Onno W. Purbo

Currently serves as Rector of the South Tangerang Institute of Technology (ITTS). Onno earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, is a copyleftist, educator, and ICT evangelist. He has published 50++ books, including a free ICT ebook for schools in 2008. Some of his latest books are "Internet-TCP/IP: Concepts and Implementation", 2018; "Operating Systems, Concepts and Creating Linux OpenWRT and Android ROM", 2019; "IPv6 to Support Network Operations and Domain Names" System", 2019; " Kubernetes for Beginners", 2024 and "Creating Your Own 5G Mobile Operator", 2024. He led the first Internet connection at the Bandung Institute of Technology, 1993-2000, and used it to create the first educational Internet network in Indonesia. He freed up WiFi frequencies, introduced RT/RW-net, Wajanbolic antennas and OpenBTS cellular networks and his own private 5G. He led the first telephone network over the Internet, VoIP Merdeka, which later became known as SIP-based VoIP Rakyat and used area codes +62520 and +62521. He is currently actively introducing eLearning, and running e-Learning servers at http://lms.onnocenter.or.id/moodle/ 65,000++ students / students and https://opencourse.itts.ac.id 40,000+ students for free.