Internet Infrastructure, Access Prices, and Local Content Analysis

Local content, Internet infrastructure, and access pricesDr. Piotr Stryszowski, OECDITU Regional Workshop on ICT IndicatorsSharm ElSheik, Egypt, 8-9 June 2012 The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the OECD or its Membership.

The project • Joint project • Empirical analysis • Internet infrastructure • Internet access prices • Local content production • Mobile local content • Markets • Examples: KR, JP, FI, EG, KE, UG, BR • Country case studies • EG, CN, BR, FR, KE, KR, SN,

The project Empirical analysis Three key elements • Local content • Internet infrastructure • Internet access prices

Local content • The content that is most important to people is typically in their own language and is relevant to the communities in which they live and work. • Communities may be defined by location, culture, language, religion, ethnicity or area of interest • Individuals may belong to many communities at the same time. • Communities evolve so what is relevant will change over time. This relevant content is often referred to as “local content”

Measuring local content Local content Measurements tied to a country Measurements tied to a language Web pages using country-code top level domains per 1000 inhabitants Number of Wikipedia articles per language per inhabitant Number of published blogs per language per inhabitant

Measuring infrastructure Internet infrastructure Broadband subscription rates per 100 inhabitants Autonomous systems per100 000 inhabitants Routed IPv4 addresses per capita International bandwidth capacity per capita

Relationship mapping Other factors (demographic, educational, geographical, etc.) Internet prices Internet infrastructure Local content general economic performance

Results: Internet and local content INTERNET DEVELOPMENTA. Broadband penetrationB. Autonomous systemsC. International bandwidth LOCAL CONTENT Wikipedia entries INTERNET DEVELOPMENTAutonomous systems LOCAL CONTENT Web pages per ccTLD per capita INTERNET DEVELOPMENTRouted IPv4 addresses per capita LOCAL CONTENT Blogs per country, per capita

Results: Internet and access prices PRICE Fixed broadband monthly price(Domestic) INTERNET DEVELOPMENTInternational bandwidth capacity (International) INTERNET DEVELOPMENTAutonomous systems per 10 000 inhabitants(Domestic) PRICE IP transit price (International) INTERNET DEVELOPMENTBroadband penetration rates(Domestic)

Internet prices Internet infrastructure Local content

Policy considerations • Foster content development • Promote skills, reduce trade barriers on equipment, levies on recording media • Governments putting public-sector data on the Internet • Expand connectivity • Increase spectrum availability, improve international capacity • Create domestic Internet exchanges • Lay infrastructure when other public works are taking place • Promote competition • Liberalise telecom markets, • Remove barriers to entry

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Internet Infrastructure, Access Prices, and Local Content Analysis