Regional Connectivity Overview - 2nd Central Asia Internet Symposium

1. Internet Society Regional Connectivity Overview 2nd Central Asia Internet Symposium – 2 March 2016, Dushanbe Maarit Palovirta (palovirta@isoc.org)
2. Value Chain of Internet Infrastructure
3. International Connectivity Is Increasing Rapidly Source: TeleGeography
4. Terrestrial Connectivity Is Moving in from Coasts Source: UNESCAP
5. International Internet Bandwidth
6. Sub-regional Comparison of Internet Penetration
7. Internet Penetration per 100 Inhabitants
8. Broadband Penetration per 100 Inhabitants
9. Barriers to Internet Availability and Adoption Supply-side (availability) •Why are costs too high? •Investment roadblocks:  Regulations  Rights-of-way access  Taxation Demand-side (adoption) •Why is interest too low? •Locally relevant content:  Language  Location  Support
10. 0 References •Unleashing the Potential of the Internet in Central Asia, South Asia, the Caucasus and Beyond, UNESCAP/ISOC: http://www.unescap.org/resources/unleashing-potential-internet- central-asia-south-asia-caucasus-and-beyond •Kyrgyz Internet Environment Assessment, ISOC: http://www.internetsociety.org/ru/publications/оценка-интернет- среды-кыргызской-республики •1st Central Asia Internet Symposium, Bishkek 2014: http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/europe- bureau/2014/12/partnering-kyrgyz-republic-stakeholders-develop- regional-internet
11. 1 Maarit Palovirta (palovirta@isoc.org) @European Regional Bureau THANK YOU!

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The value chain of Internet infrastructure in any country includes:
International connectivity to bring traffic from the rest of the world;
Domestic connectivity, including interconnection arrangements between providers;
Last mile delivery by Internet service providers (ISPs) to end-users.
The weakest link of the chain can have a significant impact on the cost and availability of Internet access.
The availability of Internet access far outpaces its adoption. Two reasons for the gap between availability and adoption: affordability and relevance. The cost of BB in KR is just over 10% of average income (target 5%).
Internet, and especially mobile Internet is more and more available across Central Asia. However, there is a gap between availability and access. Often, the Internet connectivity is available but users do not connect. In this session, we will examine how to get users – individual users, small companies etc – online.

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