ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY (AP-IS)

IMPROVING REGIONAL BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE

ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION

SUPERHIGHWAY (AP-IS)

Atsuko Okuda

Chief, ICT and Development Section

ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division

ESCAP



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ESCAP



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Fixed-Broadband Divide



A challenge for Asia-Pacific progress on SDG

Source: Produced by ESCAP based on data from ITU, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database 2018

Fixed-broadband digital divide widening for ESCAP countries (by income)

0

10

20

30

Fix

ed-b

road

band

sub

scrip

tions

per

100

inha

bita

nts

(wei

ghte

d av

erag

e)

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Year

ESCAP high-income countries ESCAP upper-middle income countries

ESCAP low er-middle income countries ESCAP low -income countries





Mobile-broadband digital divide widening for ESCAP countries (by income)

0

50

100

150

Mob

ile-b

road

band

sub

scrip

tions

per

100

inha

bita

nts

(wei

ghte

d av

erag

e)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Year

ESCAP high-income countries ESCAP upper-middle income countries

ESCAP low er-middle income countries ESCAP low -income countries



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Are we connected to the Internet for e-commerce?

1 1 12 2

4

7

15

11

21

18

22

ESCAP average (2013-2017)

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5

10

15

20

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PacificDeveloping

South & South-West Asia

South-EastAsia

North &Central Asia

East & North-East Asia

Pacific

Access to Fixed-broadband services, by ESCAP subregions

2007-2012 2013-2017




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Source: Produced by ESCAP based on data from ITU, World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators database, December 2018 (accessed

25 Feb 2019)

Are we connected to the Internet for e-commerce?

1.5

12.4

0.8

15.09.1

49.9

22.6

60.6

13.9

62.4

35.8

90.5

ESCAP average (2013-2017)

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20

40

60

80

100

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PacificDeveloping


South-EastAsia

North &Central Asia


Pacific

Access to Mobile-broadband services, by ESCAP subregions

2007-2012 2013-2017




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Broadband Divide Drivers



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Source: Produced by ESCAP based on data from ITU, World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators database, December 2018 (accessed 25 Feb 2019)

<2% is affordable (UN Broadband Com target)

0

5

10

15

20

Mon

thly

exp

endi

ture

on

mob

ile-b

road

band

serv

ice

as %

of

GN

I/ca

pita

(w

eigh

ted

aver

age)

North &Central Asia



Pacific South-EastAsia

PacificDev eloping

Affordability of mobile-broadband services (ESCAP subregions) 2017




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Source: Produced by ESCAP based on data from ITU, World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators database, December 2018 (accessed 25 Feb 2019)


<2% is affordable (UN Broadband Com target)

0

2

4

6

8

Mon

thly

exp

endi

ture

on

fixed

-bro

adba

nd

serv

ice

as %

of

GN

I/ca

pita

(w

eigh

ted

aver

age)


North &Central Asia


Pacific South-EastAsia

PacificDev eloping

Affordability of fixed-broadband services (ESCAP subregions) 2017



Network quality and fixed-broadband adoption

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

0 10 20 30 40 50

25

6 K

bit

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2 M

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ub

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sub

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Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

Solomon Islands

Afghanistan

Myanmar

Iran (I.R.)

AzerbaijanUzbekistan

French Polynesia

Bhutan

Bangladesh

MalaysiaMongolia

Brunei Darussalam

Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan

Russian FederationSingapore

Korea (Rep.)Sri Lanka

Cambodia ChinaHong Kong, China

New ZealandThailandGeorgiaTurkey

PakistanLao P.D.R.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

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10

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Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

Turkey

Russian Federation

Georgia

Hong Kong,

China

New Zealand

Japan

Korea (Rep.)

Singapore

China

Kazakhstan

Malaysia

Bangladesh

Azerbaijan

Brunei Darussalam

Thailand

Uzbekistan

Iran (I.R.)French Polynesia

CambodiaKyrgyzstan

AfghanistanLao P.D.R.Solomon Isl.Mongolia

Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World

Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database (accessed July 2017).

256 Kbit/s – 2 Mbit/s 10+ Mbit/s



Progress made between 2012 and 2016

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Australia

Korea, Rep of.

Hong Kong, China

JapanSingapore

China

Russian Federation

Azerbaijan

French Polynesia

Turkey

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Bangladesh

Malaysia

MongoliaPakistan

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s

0 10 20 30 40Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

Source: Produced by ESCAP, based on data sourced from ITU World

Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Database (accessed July 2017).



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Asia-Pacific Information

Superhighway



The Asia-Pacific Information

Superhighway initiative aims to increase

the availability and affordability of

broadband Internet across Asia and the

Pacific, by strengthening the underlying

Internet infrastructure in the region.

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• Promote terrestrial and submarine fibre-optic connectivity

• Provide a regional intergovernmental platform focusing on the missing fibre-optic links between ESCAP countries

• ESCAP resolution 73/6 = mandate



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AP-IS PILLAR 1

Connectivity

AP-IS PILLAR 2

Internet Traffic & Network Mgmt.

AP-IS PILLAR 3

E-Resilience

AP-IS PILLAR 4

Broadband for All

INFO AND PUBLICATIONS ON WWW.UNESCAP.ORG/APIS

ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY (AP-IS)



AP-IS Initiatives

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Identification, coordination, deployment, expansion and

integration of the regional backbone network

Establish a sufficient number of IXPs at the national and

subregional levels and set out common principles on

Internet traffic exchange

Regional social and economic studies

Enhancing ICT infrastructure resilience

Policy and regulations for leveraging existing

infrastructure, technology and inclusive broadband

initiatives

Capacity-building

AP-IS funding mechanism based on public-private

partnerships

Strategic Initiatives 2019-2022

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ESCAP’s analytical work

on ICT:

frontier technologies,

financing mechanism,

broadband infrastructure,

co-deployment,

international gateways,

university education

among others



Artificial Intelligence (AI) Landscape

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Connectivity

Positive correlation between AI and broadband connectivity

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AI vs Mobile Broadband AI vs Internet Users



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Broadband

ecosystem in

China, Japan and

Republic of Korea



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AI-enabled

Cyberattack and

Cybersecurity in

Asia and the

Pacific



2nd AP-IS Steering Committee, 27-28

August, in Bangkok, Thailand

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• Back to back with the

second session of the

Committee on ICT,

Science, Technology

and Innovation

(CICTSTI), 29-31

August 2018

• Opened by the Thai

Minister of Digital

Economy and

Society, Dr.

Pichet Durongkaveroj

Pichet Durongkaveroj



2nd Session of CICTSTI, 29-31 August, in

Bangkok, Thailand

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• Endorsed the

updates to the AP-IS

Master Plan and

Regional

Cooperation

Framework

Document

• Implementation takes

place in each

subregion, around

subregional priorities



Asia-Pacific ICT & DRR Gateway

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Providing policymakers and

relevant stakeholders with an

accessible gateway containing

a spectrum of resources with

regard to Information and

Communications Technology

and Disaster Risk Reduction



Navigate to the ICT & DRR Gateway

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Access the Gateway on

www.drrgateway.net



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Thank you!

Email: [email protected]

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