Presentation delievered at FSR Communications and Media - Annual Policy Conference

1. “THE OTHERS” …
BROADBAND IN SELECTED
ASIA/PACIFIC COUNTRIES
Sam Paltridge, OECD*
FSR Communications & Media Annual Conference
A Complete Reassessment of Electronic
Communications Regulation: Europe and the Others
27 May 2016
* The views are my own and may or may not be those
of the OECD and its Member countries

2. “The … broadband … future is
already here — it's just not very
evenly distributed.”
with apologies to William Gibson

3. Countries chosen
• China? Hong Kong, China?
• Korea
• Japan
• Singapore
• New Zealand
• Australia
.. and some benchmarking with Europe

4. Mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Note: 1. Singapore: Data are for mobile phone penetration rate
Sources : OECD Broadband Portal, IDA (Singapore) and European Commission

5. Mobile Data Usage
Source: OECD, IDA for Singapore
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Korea Japan Australia Singapore Western Europe (EC
for 2014)
New Zealand
Mobile Data Usage, GB per subscription per month, 2015

6. But the future is unevenly distributed
Source: OECD, IDA for Singapore, Rewheel for
Finland/Germany
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Korea Japan Australia Singapore Western Europe
(EC for 2014)
Finland Germany New Zealand
Mobile Data Usage, GB per subscription per month, 2015

7. Finland: Increased use of unlimited data
plans and pricing by speed

8. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Sources : OECD Broadband Portal, IDA (Singapore) and European Commission

9. Average connection and peak connection speed
Source : Akamai, data for 2015Q3

10. Households with fixed broadband access
Notes: Data for 2014; 1. Singapore: grey column shows fixed broadband subscriptions data per household; 2. Australia's
data are for "Households with internet access at home" which make them not directly comparable to the other countries;
3. New Zealand data for 2014 are estimates.
Source: National household surveys

11. Broadband Pricing
100 Mbps - Unlimited data
• Korea – USD 23
• Singapore - USD 25
• Japan – USD 33
• New Zealand – USD 61
• Australia – USD 72
1 Gbps - Unlimited data
• Korea – USD 25
• Singapore - USD 36
• Japan – USD 32 to 40
(apartments) 47
(standalone dwelling)
• New Zealand – offers for
business at USD 339 / not
yet consumers
• Australia – not yet (2017?)

12. The first 10 Gbps offers
• Japan – USD 90
• Singapore – USD 131
• Korea - not yet except for business
• New Zealand – not yet
• Australia – not yet

13. 2 x 1 Gbps

14. Other services

15. New Zealand: Changes in pricing/usage