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AP-IS Initiative: Bridging Connectivity Gaps for Sustainable Development

Learn about the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) Initiative, which aims to bridge the gaps in broadband access and connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region for sustainable social and economic development. Discover the achievements made since 2012 and the upcoming activities to enhance regional connectivity.

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AP-IS Initiative: Bridging Connectivity Gaps for Sustainable Development

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  1. Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Initiative:Seamless connectivity for sustainable development in Asia and the PacificInterconnectivity toward better and faster social and economic development: achievement and aspirations25 May 2015, WISIS Forum, Geneva Kwang Dong Kim, ICT Policy Expert, ICT and Development Section, ESCAP

  2. ICT Infra & connectivity gaps and AP-IS initiative • Great gaps in broadband access, speed, bandwidth and costs • Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong China • 4 underdeveloped subregions: ASEAN, South Asia, North & Central landlocked and Pacific island • Why? - Less investment to infra resulting from low market demand • In other words, current situation is gap between “Should be” & “Could be”, or “Future” & “Present”, “Public involvement” & “Market/Private driven” • AS an intergovernmental platform for regional economic & social development, UN ESCAP has conducted a series of sub-regional studies & activities on regional ICT/Broadband infrastructure and connectivity since 2012

  3. What ESCAP has done since 2012 and achievement • Comprehensive sub-regional studies in ASEAN, North and Central, and South and South-West Asia, and broadband backbone on-line map • Collaboration with ROK, Russia Federation and ITU • Four sub-regional consultations and outcome documents: • Manila, Philippines (23-24 September 2013) • Baku, Azerbaijan (3-4 December 2013) • Almaty, Kazakhstan (3 June 2014) • Paro, Bhutan (1-2 October 2014) • AP-IS adoption, at 4th ICT Committee of ESCAP (10, 2014) : • Establish AP-IS Working Group consisting of nominators from member countries • Draft AP-IS framework on principles/norms and master plan(main activities and milestones)

  4. Regional Internet connectivity challenges • Well-developed sea-based connectivity but limits to future demand • Intensive & market driven investment based on demand • Limits route diversity, network redundancy and risk by natural disasters, marine vessel accidents • Limits access to massive landlocked sub-regions • Limits capacity for future demand driven by growing economy & deepening socio-economic integration • Limited regional terrestrial physical network connectivity • A patchwork of bilateral cross-border linkages and limited geographic scope • Low capacity (10 Gbps usually, a fraction of total international bandwidth capacity) • Limited regional interconnection connetivity by Lack of sufficient regional IXPs and hubs: “Tromboning” problem

  5. AP-IS Goal • Objective: To create seamless pan regional terrestrial/submarine well-balanced connectivity with affordability, reliability and universality • Direction: Enhance regional terrestrial network connectivity and regional interconnection connectivity • Target 1: Deploy sub-regional backbone networks, in particular ASEAN, South Asia, North & Central Asia • Target 2: Establish sufficient regional IXPs and create sub-regional Internet hubs • Target 3: Gradually integrate them as a whole meshed pan Asia-Pacific internet connectivity

  6. AP-IS Strategy and Next Step • 2 track approach, ready to invest at second tier level • To bridge the gap between “should be / future” & “Could be / present” • Member countries – ESCAP • Making consensus/willingness and setting vision/direction by AP-IS initiative and AP-IS intergovernmental agreement • Member countries – Regional Funding agencies: AIIB, ADB • Develop ICT infrastructure investment projects at sub-regional and regional level * Success cases: With ESCAP’s agreements on the Asian Highway and Trans Asian Railway, related development projects have conducted

  7. Up-coming AP-IS activities • AP-IS WG participating countries: 12 countries (as of 22, May) • : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Lao People's Democratic, Myanmar, • Philippines, Viet Nam, Mongolia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation

  8. Thank you For further information please contact Kwang Dong Kim, ESCAP kim6@un.org

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