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Unlocking Asian Borders for
New Avenue to Revenue
Pacific Telecommunications CouncilHonolulu, HawaiiJanuary 18, 2016
Abu Saeed Khan ([email protected])Senior Policy Fellow
LIRNEasia
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A miracle had happened in 1997
Oslo 2006
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Asia keeps Telenor solvent. But how long?Source: Telenor Group Q3 ’15 Financial Reports.
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Ericsson Mobility Report November 2015
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Is Asia ready for 2021?
• Spectrum is critical for GSM/EDGE. Spectrum andInternet are, however, equally critical for WCDMA/HSPA, LTE/5G.
• International connectivity is the lifeline of IP Transit, Cloud, CDN, Data Centers, Peering etc.
• Carriers are centralized in SG and HK. IP Transit is disproportionately expensive in the region.
• Major regulatory roadblocks in Asia: – Spectrum lacks technology-neutrality (Demand-side
problem).
– Cross-border connectivity only through submarine cables (Supply-side problem).
– No carrier-neutral submarine cable, cable landing stations, gateways, metro and domestic TX networks.
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Asia vs. Europe: Median monthly IP
Transit prices per Mbps, 10 GigE, Q2 2015$
0.9
2
$0
.96
$0
.97
$1
.00
$1
.00
$1
.00
$1
.04
$1
.12
$1
.12
$1
.20
$1
.25
$1
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$4
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$4
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$5
.00 $
6.0
0
$8
.00 $
9.0
0 $1
0.0
0 $1
1.0
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$1
4.5
0Source: TeleGeography. 10 GigE = 10,000 Mbps. Prices (US$) excluding local access and installation fees.
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ITU’s “Measuring the Information Society
Report 2015” (Selected Asian economies)9
0.6
%
87
.9%
85
.5%
84
.6%
82
.0%
74
.6%
67
.5%
49
.3%
48
.3%
37
.9%
34
.9%
25
.8%
18
.0%
17
.1%
Individual Internet users (Fixed & Mobile 2014)
3,345
617
95 75 49 47 43 28 27 21 13 6 6 5
International bandwidth per Internet user (Kbps, 2014)
669X
103X
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“Akamai state of the Internet Q3 2015”
Broadband inequality across Asia Pacific
20.5
15.8 15.0
12.5
10.18.7 8.2 7.8
5.1 4.93.7 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.5
Average speed (Mbps)
96% 93% 92% 90% 88% 87% 87%76% 72%
52%
33% 31%
17% 14% 10%
>4 Mbps
68%
59%54% 51%
29%22%
18% 18%
4% 2.3% 2.2% 1.6% 0.9% 0.9% 0.6%
>10 Mbps
45.0%
36.0%32.0%
27.0%
13.0%8.2% 7.4% 5.8%
0.9% 0.8% 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
>15 Mbps
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Tale of two continents:
Akamai reveals the qualitative difference
20.5
15.8 15.0
12.5
10.18.7 8.2 7.8
5.1 4.93.7 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.5
South
Korea
Hong Kong Japan Singapore Taiwan New
Zealand
Thailand Australia Sri Lanka Malaysia China Vietnam Indonesia Philippines India
Top 15 Asian markets’ average speed (Mbps) in Q3 2015
17.416.4 16.2 15.6
14.8 14.5 14.013.1 13.0 12.8 12.4
11.5 11.4 11.2 11.2
Top 15 European markets’ average speed (Mbps) in Q3 2015 Landlocked countries.
No direct access to submarine cables.
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Farewell to segregation:
Technology has democratized global connectivity
Courtesy: Ciena
Submarine networks = Terrestrial networks
Coastal countries = Landlocked countries
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Terrestrial link
Submarine cable
Infrastructure dictates bandwidth price
• “…..price levels vary by region and between terrestrial and subsea deployments.
• Upgrades to 100Gbps equipment on terrestrial networks have been rapid in recent years as bandwidth demand has increased, and European and intra-US terrestrial routes exhibit the lowest 100Gbps prices globally. ”
Source: TeleGeography. 100G: are the potential
savings worth the investment? 4 Jun 2015
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Terrestrial cross-border links: Normal in Europe, not in Asia.
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Terrestrial cross-border links: Normal in Europe, not in Asia.
Infrastructure is all about right-of-way
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Connecting 32 countries with EU through 143,000 km of standardized roadways.
World’s most resilient right-of-way
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Asian Highway has linked 32 countries.
A cross-border meshed network is to be built.
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Target: Open-access
• Diversity and Redundancy to all submarine cables linking Asia with Europe, and USA, through a Terrestrial Consortium.
• Let the offshore and on-shore traffic blend.
– Lower latency with better packet delivery at lesser cost.
• No regulatory disruption.– Only the licensed carriers will access the Asian Information Highway.
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• Internet in Asia will be similar to or cheaper than the EU.– There will be higher ROI in FTTx.
– Mobile broadband (4G/5G) will grow like 2G voice.• Smart devices and Wi-Fi offload will accelerate the data growth.
– Investments in Transpacific cables will increase. • Is Asia-Africa-LatAm the possible next long-haul route?
• More international and domestic PoPs will emerge.�Landlocked countries will have bandwidth at equal cost.
�Sub-regional telecoms initiatives (GMS-IS and SASEC) have failed to deliver.
�Pacific islands will enjoy reduced bandwidth cost in the mainland.
• International Gateway reforms will be accelerated.– Usage of submarine cables’ purchased capacity will be maximized.
– Carriers will commit longer contracts.
Impacts
Carriers’ unfettered access to Asian market
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New kids on the block. Who’s next?
Google: Unity (2010), SJC (2013), FASTER (2016)*, COTA (2016).
Microsoft: Hibernia Express (2015), AEConnect (2015), NCP (2015),
Seabras-1 (2016).
Facebook: APG (2015). *Equinix
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From LION (2012) to AP-IS (2015)
• LIRNEasia has proposed Longest International Optical Network (LION) along Asian Highway.
• ESCAP has engaged ‘Terabit Consulting’ to study Asia’s state of broadband and connectivity.
• LIRNEasia was tasked to review Terabit’s reports and write a Policy Document. LIRNEasia has strongly recommended deploying fiber along Asian Highway for an open access network.
• ESCAP rebranded LION as Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS). It also proposes to amend the AH agreement to accommodate optical fiber.
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Connecting 32 countries with EU through 143,000 km of standardized roadways.
PTC should join AP-IS Working Group of ESCAP