2nd Central Asia Internet Symposium – 2 March 2016, Dushanbe By Christopher Miller, International Finance Corporation

1. International Internet Connectivity to
Improve Competitiveness in Central
Asia
Christopher Miller
CMiller1@ifc.org

2. Типичный день в интернете

3. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23347

5. International Internet Bandwidth, YE14
Azerbaijan: 340 Gbps
Turkmenistan: 1 Gbps
Kazakhstan: 500 Gbps
Russian Federation: 4,000 Gbps
Kyrgyz Republic: 15 Gbps
Tajikistan: 5 Gbps
Uzbekistan: 20 Gbps
Afghanistan: 15 Gbps

6. Int’l. Internet Bandwidth per Capita (Kbps)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Turkmenistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kyrgyz Republic Russia Kazakhstan Azerbaijan
0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7
2.6
27.9
29.4
35.8
THE BANDWIDTH DIVIDE
Less than 10 Kbps:
SERIOUS OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT
Source: Terabit Consulting
Many Western European markets: >100 Kbps per capita

7. Wholesale Bandwidth Prices
• Wholesale bandwidth prices are 10 to 100+ times
higher in Central Asia than in America or Europe
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$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
$60
$70
$80
$90
$100
$110
$120
$100+ $100+
$30 $30
$13 $10 $5 $2 $1
Wholesale Transit Pricing per Mbps ($USD)
Source: Terabit Consulting

8. Consumer Internet Prices
• High international bandwidth costs are a primary cause
of high consumer prices
Source: Terabit Consulting
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
130%
48%
11% 10% 1% 0.09% 0.02%
1 Mbps Internet Subscription as % of Per-Capita GDP

9. Terrestrial as a Solution for Submarine
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2015
by Terabit Consulting
The global telecommunications industry is desperate for a
cost-effective solution that would avoid undersea choke points.
Digital CASA could be an alternative.

10. Digital CASA