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IMPROVING REGIONAL BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE

ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

CURRENT SITUATION AND EMERGING TRENDS OF ICT DEVELOPMENT TOWARD NORTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

ICT and Development Section

ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division

ESCAP

January 2018



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ESCAP

2018 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development (NICE) in Niigata A-OKUDA

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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)• Established 1947, HQ in Bangkok, Thailand

• Regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region.

• 53 Member States and 9 Associate Members

• The region is home to 4.1 billion people, or two thirds of the world’s population

For more information (http://www.unescap.org/)

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ESCAP’s Analytical Work


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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Landscape

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Economic Development

• Positive relationship between AI and economic development (GDP) in Asia and the Pacific region.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Connectivity

Positive correlation between AI and broadband connectivity

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AI vs Mobile Broadband AI vs Internet Users



Digital Divide by Fixed Broadband Subscriptions

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Digital Divide by Mobile Broadband Subscriptions



Digital Divide in ESCAP

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Overall digital divide has been reduced but some regions are stuck at low adoption rates


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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

AfghanistanTurkmenistan

TajikistanTimor-Leste

KiribatiPapua New Guinea

Solomon IslandsMyanmar

Lao P.D.R.Cambodia

PakistanNepal

IndonesiaSamoa

IndiaFiji

VanuatuMarshall Islands

TongaBangladesh

Sri LankaMicronesiaPhilippines

BhutanUzbekistanKyrgyzstan

PalauMaldivesMongolia

Brunei DarussalamViet NamMalaysiaThailandArmenia

TuvaluIran (I.R.)

TurkeyKazakhstan

GeorgiaFrench Polynesia

ChinaRussian Federation

AzerbaijanNew Caledonia

SingaporeAustralia

Macao, ChinaJapan

New ZealandHong Kong, China

Korea (Rep.)

Fixed Broadband Penetration Rates (per 100)

Data source: ITU. (2016). World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database. Available from: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/publications/wtid.aspx



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0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

KiribatiBrunei Darussalam

AfghanistanPapua New Guinea

IndiaSamoa

TurkmenistanSolomon Islands

TajikistanPakistan

BangladeshLao P.D.R.

Sri LankaIran (I.R.)

NepalFrench Polynesia

UzbekistanTonga

MyanmarKyrgyzstan

Timor-LesteViet NamArmeniaVanuatu

PhilippinesIndonesiaCambodia

FijiGeorgiaTurkeyChina

BhutanKazakhstanAzerbaijan

MaldivesRussian Federation

ThailandMongoliaMalaysia

Hong Kong, ChinaKorea (Rep.)

AustraliaNew Zealand

JapanSingapore

Macao, China

Mobile Broadband Penetration Rates (per 100)

Data source: ITU. (2016). World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database. Available from: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/publications/wtid.aspx


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Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway



The Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway initiative aims to increasethe availability and affordability of broadband Internet across Asia and the Pacific, by strengthening the underlying Internet infrastructure in the region.

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• Promote terrestrial and submarine fibre-optic connectivity

• Provide a regional intergovernmental platform focusing on the missing fibre-optic links between ESCAP countries

• ESCAP resolution 73/6 = mandate


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• Bridging digital divides

• Promoting affordable access to underserved areas

• Policy and technical support to Governments

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

• Resilient ICT networks

• Support to disaster management systems

• Ensuring last-mile disaster communication

Four Pillars of AP-IS

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• Physical network design, development, management at regional level

• Intergovernmental negotiation

• Improving regulations basedon open access CONNECTIVITY

E-RESILIENCE

TRAFFIC /NETWORKMANAGEMENT

BROADBANDFOR ALL



Asia-Pacific ICT & DRR Gateway

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Providing policymakers and

relevant stakeholders with an

accessible gateway containing

a spectrum of resources with

regard to Information and

Communications Technology

and Disaster Risk Reduction


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Navigate to the ICT & DRR Gateway

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Access the Gateway on

www.drrgateway.net



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Thank you!

Email: [email protected]

Sources: ESCAP (2017) Impact of Universal Service Funds on Fixed-Broadband Deployment and Internet Adoption in Asia and the Pacific


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