The document celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Philippine Internet by providing details on key milestones. It notes that on March 29, 1994, the Philippines directly connected to the Internet for the first time through the educational network Philnet connecting to Sprintlink in California. This connection allowed Philippine universities to access the Internet, after which commercial ISPs started and allowed public signup. The document outlines some of the first universities connected, ISPs, dotcoms, and websites in the Philippines. It describes how today there is mobile internet, connected devices, apps, and a strong developer ecosystem, all starting to grow rapidly after the initial 1994 connection.

2. Who
am
I?
J
Jim
Ayson
SMART
Partner
Management
SMART
Developer
Network
SPINNR
Indie
jdayson@smart.com.ph
@jimayson
Facebook.com/jimayson

3. What
are
we
celebraFng
today?

4. The
20th
Anniversary
of
the
Philippine
Internet!

5. On
March
29,
1994
-­‐
the
Philippines
directly
connected
to
the
Internet
for
the
first
Fme.

6. The
educaFonal
network
Philnet
connected
to
Sprintlink
in
California.
This
connected
Philippine
universiFes
to
the
Internet,
aTer
which
commercial
ISPs
started
operaFng,
allowing
the
public
to
signup
for
Dialup
accounts.

7. First
UniversiFes
connected…
Ateneo
de
Manila,
University
of
the
Philppines
(Diliman,
Los
Banos,
Manila,
De
La
Salle
University,
St
Louis
University
(Baguio),
University
of
San
Carlos
(Cebu),
Xavier
University
(Cagayan
de
Oro),
etc.

8. The
connecFon
spawned
the
birth
of
today’s
Philippine
Digital
Economy.

9. First
Internet
Service
Providers
(the
first
Internet
startups!
1994-­‐1996)
MosCom,
iPhil,
PhilOnline,
I-­‐Manila,
Portalic,
Sequel,
Cybernet
Live!,
etc.

10. The
First
Dotcoms
and
tech
startups
Hatch
Asia
in
Fort
Bonifacio
–
one
of
the
early
tech
incubators

11. The
First
Philippine
Websites

12. And
today
we
have

13. Mobile
Internet
(2G,
3G,
HSPA,
4G
LTE)

14. Connected
Mobile
Devices
(from
Nokia
S60
and
Blackberry
to
iOS
and
Android)

15. Apps

16. A
healthy
developer/startup
ecosystem

17. All
these
started
at
a
fast
pace
aTer
March
29,
1994.

18. What’s
NEXT?

19. Many
predicFons,
here’s
my
favorite:
The
“Internet
of
Things”
becomes
the
“Internet
of
Me”.
Wearable
Tech,
the
QuanFfied
Self,
the
connected
car,
billions
of
connected
devices…
requires
iPv6

21. And
now
a
special
guest
to
say
a
few
words…..

22. Vinton
Cerf
-­‐
Chief
Internet
Evangelist
of
Google
and
the
“Father
of
the
Internet”

23. Thank
you
and
have
a
great
day!