THE STATE OF BROADBAND 2016 REPORT

Phillippa BiggsITU

15 September 2016

Agenda

1. The Shifting Digital Divide2. High-level Trends3. Broadband Commission targets4. Viewpoints:

- Commissioners- Corporate Viewpoints- Perspectives from Government

5. Conclusions

1. The Shifting Digital Divide – from basic telephony to Internet

The digital divide is shifting from basic phones to Internet, with mobile broadband a key driver of growth in Internet access –half of all subscriptions now broadband-enabled:

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Population Mobilesubscriptions

Unique MobileSubscribers

Mobilebroadband

Fixedbroadband

Projected Global Totals, 2016 Year End

Source: ITU.

Remaining no unconnectedPeople

Internet users

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ons

2. High-level Trends – Totals over Time

Source: Ericsson.

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ons

2. High-level Trends – Regulatory Developments, 2005-2015

Source: ITU.

2. High-level Trends – 4G

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016*

Cumulative number of countries with live 4G LTE networks, 2009-2016

* as of Q2 2016

Asia & Pacific

Other Economies

CIS countries

The Americas

Africa

Arab States

Europe countries

Source: GSMAi.

2. High-level Trends – 4G (cont)

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Years after launch

Number of countries with live 3G/4G networks

3G

4G

Source: ITU.

2. High-level Trends – Next-Generation Satellite

Source: Eutelsat Intelligence.

3.1 Targets – National Broadband Plans (1)

3138

5364

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123133 134

140148 151

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Adopted a Plan or Strategy

Without

Planning

Source: ITU.

3.1 Targets – National Broadband Plans (2)

Source: ITU.

3.1 Targets – National Broadband Plans (3)

Source: ITU.

3.2 Targets – Affordability

Source: ITU.

3.3 Targets – Household Access

Source: Parks Associates, ITU.

3.4 Targets – Individual Access Continues to Increase

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60% of the population should be online

Source: ITU.

3.5 Targets – Gender Gap is Growing (1)

Source: ITU.

3.5 Targets – Gender Gap is Growing (2)

Source: GSMAi

4. Viewpoints from Commissioners (1)The report contains a number of Viewpoints:• Hans Vestberg on ICTs for achieving SDGs• Sunil Mittal on mobile broadband in India• Rajeev Suri on the digital gender divide• Mats Granryd on the evolution of mobile• Dr. Speranza Ndege on household Internet in Africa• Rupert Pearce, José Toscano, Christian Roisse on satellite• Cathy Novelli on the Global Connect Initiative• Leong Keng Thai on policy for IoT

4. Viewpoints (2)As well as Corporate Viewpoints from: Eutelsat, Facebook, GSMA, Huawei, Inmarsat, KT, Microsoft, Nokia, VimpelCom, Zain Group.

And perspectives from Government & IGOs: IADB, ITU, Ministry of Telecom of the Russian Federation, CITC in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Communications of Spain, TRA of UAE, UNESCO, US State Dept, World Bank.

5. Key Conclusions

• The digital divide is shifting from basic telephony to Internet

• Half of all mobile phones are now broadband-enabled• Competition among next-gen technologies is intensifying• Roughly half the Commission’s targets were achieved by

the original end-date of 2015.• The overall digital gender divide has grown slightly.

Thank you very much