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AH15 AH1 AH2 AH13 AH48 AH11 AH2 AH2 AH16 AH16 AH1 AH1 AH16 AH12 AH1 AH16 AH16 AH16 AH16 AH1 AH13 AH11 AH1 ยต AH1 * The priority trans-border projects have been identified by ESCAP research as the AH42 AH1 THAILAND cross-border broadband connections with the greatest need for rapid improvement. AH42 AH1 AH1 A U S T R A L I A These include bilateral broadband connections requiring improvement in the AH12 VIET NAM AH42 transmission infrastructure, for example through the deployment of additional fiber AH2 AH1 AH19 optic cables along the Asian Highway or Trans-Asian Railway transport ")5 *#3 BANGKOK AH42 infrastructures, as represented on the map. #")2 BANGLADESH * AH11 AH41 AH19 AH1 AH2 AH1 AH41 AH1 The maps of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway are publicly available online AH1 AH1 DHAKA at: http://www.unescap.org/idd/maps/asia-pacific-superhighway/ or via the QR code INDIA *#3 ") below. CAMBODIA AH1 AH41

AH11 AH1 Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on PHNOM PENH AH1 AH41 the part of the Secretariat of the concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning *#") the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by #3 ") AH11 AH1 * India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. AH1 AH1 ") AH1 ") AH2 AH11 ")7 *#3 The main map is prepared at a scale of 1:10,500,000

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