Why
BlackBerry sold-sweet? According to a circulating joke, this is because many people believe this phone antitap. "No wonder many Board Members who book," joked a senior on a BlackBerry service provider.
Joke that contextual, both for the BlackBerry boom phenomenon, and also describes the national political situation this past year is characterized by the disclosure of the case through telecommunication surveillance techniques. Even the disclosure of telecommunications into a conversation a new legal precedent and appreciated when done at the level of the Constitutional Court.
Bak snowballs, recent wiretapping recordings playback in the courtroom and conducted more frequently tend to become commonplace. In fact, explicit conversations regarding sexual activity would not want to go uncovered (and broadcast live by national television station). As if, the recorded conversations can be easily obtained to serve as evidence.
Depkominfo vs CommissionMinister of Communication and Information (RI), Tifatul Sembiring, about what happened to each other so that the government intercepted
among institutions need apply settings. "As has been out of Law (Law) IT No. 11 of 2008, it is necessary to regulate wiretapping by the PP, so do not tap it to play. The concept of the existing RPP and are expected to complete the next six months," he said. According to Tifatul, in other countries, like Australia, Korea, and Japan, wiretapping (Lawful interception) was drawn under the control of the Ministry of ICT as Depkominfo (Koran Jakarta, December 7, 2009).
Cash Plan Government Regulation on Procedures interception (tapping RPP) is inviting reactions. Identical to the context-ontran political ontran in the Commission about alleged impairment (Corruption Eradication Commission), then this rule immediately accused of being part of a major effort to weaken the independent agency it. RPP is considered to limit the motion of the Commission in the wiretapping had become the authority's institutions through the Law Commission. In Article 12 letter (a) of Act No. 30 of 2002 on Corruption mentioned, in carrying out investigation work, investigation and prosecution as referred to in Article 6 letter c, the Commission is authorized to intercept and record conversations.
No less than the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Mahfud MD, cautioned that the RPP should not about substance. "But when it set about the object, subject, and who is entitled to tap, it was the domain of Law, not the PP," he said. According Mahfud, RPP is only allowed to regulate the tapping mechanism. The court's permission must be regulated in the Act (kompas.com, December 21, 2009). The Court also had issued a decision that strengthened the authority of the Commission on the wiretapping, which is the decision of No. 6 / 2003 and No. 11 of 2006.
Even the pros and cons more heated when then ignited feud between members of the Presidential Advisory Council, Adnan Buyung Nasution, with Tifatul Sembiring. Pitcher surprised by insistence Tifatul. "Maybe he was told to corrupt or including spokesman. It was as corruptor fight back," he accused. Hearing this, threatened to dismiss Tifatul Buyung from Wantimpres (who obviously was just an emotional response only). Clear points of the founders of the government YLBHI is okay to make rules about wiretapping. However, it can only apply to police and prosecutors only.
"Can contrived but excluded for the Commission, the Commission should not be disturbed once," said Buyung.
The suspicion that the main target of this surveillance RPP is very reasonable Commission. There are many points in the draft that conflict with the Law Commission. KPK spokesman Johan Budi told, the Commission had handed over eight inputs related discussions for RI surveillance RPP Tifatul Sembiring.
Eight inputs that is, about penyadapannya requirements; determining chief trial (related to the submission requirements court permission before tapping); understanding wiretapping itself, because the Law Commission Act ITE with the different meanings; procedures and requirements wiretapping, because they have to in the Act are not PP ; problems interception service center, where the Commission rejected because wiretapping is confidential; permits wiretapping issue to be clarified; wiretapping equipment standards should also be clarified; administrative issues must also be clarified (kompas.com, December 18, 2009).
KPI vs DepkominfoNot just once Depkominfo "clash" with other independent institutions and tend to want to take over the authority as a regulator. Before this Depkominfo also "fight" with the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) in a matter of attraction permits for existing broadcasters.
In that case, KPI makes them feel Depkominfo subregulator broadcasting only. This is due to the publication of Regulation of the Minister of Communication and Information (Permenkominfo) No. 17/P/M.KOMINFO/6/2006 dated June 7, 2006 which regulates the procedures for the implementation of adjustment broadcasting license for private broadcasters and the existing subscription. Permenkominfo number 17 this is a derivative of the PP No.. 50 and 52 PP Broadcasting rejected by the Parliament and its validity is KPIs. This rejection is due to the House and KPI see a discrepancy between the contents arranged in PP Broadcasting with Broadcasting Act. And clearly, anytime, anywhere, legislation should not conflict with the above product (http://kpi.go.id, June 13, 2006).
According to Agus Sudibyo (Director of Science Foundation, Aesthetics, and Technology (SET), http://agussudibyo.wordpress.com), Regulation No. minister. 17/2006 shows that institutionalization is not a priority Depkominfo a public information service apparatus. So many national events: the tsunami in Aceh, the disaster starvation, malnutrition, bird flu, and the last earthquake in Yogyakarta, Central Java, which escaped from involvement Depkominfo as an information apparatus.
