“THE OTHERS” … BROADBAND IN SELECTED ASIA/PACIFIC COUNTRIES Sam Paltridge, OECD* FSR Communications & Media Annual Conference A Complete Reassessment of Electronic Communications Regulation: Europe and the Others 27 May 2016 * The views are my own and may or may not be those of the OECD and its Member countries
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“THE OTHERS” … BROADBAND IN SELECTED ASIA/PACIFIC COUNTRIES
Sam Paltridge, OECD* FSR Communications & Media Annual Conference A Complete Reassessment of Electronic Communications Regulation: Europe and the Others 27 May 2016 * The views are my own and may or may not be those of the OECD and its Member countries
“The … broadband … future is already here — it's just not very
evenly distributed.”
with apologies to William Gibson
Countries chosen
• China? Hong Kong, China? • Korea • Japan • Singapore • New Zealand • Australia
.. and some benchmarking with Europe
Mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Note: 1. Singapore: Data are for mobile phone penetration rate Sources : OECD Broadband Portal, IDA (Singapore) and European Commission
Mobile Data Usage
Source: OECD, IDA for Singapore
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0.5
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1.5
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2.5
3
3.5
Korea Japan Australia Singapore Western Europe (EC for 2014)
New Zealand
Mobile Data Usage, GB per subscription per month, 2015
But the future is unevenly distributed
Source: OECD, IDA for Singapore, Rewheel for Finland/Germany
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2
4
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10
12
Korea Japan Australia Singapore Western Europe (EC for 2014)
Finland Germany New Zealand
Mobile Data Usage, GB per subscription per month, 2015
Finland: Increased use of unlimited data plans and pricing by speed
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Sources : OECD Broadband Portal, IDA (Singapore) and European Commission
Average connection and peak connection speed
Source : Akamai, data for 2015Q3
Households with fixed broadband access
Notes: Data for 2014; 1. Singapore: grey column shows fixed broadband subscriptions data per household; 2. Australia's data are for "Households with internet access at home" which make them not directly comparable to the other countries; 3. New Zealand data for 2014 are estimates.
Source: National household surveys
Broadband Pricing
100 Mbps - Unlimited data • Korea – USD 23 • Singapore - USD 25 • Japan – USD 33 • New Zealand – USD 61 • Australia – USD 72
1 Gbps - Unlimited data • Korea – USD 25 • Singapore - USD 36 • Japan – USD 32 to 40
(apartments) 47 (standalone dwelling)
• New Zealand – offers for business at USD 339 / not yet consumers
• Australia – not yet (2017?)
The first 10 Gbps offers
• Japan – USD 90 • Singapore – USD 131 • Korea - not yet except for business • New Zealand – not yet • Australia – not yet