Asia Leading the future Yoshio UTSUMI, Secretary-General, ITU Forum Opening, ITU T ELECOM A SIA 2004 Busan, 7 September

International Telecommunication Union 2 Asia leading the future Asian market passed one billion users in 2003  Market has increased in size by more than five times over course of the last decade World ’ s largest regional ICT market  More than a third of the world ’ s mobile and fixed-line users and almost half of broadband and 3G World ’ s largest national ICT market  China has overtaken the United States as the world ’ s largest market for fixed-lines and mobile and soon for broadband Pioneers  Global role model in pioneering 3G mobile markets Innovators  Developing the “ portable Internet ” technologies that will help to create platform for ubiquitous information society

International Telecommunication Union 3 Crossing the one billion mark Fixed-lines and mobile users in the Asia-Pacific, million '000 1' Cellular mobile users Fixed lines October 2003: Asia- Pacific passes the one-billion user mark Source:ITU World Telecommunication Indicators Database.

Asia-Pacific: Total teledensity, 2003 Note: Telephone and mobile phone subscribers combined. Source: ITU Internet Reports 2004: The Portable internet.

Asia-Pacific: Leading the world in broadband. Subscribers per 100 inhabitants, year-end 2003 DSL, 72.5% Cable modems, 22.1% Other broadband, 5.4% DSL, 72.5% Cable modems, 22.1% Other broadband, 5.4% Korea (Rep.) Hong Kong, China Taiwan, China Japan Singapore Macao, China Australia New Zealand China Malaysia Thailand Philippines Indonesia India Vietnam DSL Cable Modems Other Overall broadband penetration rate Asia broadband total = 46m subscribers at 31 Dec Korea (Rep.) Hong Kong, China Taiwan, China Japan Singapore Macao, China Australia New Zealand China Malaysia Thailand Philippines Indonesia India Vietnam DSL Cable Modems Other Overall broadband penetration rate Asia broadband total = 46m subscribers at 31 Dec. 03 Source: ITU Internet Reports 2004: The Portable Internet.

Broadband pricing: key to successful adoption New Zealand Malaysia Australia China Singapore Macao, China HK, China Taiwan, China Korea (Rep) Japan Cost per 100 kbit/s, in US$ per month, July Singapore New Zealand Malaysia HK, China Korea (Rep) Australia Taiwan, China Macao, China Japan China Entry level cost for basic broadband package, in US$ per month, July Speed (kbit/s) Note:Price data is for July Source:ITU Internet Reports 2004: The Portable Internet.

Superpower switch: China overtaking USA in the Internet market Source: ITU World Telecommunication Indicators Database. Broadband subscribers, million Estimated Internet users, million China USA Cross-over point,2004?

Asia-Pacific: Leading the world in high-speed mobile (IMT-2000/3G) Estimated total at 30 June 2004 =14.9 million CDMA 1xEV-DO subscribers W-CDMA subscribers Korea 1xEV-DO, 53.7% Other EVDO, 1.0% Korea, W-CDMA 0.3% Italy, 6.7% UK, 3.7% HK, China, 0.7% Other WCDMA, 2.0% Japan, 31.8% Estimated total at 30 June 2004 =103 million Korea, 21.8% Japan, 14.3% Rest of the world, 63.9% CDMA 1x subscribers Source: ITU Internet Reports 2004: The Portable Internet.

International Telecommunication Union 9 The ubiquitous network society Based on “ portable Internet ” technologies Mobility Speed Broadband WLAN IMT-2000 Market opportunity for new wireless technologies Source: ITU Internet Reports 2004: The Portable Internet.

Geneva phase successfully completed  Geneva, December 2003  Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action adopted Ongoing work  Internet Governance  Mechanisms for bridging the digital divide Tunis Phase preparations underway  Three PrepComs (June 04, Feb 05, Sept 05)  Regional and thematic meetings  Tunis Phase, November 2005, Tunis World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Asia leading the future!