Spurt in Broadband Adoption in Developing Countries: Ken Research
Ken
Research has announced latest publication titled “National Broadband Plans in
Asia-Pacific: Focus on Bridging the Digital Divide to Spur Economic Growth”
which discuss scope of broadband in Asian region. It gives an understanding of
the national broadband plans adopted by the governments in APAC region. The
report analyses guidelines set under NBPs such as targets, technology, funding
and role of governments as well as private operators. The report investigates
NBPs in APAC countries. The report analyses targets, technologies, funding
strategies and role of government and private sector in achieving the goals of
NBPs.
Higher
mobile and fixed broadband penetration is a key ingredient in national
competitiveness, where citizens are given easier and cheaper access to
government services such as education, healthcare, public utilities, and
environmental management, among others.
The National Broadband in Asia Pacific
is very well supported by ITU; institute is responsible for issues related to
Information and Communication Technologies. There has been a huge change in the
number of users of internet in last 15 years in developed countries and also in
developing countries. In developing countries there is rapid increase in number
of internet users than in developed countries. A study revealed that the spike in mobile broadband adoption in the Philippines
contributes to about 6.9% of the country’s GDP annually. Countries such as
India, China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam among others have goals to extend
broadband access, while countries including Indonesia and China have also
defined minimum speed of broadband services in their respective NBPs.
Rapidly
upgrading technology is also one of the important factor behind improving
adoption of broadband driven by changing preferences and busy lifestyle. The
Philippines Digital Strategy replaced the Philippines ICT Roadmap, which
retained continuity in the same broad themes (e-government, cyber-services,
human capital, infrastructure), developed a more in-depth focus, specifically
on the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry, marginalized communities
and universal service.
Asia
Pacific comes on the fourth position from the five sub heads divided by the
ICT. Mobile broadband Penetration levels are the highest in Europe and the
America. Some of the Brands are also taking initiative for the National
Broadband Campaign Launched by ICT in October 2011. Huawei and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) jointly hosted the first Asia
Pacific Exchange on Broadband Regulation and Policy at the ITU Telecom World
2016 in Bangkok. They also released the White Paper on Broadband Regulation and
Policy in Asia-Pacific Region: Facilitating Faster Broadband Deployment.
Speakers at the exchange called for more comprehensive broadband policies to
guide development and speed the rollout of national broadband networks, as the
basis for growth in the digital economy.
The integration of digital into
telecommunications (Digital Conclusion) can serve as a gateway to unprecedented
opportunities. Meanwhile, this integration can also lead to various forms of
threat that discourages the convergence of technologies in telecommunications.
Therefore, the cooperation at the regional and international levels should be
promoted to support the emergence of effective cyber technology and provide
chances for people to use secure ICT devices and applications.
To know more on coverage, click on the link
Related Reports
Contact:
Ken Research
Ankur Gupta, Head Marketing &
Communications
+91-124-4230204
Comments