ASIA PACIFIC INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY (AP-IS) Atsuko Okuda Chief, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ASIA PACIFIC INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY (AP-IS)

Atsuko Okuda Chief, ICT and Development Section ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division ESCAP

Part 1: Digital Divide in Asia and the Pacific

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52% of broadband subscribers in Asia and the Pacific

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Africa (0.4%) Latin America & Caribbean (4%) North America (27.7%) Europe (28%) ESCAP (39.9%)

2005

Africa (1.3%) Latin America & Caribbean (8.5%) North America (15.2%) Europe (23.1%) ESCAP (51.9%)

2014

Global shares of total fixed-broadband subscriptions in 2005 and 2014: ESCAP analysis based on 2014 ITU Figures

Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (average) from 2000-2014 ESCAP-LDCs, LLDCs, SIDS

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2 4 6 8 10 12 Fixed-Broadband Sub. per 100 Inhabitants (Average) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year ESCAP SIDS ESCAP LDC ESCAP LLDC ESCAP

Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database, accessed June 2015.

Differentiated broadband growth pattern

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Australia Azerbaijan French Polynesia Georgia Hong Kong, China Japan Kazakhstan Korea (Rep. of) Macao, China Malaysia New Zealand Philippines Russia Singapore Turkey

5 10 15 20 25 Fixed-Broadband Sub. per 100 (average) 2005 10 20 30 40 Fixed-Broadband Sub. per 100 (average) 2014

Afghanistan Armenia Brunei Darussalam Fiji India Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Lao P.D.R. Micronesia (Fed. States of) Mongolia Pakistan Palau Sri Lanka Thailand Tonga Vanuatu Viet Nam

.5 1 1.5 2 Fixed-Broadband Sub. per 100 (Average) 2005 2 4 6 8 10 Fixed-Broadband Sub. per 100 (Average) 2014

Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database, accessed June 2015.

Proportionate growth between infrastructure and services

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Armenia Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russian Federation Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

.2 .4 .6 .8 Online Services Index .2 .4 .6 Telecommunications Infrastructure Index 2008 2014

ESCAP North & Central Asia

Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Iran (Islamic Rep. of) Sri Lanka Maldives Nepal Pakistan Turkey

.2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 Online Services Index .1 .2 .3 .4 Telecommunications Infrastructure Index 2008 2014

ESCAP South & South-West Asia

Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from United Nations Public Administration Country Studies/E- Government Development Index Database, accessed April 2016.

Strong correlation between fixed broadband subscriptions and regulatory quality index

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Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database, accessed June 2015. Regulatory Quality Index sourced from World Governance Indicators, World Bank. Note: Estimates for Regulatory Quality ranges between -2 (poor regulatory quality) and +2 (very good regulatory quality); 95% Confidence Interval shaded in grey.

Mobile Broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants growing in synch in A-P

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Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database, accessed June 2015.

Part 2: Introduction of the Asia- Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS)

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What is AP-IS?

• Regional Initiative supported by ESCAP
• A regional broadband network covering ESCAP Member

countries and associate Member countries from Turkey to Kiribati

• A pillar in ESCAP’s regional connectivity initiatives

(together with transport and energy), which aims to facilitate movement of people, goods, money, information and knowledge for sustainable socioeconomic development in the region

• …which addresses the causes of digital divides, develops

Internet ecosystem which supports the implementation of the SDGs and stimulates digital economy

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AP-IS Map

Interactive Map, visit <http://www.itu.int/itu-d/tnd-map-public/>

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AP-IS Programmatic View

• Bridging digital divides
• Promoting affordable

access to underserviced areas

• Policy and technical

support to governments

• Resilient ICT Networks
• Support to disaster

management systems

• Ensuring last mile disaster

communication

• Ensuring efficient and

effective Internet traffic and network management at regional, sub-regional and national levels

• Physical network design,

development, management at regional level

• Inter-governmental

negotiation

• Improving regulations

based on open access Connectivity Traffic/ Network Mgmt

Broadband for all E- Resilience

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Summary of Regional Status and Results

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0

Asia & Pacific Europe The Americas

Fixed broadband subscriptions Individuals using the Internet

• High dependency on submarine
• Missing, insufficient,

not-integrated terrestrial regional backbone

• Weak domestic

backbone/access

• Lack of IXPs and

Operational workforce

• Lack of policy awareness
• Lack of open, neutral

principles/practice

• Severe Tromboning
• High transit cost
• Low traffic speed & high latency

between Int’l backbone links

Physical Backbone Connectivity Internet Traffic Management System High Cost Low Quality Low Internet Penetration Low demand

Vicious Cycle

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• Fixed BB subscription * ITU 2014 (per 100 inhabitants)
• Individual using the Internet

The Way Forward

• Developing AP-IS Master Plan, including goals, main

activities, milestones and priorities: 2nd meeting of the AP- IS Working Group in Aug 2016, the Committee on ICT and STI on 5-7 October 2016

• Enhancing and updating AP-IS transmission map
• Facilitating private sector investment opportunities for the

construction of missing fiber optic links: partnership with development banks, identifying barriers to infrastructure sharing and network deployments

• Analytical work on ICT connectivity, e-resilience and

digital divides

• Enhanced linkage between SDGs and WSIS within AP-IS

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Thank you Atsuko Okuda

• kuda@un.org

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