THE INTERNET ECOSYSTEM IN PAKISTAN Anum Farooq ICANN60 NextGen Abu Dhabi Oct 17
Internet Ecosystem – Two Angles Market, Access, Subscribers, and Pakistan within the Region. Internet Ecosystem – ccTLD, IDN, IDN ccTLD and Pakistan within the Region.
Internet Ecosystem – Market, Access, Subscribers, and Pakistan within the Region
Telecom/Internet Technology Mix If we look from a technology standpoint, Pakistan is no doubt a technology rich market, with service providers using wide range of technologies including DSL, HFC, FTTH, EvDO and WiMAX, 3G/4G/LTE and BGAN, among others.
Subscriber Base and Market Penetration 3G/4G Penetration 7% 3G/4G Subscribers 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Millions Data Source: PTA, Industry Reports, News etc. 93% Cellular Subscribers Mobile Penetration 150 100 Millions 39% 50 61% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Subscriber Base and Market Penetration Broadband DSL 8% Broadband (Fixed) HFC WiMAX 0% 3% FTTH 0% EvDO 8% DSL HFC 40% 44% WiMAX FTTH Data Source: PTA, Industry Reports, News etc. Mobile BB 81% 1% 1% EvDO 14% Teledensity Broadband Penetration 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 9% 91% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Internet Growth in the Regional Markets Afghanistan 30.00 25.00 20.00 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Data Source: ITU, World Bank, NRAs, Industry News Sri Lanka Bangladesh 15.00 10.00 5.00 0.00 Pakistan India Nepal
Internet Ecosystem – ccTLD, IDN, ccTLD IDN, and Pakistan within the Region.
State of ccTLD in Pakistan and the Region State of ccTLD in the Region ccTLD in the Region 1,498,991 India .in 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 Data Source: DomainTools.com, ccTLD registries, Industry news, etc Bangladesh .bd Nepal .np Sri Lanka .lk Pakistan .pk 22,317 44,887 41,106 51,883 5,249 Afghanistan .af .in .bd .np .lk .pk ccTLD Penetration in South Asia (Per .af Country ccTLD ccTLDs Registered India .in 1,498,991 Bangladesh .bd 22,317 Nepal .np 44,887 Sri Lanka .lk 41,106 Pakistan .pk 51,883 Afghanistan .af 5,249 2.5 1000) 2 1.5 1 0.5 .in .bd .np .lk .pk .af
IDN – Internationalized Domain Names Domain names represented by characters other than the traditional ASCII characters (a through z). IDNs could contain letters or characters from number of Latin scripts (for example, Arabic or Chinese). Enables the global community to use a domain name in their native language or script.
IDN – Internationalized Domain Names Image Source: ICANN
IDN ccTLD Chinese characters Cyrillic script Arabic script .中国 (Zhōngguó, C hina) .台灣 (Táiwān, Taiw an) .台湾 (Táiwān, Taiw an) .新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō, Sing apore) Cyrillic script Arabic script Brahmic script Other scripts .বাংলা (Bangla, Bang ladesh) .भारत (Bharat, India ) .சிங்கப்பூ ர் (Cinkappūr, Si ngapore) .рф (rf, Russia) .رصم (Masr, Egypt) .გე (GE, Georgia) .한국 (Han- guk, South Korea) .հայ (hay, Armenia ) .срб (srb, Serbia) ( .ناریاIran) .ناتسکاپ (Pākistān, Pak istan) .укр (ukr, Ukraine)
Reference: pkSIG – Pakistan School of Internet Governance Thank You!