Broadband Overview

Asia-Pacific

Publication Date	October 2006
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	37
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00028

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Summary

The development of the broadband markets in Asia-Pacific varies widely. Speeds range from the world's slowest to the fastest, penetration ranges from the world's highest to lowest, and pricing ranges from the world's most expensive to cheapest.

Broadband connections in New Zealand, Malaysia and Thailand grow rapidly and the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia are at the beginning of growth curves. However, in some markets such as Australia and Singapore growth is slowing, and Korea, and to a lesser extent Japan and Taiwan, are approaching saturation. These saturating markets lead the world in terms of penetration which is now in excess of 80% in Korea. This is resulting in a change of strategy. Operators are growing broadband revenues by upselling to higher value plans value-added services, such as IPTV, VoD and new innovative pricing plans. Fibre-to-the-x (FTTx), including fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) led by Japan, and next-generation network (NGN) deployments are also occurring.

In developing markets, despite strong growth, there are still significant barriers that are limiting broadband take-up. Many countries suffer from low-PC and wireline penetration, limited broadband availability and high prices. Fixed-to-mobile substitution (FMS) is continuing to advance and there is very little new copper being installed. Instead, operators are focusing on wireless local loop (WLL), particularly in rural areas. Many future broadband connections will therefore come from wireless. These factors coupled with high mobile penetration are making it increasingly unlikely that the PC with a fixed Internet connection will take the Internet to the mass market.

Most governments have recognised the importance of broadband development for economic and productivity reasons and have used policies to stimulate growth. In both developing and developed markets, action has been taken to increase penetration, broadband accessibility and available speeds. Broadband availability has become a policy objective for governments who view that without broadband take-up their countries will become a technical laggard. Various national ICT initiatives and policies have included promoting facilities-based competition, price setting and targets for connections or fibre-deployment.

Flat-rate data packages are common and competition is mostly based around speed and pricing. Speeds of 50Mbit/s and 100Mbit/s are now common in select areas with even 1Gbit/s available in some markets. However, many areas still only have access to speeds below 10Mbit/s and 512k is a common connection speed. Regulation is also giving more access to incumbent infrastructure and encouraging more DSLAM deployments. WiMAX, 3G mobile technologies and other wireless broadband solutions are also being deployed. Lower entry-level pricing, more pervasive access to broadband and new services will ensure continued growth.

Content

Ovum view
Scope
Overview
Connections and penetration
- Competition
- DSL is the leading broadband technology
- Country sheets
Australia
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Others
- Company analysis
Singapore
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Company analysis
Japan
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Company analysis
New Zealand
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Company analysis
Malaysia
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Company analysis
Thailand
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Company analysis
Philippines
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Company analysis
Vietnam
- Key figures
Indonesia
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
- Company analysis
Korea
- Technology
- Key figures
- Key broadband operators
Others
- Company analysis
Table of figures
- Figure 1 Total broadband connections by region
- Figure 2 Total residential broadband penetrations in Asia-Pacific
- Figure 3 Change in broadband connections during 2005 and Q1 2006 market household penetration.
- Figure 4 Incumbent retail market share
- Figure 5 Broadband connection technologies in 2005
- Figure 6 Internet connections
- Figure 7 Broadband subscribers by technology
- Figure 8 Australia in figures
- Figure 9 Top-level broadband figures for Australia
- Figure 10 Incumbent
- Figure 11 Operator subscribers
- Figure 12 Internet connections
- Figure 13 Broadband subscribers by technology
- Figure 14 Singapore in figures
- Figure 15 Top-level broadband figures for SingTel
- Figure 16 Key broadband operator figures
- Figure 17 Internet connections
- Figure 18 Broadband connections by technology
- Figure 19 Japan in figures
- Figure 20 Top-level broadband figures for Japan
- Figure 21 Operator broadband subscribers
- Figure 22 Internet connections
- Figure 23 Broadband subscribers by technology
- Figure 24 New Zealand in figures
- Figure 25 Top-level broadband figures for New Zealand
- Figure 26 Operators
- Figure 27 Malaysia in figures
- Figure 28 Top-level broadband figures for Malaysia
- Figure 29 Operators
- Figure 30 Internet connections
- Figure 31 Broadband subscribers by technology
- Figure 32 Thailand in figures
- Figure 33 Top-level broadband figures for Thailand
- Figure 34 Operator statistics
- Figure 35 Philippines in figures
- Figure 36 Top-level broadband figures for Philippines
- Figure 37 Operators
- Figure 38 Vietnam in figures
- Figure 39 Top-level broadband figures for Vietnam
- Figure 40 Internet connections
- Figure 41 Broadband subscribers by technology
- Figure 42 Indonesia in figures
- Figure 43 Top-level broadband figures for Indonesia
- Figure 44 DSL
- Figure 45 Internet connections '000s'
- Figure 46 Broadband subscribers by technology
- Figure 47 Korea broadband in figures
- Figure 48 Top-level broadband figures for Korea
- Figure 49 DSL
- Figure 50 Cable modem
- Figure 51 Fibre LAN