1%

3.7

OR LESS

OR MORE

MOBILE-BROADBAND BASKET AS A PERCENTAGE OF GNI PER CAPITA

100%

*GROSS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA

FIXED-BROADBANDPRICES, AS A PERCENTAGE OF GNIP.C.*

MINIMUMADVERTISED

SPEED IN 2012PERCENTAGE

OF COUNTRIES

�xed- broadband price divideLarge regional di�erences persist

mobile- broadband basketReveals major di�erences among countries

MOST AFFORDABLE

POSTPAID HANDSET-BASED MOBILE BROADBAND (500MB)

PREPAID HANDSET-BASED MOBILE BROADBAND (500MB)

POSTPAID COMPUTER-BASED MOBILE BROADBAND (1GB)

PREPAID COMPUTER-BASED MOBILE BROADBAND (1GB)

FIXED-BROADBAND PRICES AS A PERCENTAGE OF

GNI PER CAPITA, 2012AFRICA

THE AMERICAS

ASIA & PACIFIC

CIS

EUROPE

ARAB STATES

70.0 -

60.0 -

50.0 -

40.0 -

30.0 -

20.0 -

10.0 -

0.0 -

RUSSIA HAS THE LOWEST VALUE IN CIS1.2%

CUBA HAS THE LEASTAFFORDABLE PRICE IN THE WORLD

USA HAS ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE FIXED-BROADBAND PRICES IN THE WORLD 16.3%

KYRGYZSTAN HAS THE HIGHEST VALUE IN CIS

4.5%SERBIA HAS THE HIGHESTVALUE IN EUROPE

ABOVE 100% IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND AFGHANISTAN

IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD MOBILE BROADBAND IS MORE AFFORDABLETHAN MOBILE VOICE...

...WHILE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD MOBILE BROADBAND IS LESS AFFORDABLE THAN MOBILE VOICE

MOST AFFORDABLE WAYS OF ACCESSING THE INTERNET

MOBILE-BROADBAND BASKET REFLECTS DIFFERENT MOBILE-BROADBAND PLANS

20 ECONOMIES, INCLUDING BAHRAIN, KAZAKHSTAN, UAE AND URUGUAY

SAO TOMÉ & PRINCIPE, ZIMBABWE AND DR CONGO

2012 TOP 10

MOBILE-BROADBANDBASKET

MOST AFFORDABLE

BELGIUM

NORWAY

SWITZERLAND

ESTONIA

FRANCE

KUWAIT

GERMANY

UK

AUSTRIA1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

QATAR

EUROPE AND ARAB STATESHAVE THE MOST AFFORDABLE PRICES

INDIA

CHINA

% OF GNI P.C.

FIXED- BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY ACROSS THE REGIONS (PRICE AS % OF GNIP.C.)

1.5WORLD AVERAGE

% OF GNI P.C.22.1

LEAST AFFORDABLE

% OF GNI P.C.

EUROPE WORLD AFRICA

64.3

PRE$

POST$ PRE

POSTPOST

POSTPAID FIXED BROADBAND (1GB)

1.3

9.6

2.0

13.4

% OF GNIP.C.% OF GNIP.C.

% OF GNIP.C.% OF GNIP.C.

MOBILE BROADBAND*

MOBILE VOICE**

MOBILE BROADBAND*

MOBILE VOICE**

*MOBILE BROADBAND, PREPAID HANDSET-BASED (500 MB) **PACKAGE INCLUDING 30 CALLS AND 100 SMS

AUSTRIA HAS THE MOST AFFORDABLE PRICES FOR ALL MOBILE-BROADBAND PLANS

0.4%

386.9%

comparing pricesMobile broadband o�en more a�ordable than �xed broadband

DEVELOPEDWORLD

DEVELOPINGWORLD

Mbit/s2

2008

�xed broadband Prices going down, minimum speeds going up

OR ABOVE

2012

% OF COUNTRIESOFFERING MINIMUMFIXED-BROADBAND

SPEED OF

2008 TO 2012(GLOBAL PRICE DROP)

DEVELOPINGWORLD

DEVELOPEDWORLD

165

31

2.5

1.7

2008

2012

WHILE SPEEDS HAVE GONE UP!

WHILE SPEEDS HAVE GONE UP!

23.9MOBILE BROADBAND IS SIX TIMES MORE AFFORDABLE OF GNI

PER CAPITA

OF GNIP.C.

O.256 Mbit/s

16% 18% 14% 20% 7% 21%

0.512 Mbit/s 1.024 Mbit/s 2.048 Mbit/s 50 Mbit/s10 Mbit/s

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