“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

1

1.5

2

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

6

8

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

2 x 1 Gbps

Other services

New Zealand: Changes in pricing/usage