The role of public access in Affordability€¦ · • 27% of Asia subscribed to Mobile Broadband...
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The role of public access in Affordability
B. Shadrach Asia Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet
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PublicAccessinAsia
PhilippinesFreePublicWifi
PubliclibraryprograminthePhilippines
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PublicAccessinAsia
UnionInforma:onandServiceCentresinBangladesh
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Asia: the land of many challenges
• 44.58 Million KM Sq (30% of earth’s total) • 4.436 Billion people (60% of world’s population) • 1.192 Billion on Mobile Broadband (16% of world population) • 27% of Asia subscribed to Mobile Broadband (1.2B people) • 53% of Asia covered by Mobile Broadband but yet not
subscribed (2.3B people) • 20% not covered by Mobile Broadband (2G + 3G)(1B people) • The opportunity is 3.3B people (44% of the world)
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Asia: Coverage isn’t the major concern
80%ofAsialiveswithintheDigitalFootprintof3Gnetwork.Theissueismoreofdemandthansupply.
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Just how widespread is mobile broadband? Mobile Broadband Penetration: unique subscribers of mobile broadband as a % of the population Source: GSMA Intelligence, Q42015
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Smartphone adoption in the APAC region Smartphone connections (as a % of all device connections) Source: GSMA Intelligence, Q42015
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Affordability in the APAC region Price of a 500MB plan / average monthly income Source: ITU, 2015
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Bangladesh China India Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Thailand Vietnam
5%UNAffordabilityTarget
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What is the state of affordability?
The high cost to connect is excluding billions from the digital revolution
Over half the world’s population is still offline
111 countries have met the UN affordability target of basic broadband priced at 5% or less of average monthly income
YET Just
9 countries meet this target for the bottom 20%
of income earners
0 countries meet this target for those living in
poverty
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Exploring the true extent of the gender digital divide (WRO, data2X)
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Internet for all by 2020?
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PublicAccessinAsia• CommonServiceCentresinIndia(150,000centres)• PublicAccessstrategyinBangladesh(270,000centres)• E-LibraryNenasalasinSriLanka• PublicWifiandCommunityeServiceCentresinthePhilippines
• LighthousesandpubliclibrarynetworkinMyanmar• CocoColaFoundaXonandPublicAccessinIndonesia• PublicAccess,contentandePaymentinChina
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CommonServiceCentresinIndia• Digital,FinancialandAdultLiteracy• GovernmenttoCiXzenServices(DigitalID,Governmentschemes)• BusinesstoCiXzenServices(UXlitypayments)• Financialinclusionservices(Banking,insurance)• EducaXonalservices(Adult,primary,secondaryandterXary)• Skilldevelopmentservices(inassociaXonwithNaXonalSkill
DevelopmentMission)• AgriculturalServices(Crop,soilandmarketinformaXon)• Healthservices(DiagnosXcsandawarenesscreaXon)• DigitalIndiahubservices• EmploymentServices
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What action must we take to make universal access a reality?
Commit to a new “1 for 2” affordability
target
1GB of mobile data priced at 2% or less of average monthly income
Prioritise & expand public
access initiatives
Critical to bringing
connectivity to the most
marginalised
Design policies with a gender focus
Closing the
digital gender gap will require
policies to reduce barriers for
women
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Thank you!
B. Shadrach Asia Coordinator
Alliance for Affordable Internet
a4ai.org @a4a_internet