Introduction to IPOX
-IP Phone Open Exchange

Daniel C. P. Ongg
Consultant/IPOX Project Leader
Email: daniel_ongg@mail.tca.org.tw
Mobile: +886 936 933 073
Taipei Computer Association Outline of Taiwan’s Broadband Internet Development
 IPOX Consortium – Initiativefor IP Phone Commercial

Deployment Promotion

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Taiwan’s Telecomm Market Demography

1996
1996
Local Call
20%
3%
Data Comm.

2002
2002
Paging
0.71%
Long Distance
29%

Internet Access11.99%

Mobile Phone
19.71%

Local Call
20.70%CHT
Other Mobile Op.

Facility Leasing
8%
Mobile Phone
13%

Long distance
4.89%

International
22%
Other 5%

Total：NT$ 157.3 B

Mobile Phone
35.15%

Others1.08%

International
7.56%

Total:NT$ 327.1 B

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Development of Internet Population
Penetration(%)

Subscriber(‘000)

10,000

35.0%

9,000

Internet Users
Penetration

8,000

27.0%

38.0%

38.0%

8,590

8,670

40%
35%

7,820
30%

7,000

21.7%

6,000

6,260
25%

4,800

5,000

20%

13.7%

4,000

15%

3,010
3,000

7.6%

2,000

1,660

1,000

10%

2.8%
600

broadband users

5%

-0%
1996

Source: FIND/ITPD

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003.03.

• In March 2003, the number of broadband users in Taiwan reached 2.28 million,
representing 26.27 % of total 8.67 million Internet users.

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Development of Broadband Internet5

Comparison with Other Countries
12.00%
10.95%

10.00%
8.00%
6.00%

5.56%
4.83%
4.03%

2002

1.66% 1.59% 2.00%

Finland

0.42% 0.23% 0.45%
0.16%

Swiden0.94%

Belgium

CanadaTaiwanHong Kong

0.70%

Denmark

1.43%

2.23% 2.18%

0.89%

U.S.

2.85% 2.76%

Deutch

3.12%

Korea

4.00%

3.73%

2001

0.00%

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Major ISP in Taiwan
Government Services Network

SeednetGSN

HiNET/CHT
Gigamedia
APOL/EBT

Taiwan Academia NetworkTANet

So-NetSparq
TTN
TFN
Chief

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IPOX Consortium – Initiative for IP Phone
Commercial Deployment Promotion

Taiwan SIP/Enum Forum

ISP，TANet，GSN

Taiwan
SIP/Enum
Trial Network

IPOX Consortium

Promotional Activities
Technology Proliferation

Introducing Japan
Experience

SIP/Enum VoIP
Demonstrative Site

CommonNumbering
SystemRegulation
Modification
Proposal

T.S.G. formiscellaneousTechnical issue

Interflow withVoIP
Forum(manufactures) 9

Major goal of IPOXAs an initiative of triggering the merge of Telecomm and Internet
Services through promoting IP Phone services to general public.
 The tentative goal of IP phone deployment are
At least 3 local ISP will provide “070” based SIP IP Phone services
before the end of 2003
The total number of IP Phone subscriber may exceed half million by
the end of 2004.
 Provide new growth momentum for local Broadband Internet Access
Quantity, penetration rate, access speed and QoS
 Brought up IP Phone local market in order to leverage the alreadybooming VoIP manufacturing industry
Service Provider and Maker collaboratively improve competitivenessand added value to the manufacturing industry.
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IPOX Strategies
ISP，TANet，GSN multi-peer IP Phone Interchange cooperation
 Targeted at IP Intra-net, avoid IP-PSTN issues
 Promote Personal/Enterprise VoIP simultaneous
Personal VoIP
¾ Mimic Japan modelEnterprise VoIP
¾ Adaptive approach¾ Integrate existing VPN closed VoIP install base

SIP/Enum standard
SIP/Enum standard will be adopted as much as possible
H.323/SIP inter-working mechanism needed for integrating H.323
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Dual Network Approach for Enterprise User
PhoneCarrier
Switch

PSTN

PBX

PBX

H.323
VoIP GW

PBX

H.323
VoIP GWPBXSIP
VoIP GWSIPVoIP GW

H.323 Gatekeeper
support Enum

Existing VPN H.323 VoIP User

New SIP VoIP User
‘070’IP Phone Network

Call Server

SIP/H.323 Interchange
CenterENUM Server12

Difference btw IPOX and what happened in Japan

Japan

IPOX

Market Trigger

Fired by Yahoo! BB, followed by Initiated by Government
other ISP
sponsored promotion project

Scope of 'Intra-net'
call(IP free phone)Some ISP formed 'free phone'consortium

Market biasing

Personal market initiallyAdoption of SIP/EnumNot applying initiallystandard

Intend to invite almost all of local
ISPParallel develop Personal/
Enterprise Market
Adopt SIP/Enum as much aspossible

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IPOX Tentative Progress Schedule

Jan-03Major Milestone

Jul-03Jan-04

Jul-04Signing Consortium，
some ISP launch IP

All member ISP
provide IP Phone

Demonstrative Site

Promotion

SIP/EnumTrial
Network
Testing/Certification
Environment
GSN /TANet
Numbering
Plan/Reulation
Change Proposal

Finalize IP Phone 'Prefix'， Complete
Propose regulation change regulation change

Jan-05300,000
Subscriber

Promotion

Jul-051,000,000
subscriber

Promotion

Start IP/PSTN
Interworking

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IPOX Phase I Forming a multi-ISP consortium jointly promote SIP/EnumIP Phone services
including new type 1 operator,TANet (Educational Internet),GSN(Government Services Network)
R&D institute and VoIP manufactures
operation of IPOX consortium may will be very similar to VoIP
Development Council in Japan.
 Three WG will be formed under IPOX consortium

Common Numbering and SIP/H.323 Interworking, Interop/
QoS/ Testing and Regulation.
 Several promotional activities, including VoIP Topic booth inrelated exhibitions, technological proliferation, seminar, etc.
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IPOX Phase II Conformance and Interop
 QoS
 Enum Value Added Services
 SIP Video Phone Services
 Wi-Fi SIP Phone Services
 Services Capability

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