ICT indicators and the IDI

Nadi, Fiji 22 November 2018 Ioane Koroivuki Regional Director ITU Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific Index

 The current state of ICTs

 The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis

 Emerging ICT trends

 Country profiles Rapid growth in mobile broadband

 Worldwide, more than 50 mobile-broadband subs. per 100 inhabitants today

Mobile network coverage

 LTE or higher capabilities are available to most mobile users More than half of households worldwide now have access to the Internet

Proportion of households with access to the Internet

…but large divides persist, particularly in LDCs Digital divides

 Between age groups

Individuals using the Internet by age

 Between men and women Internet user gender gap Index

 The current state of ICTs

 The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis

 Emerging ICT trends

 Country profiles The ICT Development Index (IDI)

A revised set of indicators will be introduced from IDI 2018 IDI 2017 Top ten

Iceland 1.  For the first time, 2. Korea (Rep.) tops the IDI rankings in 2017 3.  European countries and 4. economies in the Asia-Pacific 5. region take the top places 6. , China  Top performers have high 7. levels of economic 8. prosperity, literacy and other 9. skills that enable citizens to take full advantage of ICTs 10. Most dynamic countries

 Improvements were particularly significant in middle- income developing countries  Most growth in the ICT use sub-index, particularly in mobile broadband Disparities in IDI value – LDCs falling behind in ICT development

Denominations and classifications employed in this map do not imply any opinion on the part of ITU concerning the legal or other status of any territory or any endorsement or acceptance of any boundary. Index

 The current state of ICTs

 The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis

 Emerging ICT trends

 Country profiles Regional IDI

Distribution of IDI values

 Considerable differences between geographical regions & countries Regional IDI

 Asia and the Pacific is the most heterogeneous region in terms of ICT development Most dynamic countries – Asia & Pacific IDI 2017 values – Asia and the Pacific Index

 The current state of ICTs

 The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis

 Emerging ICT trends

 Country profiles ICT-led transformation

(USD) Complementary innovations

 IoT will greatly expand the digital footprint

 Big data analytics will extract useful knowledge from digital information flows

 Cloud computing will lower entry barriers to scalable computing resources

 Artificial intelligence will help human beings to make better decisions Contribution to realizing SDGs

 IoT, big data analytics, cloud computing and Artificial intelligence can contribute to each of the 17 SDGs

Applications: manufacturing precision agriculture government

health care smart cities smart transportation education

 Harnessing the benefits of advanced ICTs requires appropriate infrastructures, services, and skills

Cloud traffic

 Risk of next-generation digital divides

Based on Cisco (2016). