1. THE INTERNET ECOSYSTEM IN PAKISTAN Anum Farooq ICANN60 NextGen Abu Dhabi Oct 17

2. Internet Ecosystem – Two Angles
Market, Access, Subscribers, and
Pakistan within the Region.
Internet Ecosystem – ccTLD, IDN, IDN ccTLD and Pakistan within the Region.

3. Internet Ecosystem – Market, Access, Subscribers, and Pakistan within the Region

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Internet Ecosystem – ccTLD, IDN, ccTLD IDN,
and Pakistan within the Region.

9. 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

10. 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.

11. IDN – Internationalized Domain Names
Image Source: ICANN

12. 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)

13. Reference: pkSIG – Pakistan School of Internet Governance
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