The document outlines the current state and challenges of global internet access, emphasizing the need for significant investment to achieve universal broadband connectivity for the remaining three billion people. It highlights the differences in broadband investment between the U.S. and Europe due to regulatory policies and includes projections for the future of online services, ecommerce, and streaming. Overall, it emphasizes that both government and private sectors need to invest in broadband infrastructure to support digital growth.

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ACCESSING THE INTERNET
INCLUDING THE COST OF
BROADBAND

2. Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA
• Academia (PF1, FA4, FN2, MU1. and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Costing and Profitability Solutions
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Macro/Micro Indicators
• SME – Supply Chain Management
Contact information: paul.young@ca.ibm.com

3. Agenda
• Fastest Internet / Country Ranking
• Most disconnected countries
• Internet costs ranking by country
• Access to Internet
• Global Connectivity Index

4. Fastest Internet / Country
Source - https://www.atlasandboots.com/remote-work/countries-with-the-fastest-
internet-in-the-world/

5. Most disconnected countries
Source - https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/internet-users-usage-
countries-change-demographics/

6. Internet / costs
Source - https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/internet-costs-compared-worldwide

7. Internet inclusive Index
Source - https://theinclusiveinternet.eiu.com/

8. Global Connectivity Index
Source - https://www.huawei.com/minisite/gci/en/country-profile-cn.html
GCI - 2015
GCI - 2019

9. Global Investment / Broadband
• To achieve universal access to broadband connectivity for the remaining three billion people,
aged 10 years and above, in the next 10 years, is estimated to cost $428 billion (R7.1 trillion).
Source - https://www.itweb.co.za/content/4r1ly7RbJ5N7pmda
• Why is the U.S. so much better at managing the increase in demand? Strong investment. From
2003 to 2015, the United States invested almost twice as much per capita on broadband internet
than the average European country in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD). And according to the PPI’s report on investment in the United States, four
of the top 10 companies with the most capital investment in the United States in 2019 were
telecommunications companies. PPI found that the top four firms combined for more than $54
billion in capital expenditures. The difference between European and American investment in
broadband stems primarily from differences in regulatory policy: America’s more market-driven,
light touch regulatory regime has proved more conducive to capital investment than Europe’s
more top-heavy approach. Source - https://taxfoundation.org/broadband-internet-telecom-5g-
capital-investment-infrastructure-tax-policy/
• LTE and 5G - https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/21/2112112/0/en/Global-
Investments-in-LTE-and-5G-Network-Infrastructure-for-Critical-Communications-are-Forecast-to-
Surpass-3-Billion-by-the-End-of-2020.html

10. What’s next
• More and more services are moving online -
https://www.caixabankresearch.com/en/economics-markets/activity-
growth/digital-economy-global-data-revolution
• eCommerce will continue to expand -
https://www2.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/ecommerce-what-is-next
• Streaming services will continue to expand -
https://www2.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/latest-analysis-on-streaming
• Both government and private sector will require to invest in broadband
• Granting licensing to 5G networks - https://www2.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/5g-
networks-whats-next-for-broadband-239407988
• World economy recovery will be driven by innovation -
https://www2.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/what-is-next-for-the-global-economy-
november-2020