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VoIP as a model applicable to developing countries. One Destination Center, Indonesia: 9

Project background and justification

Interconnectivity of VoIP to other types of telecommunication networks in Indonesia remains an issue, as regulation imposed by the Indonesian government governs only outgoing calls from VoIP to telecommunication operators, not incoming calls from operators to VoIP.

This implies that the government does not fully integrate their numbers into e164arpa, the Electronic Number Mapping System association acknowledged by the International Telecommunication Union.

To deal with this problem, ODC will request ENUM number allocation from e164.org, a free provider operated by the Internet Telephony Users Association, a non-profit association. Just like e164arpa, e164.org allows users to register their normal home telephone line as a VoIP line. This will enable VR to reach VoIP clients or normal telephone numbers also registered to the e164.org database –complementing the already established system and providing an alternative to users to make their calls. To become part of e164.org, however, ODC needs to adjust VR's briker, to make it capable of running well under the SIP environment, the protocol used by e164.org. However, the project is limited to demonstrating a model applicable to other countries.

Project summary

ODC - Testing Voice over Internet Protocol or IP telephony has become the sort of communication tool increasingly viable to use and capable of reducing the cost of phone calls that connect via the Internet. However, the implementation of VoIP in many countries (such as Indonesia) is facing a number of issues, some of which are:
  • VoIP call is one-way, meaning that such a call can only be made from a computer-based terminal to an analog terminal, not vice versa. This is attributed to a limitation in calling methods available in the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN), in which making a routing table from PSTN to a specific computer with connectivity is not yet possible;
  • The VoIP design is still proprietary.
A VoIP application developed by developed by VoIP Rakyat (VR), a VoIP provider in Indonesia, may improve the current system we have. It is applicable to the models available in other developing countries and can be integrated into the PSTN, CDMA, and GSM system..

This application will be tested against Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), a 4G-based protocol designed to penetrate firewalls and a protocol mainly used by e164.org.

Organization profile

One Destination Center (ODC) is a non-governmental organization aimed at closing the digital divide gap while averting Indonesia’s dependence on international bandwidth. It was founded in December 2007 by information and communication technology (ICT) activists Onno Purbo and Nurlina Purbo.

Through ODC, traditional Indonesian society can be transformed into a knowledge base combined with information technology. ODC’s mission is to build ICT capacity among the Indonesian population through empowerment programs such as the Gender Equality in ICT project. This project empowers females through ICT, giving them better employment, education, and economic opportunities.

ODC also undertook other projects on a smaller scale such as the Indonesia Goes Open Source! and MURI Free Open Source Indonesia, both of which are projects aimed at mainstreaming the use of open source software in Indonesia.

In carrying out these programs, ODC aims to utilize, whenever possible, any working low-cost people-based initiatives such as neighbourhood connectivity, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), open source software, and homebrew antennas.

ODC has also worked with leading research organizations such as the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their objective to build healthier, equitable, and more prosperous societies.

For more information about ODC, visit: http://www.odc-foundation.org

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