Transcript of Timeline & History of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific ... · PDF fileIPv6 specification...
1992Hong Kong
JapanMalaysia
Internet Society Established
2002Internet Society successfully bidsfor .ORG registry
2003
AfghanistanTimor-Leste
1st Meeting of the South AsianNetwork Operators Group (SANOG) in
Kathmandu, Nepal
2005Nokia E series (with embedded keyboard)
launched
YouTube launched
1st Meeting of the Pacific NetworkOperators Group (PacNOG) in Nadi, Fiji
Winner of Jonathan B. PostelService Award - Jun Murai
2006
2007
2009
1st commercial 4G/LTE deployedin Stockholm and Oslo
WhatsApp launched
Creation of internationalized domainnames for country code top-level
(ccTLDs) approved by ICANN
201725th Anniversary ofthe Internet Society
2010
Wireless for Communities Programmelaunched in Chanderi, India Winner of Jonathan B. Postel
Service Award - Jianping Wu
1999
BhutanPapua New Guinea
2014
2014 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees (Asia)Abhaya Induruwa, Sri LankaHualin Qian, ChinaMahabir Pun, NepalMasaki Hirabaru, JapanSrinivasan Ramani, India
Winner of Jonathan B. PostelService Award - Mahabir Pun
1993 National Center for SupercomputingApplications released Mosaic Web Browser
APNIC, the regionalInternet address registryfor the Asia-Pacific,established
1994BangladeshIndonesia
Republic of KoreaPhilippinesSingapore
1st Internet Society Chapterfounded in Japan
2001Southern Cross Cable linking thePacific to US completed
2008Internet Society establishedthe Asia-Pacific Bureau
2011
LINE, Japanese messagingapp, launched
WeChat, Chinesemessaging app, launched
Internet Society Singaporeentity established
Winner of Jonathan B. PostelService Award - Kilnam Chon
20122012 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees (Asia)
Tan Tin Wee, SingaporeKilnam Chon, Republic of KoreaToru Takahashi, Japan
1st Asia Internet Symposium (AIS)in Manila, Philippines
2013
2013 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees (Asia)Gihan Dias, Sri LankaHaruhisa Ishida, JapanJun Murai, JapanKanchana Kanchanasut, ThailandQiheng Hu, China
China created Tianhe-2 a 33.86petaflop computer
2016 1st Regional Internet & DevelopmentDialogue (RIDD) in Bangkok, Thailand
Winner of Jonathan B. PostelService Award - Kanchana Kanchanasut
20001st IETF meeting in the Asia-Pacific
region in Adelaide, Australia
Trek 2000 International in Singaporecreated the ThumbDrive
MyanmarTuvalu
SEA-ME-WE3submarine cable
completed
1996Nokia 9000 Communicator released, the
1st mobile phone with Internet capabilities
Hotmail and Rocketmail launched
MaldivesMongoliaViet Nam
1st Asia Pacific RegionalInternet Conference on
Operational Technologies(APRICOT) in Singapore
1995Nepal
PakistanSri LankaTaiwan
Thailand
Brunei DarussalamChina
FijiIndia
2004
1st IETF meeting in San Diego, USA (1986)World Wide Web opened to the public (1991)
Linux source code released (1991)
Australia (1989)New Zealand (1989)
1997CambodiaLao PDR
Solomon Islands
1998NauruSamoa Asia Pacific Top Level
Domain Name Association(APTLD) established
FlipKart, leadinge-commerce websitein India, launched
1st commercial Androiddevice, TMobile G1,launched
Kakao Talk, Koreanmessaging app,launched
Grab, taxi booking appin South-East Asia,launched
Lazada, leadingecommerce website inSouth-East Asia, launched
Friendsterlaunched
1st Blackberrydevice launched
Alibaba established
Yahoo! launched
Windows 95 launched
Google launched
ICANN established
Wikipedia launched
MySpace launched
Skype launched
Facebook launched
Twitter launched
iPhone launched
iPad launched
Orkut launched
1st Asia-Pacific IGF in Hong Kong
1st billion Internet users in the Asia-Pacific
100th IETF meeting in Singapore
1st Asia-Pacific Regional Policy Survey
3 billion Internet users
2 billion Internet users
1st Regional INET in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2nd Phase of WSIS
1st Global IGF
1st commercial 3G launched in Japan
IPv6 specification released by IETF
INET '92 Kobe in Japan
1st Phase of WSIS
1 billion Internet users
Globalmilestones
InternetSocietymilestones
Asia-Pacificmilestones
When countries first hadInternet connection(based on establishmentdate of first commercialInternet service provider)
1992-2017
The Internet Society's 25th anniversary timeline& history of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific
Internet Society Asia-Pacific Bureau, 9 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec Tower Two #09-01, Singapore 038989
facebook.com/isocasiapacific @ISOCapac www.isoc.org/apac [email protected]
