Abstract
BuddeComm's 2006 Broadband and Internet Vertical Market Report pack, contains
over 550 pages of research and analysis on the Broadband and Internet markets
in Asia. This research covers 35 Asian countries, grouped by geographic
regions (Central, North, South and South East) and takes an overall look at
the various telecoms markets, together with a particular look at the broadband
and Internet segments in each of the countries.
The markets covered include:
- Internet Infrastructure and Developments
- Internet policies, models and concepts
- Regional and International Networks
- Internet Market, VPNs and VoIP
- Vision for a National Policy, Government Policies
- Network Operators, Wholesalers and Retailers, Utilities Projects
- xDSL, HFC, MDS, Satellite, Cable Modems, Cable Telephony
- Wireless Broadband
Broadband Internet is one of the fastest growing market segments in Asia. In
fact, the region has been leading the world. However, broadband has remained a
phenomenon limited to Asia's developed economies, with dial-up narrowband
access still being the norm in the developing countries of Asia. Where the
market is taking off, both Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and cable modem
platforms have both proved popular, with DSL having a clear advantage. DSL has
been dominating the world market, with over 67% by early 2006. And Asia has
become the leading market in the world for DSL, with almost 40% of the
worldwide broadband subscriber base and about 38% of the world's DSL
subscribers.
Asia is also the world's largest regional Internet market, measured by users.
The number of Internet users in the region was estimated to have reached 375
million by mid-2006 out of a total global Internet user population estimated
at 662 million. Although the market is starting to change, Internet
development in Asia has been dominated for a long time by Japan, Hong Kong,
South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. China has joined this group. The developing
economies of the region have had considerably slower growth, having had to
deal with high access costs, poor infrastructure and the slow pace of
deregulation. This in turn has limited the potential for achieving the social
and economic benefits of a country being online.
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