Breaking the barriers of Broadband in Asia-Pacific

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1 Breaking the barriers of Broadband in Asia-Pacific Joint Session of AP-IS Steering Group and Asian Highway Abu Saeed Khan Senior Policy Fellow, LIRNEasia ESCAP, Bangkok 12 December 2017

2 Flow of people 1.6x in 11 years Flow of services 3.1x in 12 years Global growth indicators Flow of goods 10.5x in 34 years Source: UN World Tourism Organization; UNCTAD; McKinsey Global Institute analysis

3 Bandwidth grew 45x in 9 years Source: TeleGeography; McKinsey Global Institute analysis

4 Global Submarine Cable Map Nearly 300 submarine cables spanning over 500,000 miles across the world s seabed are the primary pipeline of transcontinental Internet. They are also responsible for $10 trillion worth of transactional value every day. It is greater than the GDP of Japan, Germany, and Australia combined. Source: TeleGeography It s a big deal. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel's statement on September 17, 2015

5 Broadband divide within Asia Source: The State of the Internet / Q1 2017, Akamai. Average speed (Mbps) >4 Mbps 91% 93% 94% 94% 95% 97% 98% 86% 81% 81% 82% 76% 72% 39% 42% 11.0% % % % % % 35% 37.0% 52% 65% 71% 72% 72% 73% 85% >10 Mbps >15 Mbps 5.0% 5.0% 6.2% 10.0% 11.0% 11.0% 14.0% 19.0% 32.0% 38.0% 43.0% 51.0% 52.0% 54.0% 69.0%

6 Continental drift Average speed in Asia (Mbps) The State of the Internet / Q1 2017, Akamai Average speed in Europe (Mbps)

7 Slower or faster than European counterparts Average speed in Mbps Source: The State of the Internet / Q1 2017, Akamai.

8 Mumbai Bangkok Paris $0.45 Amsterdam $0.53 Milan Oslo Frankfurt Chicago Dallas Washington London Toronto Moscow New York Miami Los Angeles Istanbul Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Taipei Seoul Kuala Lumpur Jakarta $0.54 $0.58 $0.59 $0.60 $0.60 $0.60 $0.61 $0.67 $0.67 $0.78 $0.80 $0.88 $0.91 $1.79 $1.83 $2.24 $3.60 $3.77 $7.69 $7.24 $7.25 $10.91 Weighted Median Monthly IP Transit Prices per Mbps: Asia s highest (Bangkok) is 12x pricier than Europe s highest (Istanbul) Source: TeleGeography. Data derived from Q2 of 2017

9 Cost of bandwidth depends on infrastructure Submarine cables Terrestrial cables Curtsey: Brianna Boudreau, Senior Analyst, TeleGeography.

10 Issues keeping Asia s bandwidth pricier Fierce competition Coast-coast terrestrial TX Broadband s biggest barrier Very good competition Terrestrial & submarine TX Poor competition All submarine TX

11 Submarine Cable repair : Worldwide average repairs/year Source: International Cable Protection Committee

12 Source: International Cable Protection Committee Submarine Cable repair : Average time to begin repair

13 Submarine networks = Terrestrial networks Courtesy: Ciena Evolution of technology = Evolution of policy

14 145,000 km meshed across 32 countries (12 landlocked). Seamlessly connects Asia and Europe.

15 Small step of Bangladesh for a global giant leap Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the proposed amendments to Asian Highway agreement on August 13, It paves the way to deploy optical fiber using 145,000 km right-ofway to digitally interlink Asia and plug the continent with Europe.

16 Bangladesh has proposed Annex II (ASIAN HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS) Insert as paragraph 11: Co-habitation of optical fiber for strengthened ICT connectivity "There is an opportunity to leverage synergies between the concomitant deployment of optical fibre cables with the construction or maintenance of the Asian Highway Network. Such co-deployment would create additional crosscountry Internet transmission routes which would contribute to the reduction of the digital divide in the ESCAP region. In this regard, parties shall endeavour to utilize the right-of-way of the Asian Highway Network for the co-deployment of optical fiber cables across and withincountries."

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18 Bangladesh has proposed Annex II (ASIAN HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS) Insert as paragraph 11: Co-habitation of optical fiber for strengthened ICT connectivity "There is an opportunity to leverage synergies between the concomitant deployment of optical fibre cables with the construction or maintenance of the Asian Highway Network. Such co-deployment would create additional cross-country Internet transmission routes which would contribute to the reduction of the digital divide in the ESCAP region. In this regard, parties shall endeavour to utilize the right-of-way of the Asian Highway Network for the co-deployment of optical fiber cables across and withincountries."

19 Bangladesh has proposed Annex II (ASIAN HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS) Insert as paragraph 11: Co-habitation of optical fiber for strengthened ICT connectivity "There is an opportunity to leverage synergies between the concomitant deployment of optical fibre cables with the construction or maintenance of the Asian Highway Network. Such co-deployment would create additional cross-country Internet transmission routes which would contribute to the reduction of the digital divide in the ESCAP region. In this regard, parties shall endeavour to utilize the right-of-way of the Asian Highway Network for the co-deployment of optical fiber cables across and withincountries."

20 Bangladesh has proposed Annex II (ASIAN HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS) Insert as paragraph 11: Co-habitation of optical fiber for strengthened ICT connectivity "There is an opportunity to leverage synergies between the concomitant deployment of optical fibre cables with the construction or maintenance of the Asian Highway Network. Such co-deployment would create additional cross-country Internet transmission routes which would contribute to the reduction of the digital divide in the ESCAP region. In this regard, parties shall endeavour to utilize the right-of-way of the Asian Highway Network for the co-deployment of optical fiber cables across and withincountries."

21 Each country s share in Asian Highway

22 Roads and ICT: Collaborate, Co-deploy and Coexist

23 Distance is a philosophical issue

24 Asian Highway is the preferred right of way for Asia Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS)

25 A bilateral move that is shaping global trade

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27 Rock and Roll on Belt and Road

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29 Best effort by Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable Owners: China Unicom, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat, Omantel, Djibouti Telecom, OTEGLOBE, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., PCCW, Ooredoo, Mobily, Viettel Corporation, TeleYemen, Chuan Wei, Retelit, Reliance Jio Infocom.

30 China Unicom takes a giant leap AAE-1 via Pakistan and Myanmar Source: People s Daily online (March 2, 2016) Terrestrial link to the Arabian Sea Terrestrial link to the Bay of Bengal

31 145,000 km meshed across 32 countries (12 landlocked). Seamlessly connects Asia and Europe.

32 Factories and Warehouses of Internet in Asia-Pacific Major Content Provider Data Center Locations, 2017

33 Thank you! Questions?