A look at the socio-economics and geo-political developments in Asia Pacific economies, and comparing trends in devices, Cloud, broadband and mobile statistics.

1. Asia Pacific
What’s Trending in April 2015?
>> Socio Economics
>> Geo-political, Device, Cloud Trends
>> Broadband and Mobile Statistics
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2. Asia Pacific >> Socio EconomicsMyanmar
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Vietnam
Philippines
Brunei
GDP Per Capita 38,563
Population 0.4 mil
Median Age 29.3
GDP Per Capita 3,475
Population 249.9 mil
Median Age 29.2
GDP Per Capita 10,538
Population 29.7 mil
Median Age 27.7
GDP Per Capita 868*
Population 53.3 mil
Median Age 27.9
GDP Per Capita 2,765
Population 98.4 mil
Median Age 23.5
GDP Per Capita 55,182
Population 5.4 mil
Median Age 33.8
GDP Per Capita 5,779
Population 67.0 mil
Median Age 36.2
GDP Per Capita 1,911
Population 89.7 mil
Median Age 29.2
April 2015
April 2015
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3. Asia Pacific >> Geopol, Device, Cloud Trends
Australia
Geopol Trends: Open, but inward focused
Devices: Open; upmarket early adopters
Cloud Computing: Mandatory data
retention restrictions
Indonesia
Geopol Trends: Strong nationalism tendencies
Devices: Restrictions on imports
Cloud Computing: Data centre localisation restrictions
Malaysia
Geopol Trends: increasingly Islamic and tilt
toward mid-east
Devices: Tilt toward Chinese and other
alternative providers
Cloud Computing: Progressive, but
differences in data privacy interpretations
Vietnam
Geopol Trends: Tensions rising with China due to South China Sea
territorial disputes
Devices: Flappy Bird app sparked off enthusiasm for mobile app
development
Cloud Computing: Paradoxical: IoT/Smart cities being built, yet
latest legislation show conservative policy approach
Thailand
Geopol Trends: Turbulent due to military rule
Devices: Slow to move to high-speed licences
Cloud Computing: Legislatively open, but localisation
tendencies
Singapore
Geopol Trends: country struggling with
leadership renewal
Devices: One of the highest user-bases in
the world for smartphones
Cloud Computing: Very aggressive pursuit of
applications; seen as crucial to country’s
competitive advantage
South Korea
Geopol Trends: Export-oriented, but insular, protectionist.
Devices: Dominated by Samsung, market-leading
Cloud Computing: New Cloud Law
April 2015
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4. Asia Pacific >> Broadband and MobileMyanmar
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore Indonesia
Vietnam
Philippines
Brunei
Mobile Subsc 12.83
% Internet users 1.20
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
0.2
Mobile Subsc 137.98
% Internet users 28.94
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
7.4
Mobile Subsc 144.69
% Internet users 66.97
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
8.2
Mobile Subsc 155.60
% Internet users 73.00
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
25.7
Mobile Subsc 121.54
% Internet users 15.82
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
1.3
Mobile Subsc 112.21
% Internet users 64.50
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
5.7
Mobile Subsc 104.50
% Internet users 37.00
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
2.6
Mobile Subsc 130.89
% Internet users 43.90
% fixed (wired)-broadband
penetration
5.6
April 2015
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