ICT Trends in Asia-Pacific Region February 26, 2002 WITSA Meeting Mamoru Mitsugi Immediate Past Chairman JISA WITSA Vice Chairman for Asia-Pacific

2 ICT Industry in Asia-Pacific Source : IDC (Digital Planet 2002)

3 High Growth Rate Region n ICT growth rate is higher u CAGR China % Vietnam % India % Singapore % Philippines % u Total Average % (Global average is 7.6 %) Source : IDC (Digital Planet 2002)

4 ICT Trends in Asia-Pacific n Telecom Wireless applications, Broadband, 3G n Software CRM, SCM n Services M/E-Commerce, Contents design, Outsourcing, ASP n Hardware Better quality and price

5 Next Big Thing in Asia-Oceania n Emerging Country - China … Joined WTO in Dec n Many Asian-Oceanian countries are growing further Driving Force for the global ICT industry development

6 Major Problems n Hight cost of connecting to the Internet n Infrastructure n Information Security / Privacy n Intellectual Property Rights

7 Thank you