These institutions range just busy expand authority, to reach the media and broadcasting domains that were not government regulated Relevans again. Increasingly clear priority Depkominfo is how to restore his authority as a media regulator. Here, we not only speak the effort to take over authority from the KPI regualtor broadcasting. In relation to the printing press, there are indications to take the functions of the Press Council as stipulated in the Act Release No. 40 1999. According to Agus, the position as a media regulator does contain the political-economic potential of a very large and should be contested. From this position before the Department of Information and authoritarian effectively control the political attitudes of media. From the economic side, the broadcasting license can be treated like a commodity that can be traded without a transparent procedures and fair. And it's no secret that this practice has resulted in economic benefits for public officials in the technical departments of government which holds the broadcasting license authority.
USO is "Too Slow"When traced back, as Depkominfo present incarnation of "merger" plus the Director General of Information Department of Posts and Telecommunications (DG Postel), through Presidential Regulation No. 9 of 2005. DG Postel presence brings huge financial consequences for dragging beneath a huge government spending in the telecommunications sector, following the large current world economic infrastructure development based telecommunications and information technology.
According to business Indonesia (August 5, 2009), Non-Tax State Revenue (non-tax revenues) Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Depkominfo) in the period 2005-2008 non-tax revenues come primarily from the Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications is collected in accordance with Government Regulation No. 28 of 2005 on Rates the prevailing non-tax revenues in Depkominfo. Types of revenue is made up of the implementation of the frequency of the rights fees, the cost of implementation of rights of telecommunication services, energy services income, employment information, training and technology services, the contribution of the telecommunications universal service obligation (Universal Service Obligation), education and income, rental, and removal of assets.
In 2008, the realization of revenue PNBP Rp7 Depkominfo, 7 trillion, an increase Rp2, 6 trillion, or 51% compared with the realization of the 2007 on Rp5, 1 trillion.
Then, until mid 2009, the government recorded a non-tax revenues Rp7, 2 trillion, including the deployment of broadband wireless access for almost Rp900 billion, from sales of cellular frequency band third generation (3G) to SingTel for Rp160 billion plus a fee up front Rp160 billion. The value could be increased if the other four 3G operators are also adding additional bands for 3G, or 1 block of 5 MHz, so potentially providing financial coffers of government as much as Rp1, 5 trillion.
Of that amount, Depkominfo will spend most of the USO to continue the project (Universal Service Obligation). Depkominfo still owe the rural telephone development held within the framework of the USO at 31,824 thousand villages (villages rings) and program-based smart village Internet (5748 districts).
USO financing schemes that have been started since 2006 this is not going well, too slow. Legal issues arising from the troubled bid to be the most severe constraint smoothness implementation. New 2009 towards the end of this project began to be realized ringing the village.
Previously, XL chose withdrew from the tender. President Director of PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk. (XL) Hasnul Suhaimi said it withdrew from tendering the USO because they do not want half measures. "On second thought, our calculations in the USO program is not fit calculations. Compared to a half-half, we better focus on quality of service, we also have customers that need attention," said Hasnul. XL will continue to support the program by preparing a special price for those who want to use the infrastructure in the project XL USO. "USO is a thin client. So we can give volume discounts," said Hasnul (detik.com, 20 November 2007).
After a bit wrong with the village rang, the USO will be followed by other innovations, the "Internet village" or the Internet District. But, again, the bidding process does not seem to be running smoothly. According to the Investor Daily (16 November 2009), interest in the tender minimal operator join. Of the 19 participants of the tender, an advanced telecommunications service to the next round only Telkom and Telkomsel. Other bidders retreat, such as PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta (Indosat's subsidiary), PT Icon + (subsidiary PLN), PT Pos Indonesia, PT Raharja Media Internet, and Netwave PT Multimedia, PT Indosat Mega Media/IM2, and PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
The lack of operator interest in the USO tender District's Internet was not free from concerns about these programs overlap with other programs, such as rural USO tring to 32 thousand villages and tender Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) WiMAX technology.
Vox Populi Vox DeiRather than deal with wiretapping regulation by independent agencies that have been protected by other legislation that is stronger, better Depkominfo energy used for the fulfillment quickly noble ideals of the USO.
Still millions of people who would not even be tapped because no exposure to telecommunications access. Providing telecommunications network without the shortcut through the USO, can-can most people will never be able to enjoy the telecommunications connection. When the USO was launched in 2006, the total telephone density in Indonesia is still at number 35%. Of that number, 29% was donated by cell phone. Share of fixed telephone was increasingly decreased to only about 6% of it. The tendency of this cell biggest share common throughout the world.
Although the penetration of cellular networks so rapidly that in just 3 years (2004-2006) was able to inflate the numbers telephone density doubled, from 18% to 35%, but still to this day yet 50% of the population inaccessible Indonesia telecommunication devices. So the importance of telecommunications, if I may choose, maybe they will choose bugged, just as long as you communicate. They will not care whether they use the network unsecure or deliberately bugged, anyway they just need to make some important news or exchanging greetings yearning, not for dividing up the loot corruption or high-level political conspiracy.
Try to imagine the emergency needs of people in the unreached rural telephone network when pressed to call the doctor. Would not, if you could choose, they would prefer him cry SOS tapped and thus heard more people? But alas, still hundreds of millions of people who would hear his voice could not yet reached by
telecommunications. And we remember the adage "Vox Populi Vox Dei", the voice of the people is the voice of God. So, if you want to know God's will for this country, let all the people potentially exposed to intercept telecommunications and voice can be heard. Because the tap people, then means we have tapped the Lord. Is not cool if we have direct access to God's will?
