BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY IN THE PACIFIC

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1 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY IN THE PACIFIC Atsuko Okuda Chief ICT and Development Section ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1-2 November 2017

2 2 Outline: 1. Trends in Broadband connectivity 2. Drivers of Broadband connectivity in Pacific Island Countries 3. Conclusions and policy implications

3 3 Trends: Fixed Broadband subscriptions Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database (2017).

4 Trends: Fixed Broadband subscriptions in the Pacific 4 Fixed Broadband Subs. per 100 Inhabitants Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database (2017).

5 5 Trends: Mobile Broadband subscriptions Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database (2017).

6 Trends: Mobile Broadband subscriptions in the Pacific 6 Mobile Broadband Subs. per 100 Inhabitants Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database (2017).

7 7 Submarine Cable Coverage Number of Submarine fiber-optic cables and 3G coverage, 2016 Number of Submarine fibre-optic cables and LTE/WiMaX coverage, 2016 Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunica=ons/ICT Indicators Database (2017).

8 8 Broadband Affordability in the Pacific Mobile Broadband Fixed Broadband Capacity Access Affordability Access Affordability Broadband Economic Mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants Mobile-cellular sub-basket as per cent of GNI p.c. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants Fixed broadband sub-basket as a per cent of GNI p.c. International Internet bandwidth per Internet user GNI per capita (constant 2010 US$)* Country Tonga ,623 3,669 Fiji ,399 3,539 Samoa ,842 3,430 Marshall n/a ,844 3,797 Islands Vanuatu ,477 2,860 Kiribati ,916 2,170 Micronesia (Fed. States of) Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea Pacific average (simple) n/a ,117 2, , ,122 1, ,124 2,627

9 9 Affordability, Access and Capacity Affordability, access and capacity of international broadband connectivity, World sample Countries with less affordable, lower Fixed- broadband access, and smaller interna=onal bandwidth capacity. Countries with less affordable, lower Mobile- broadband access, and smaller interna=onal bandwidth capacity. Countries with more affordable, higher Fixed- broadband access, and bigger interna=onal bandwidth capacity. Countries with more affordable, higher Mobile- broadband access, and bigger interna=onal bandwidth capacity.

10 Drivers of Broadband Connectivity in Pacific Island Countries: Electricity Access to reliable and affordable energy source (electricity) 10

11 11 Drivers of Broadband Connectivity in Pacific Island Countries: E-Services E-government services create latent demand

12 12 Drivers of Broadband Connectivity in Pacific Island Countries: Capacity Capacity and skills to use and understand the opportunities of being connected.

13 13 Drivers of Broadband Connectivity in Pacific Island Countries: Access Access to affordable ICT devices (especially for netimporter countries).

14 14 Impact of Natural Disasters Average Annual Loss in Pacific island countries by hazard type Natural disasters costly economic impact on economies (in particular ICT infrastructures). Asia-Pacific countries with high exposure to, and risk from, natural disasters Global Ranking Natural Disasters Exposure 1 Vanuatu 2 Tonga 3 Philippines 4 Japan 5 Costa Rica 6 Brunei Darussalam 7 Mauritius 8 Guatemala 9 El Salvador 10 Bangladesh 11 Chile 12 Netherlands 13 Solomon Islands 14 Fiji 15 Cambodia Source: Produced by ESCAP based, United Nations University - Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) (2016), World Risk Report 2016, available from <

15 15 Competition and Mobile Broadband Mobile broadband sub. per 100 inhabitants Full competition Partial competition Monopoly Introduction of competition to the mobile phone sector, enhances access and affordability. Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunica=ons/ICT Indicators Database (2016) and World Bank, LiWle Data Book on Informa=on Communica=on and Technology 2017 (2017).

16 16 Governance and Fixed Broadband Subscriptions Good Governance matters. Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunica=ons/ICT Indicators Database (2016) and World Governance Indicators (2016).

17 17 Impact of Urbanization on Broadband Access Urbanization and broadband access are positively correlated Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunica=ons/ICT Indicators Database (2016) and World Bank, LiWle Data Book on Informa=on Communica=on and Technology 2017 (2017).

18 18 Economic Development and Mobile Broadband Access Economic development is correlated with higher mobile broadband access in PICs. Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World Telecommunica=ons/ICT Indicators Database (2016) and World Bank, LiWle Data Book on Informa=on Communica=on and Technology 2017 (2017).

19 19 Conclusion and Policy Implications The following issues are important for growth of broadband connectivity in the Pacific island countries: 1. Access to resilience and affordable energy (electricity); 2. Shift towards E-government services; 3. Formal education and capacity development; 4. Access to affordable ICT devices; 5. ICT infrastructure resilience to natural disasters; 6. Regulatory policies (competition etc); 7. Good Governance; 8. Urbanization; and 9. Standard of economic development.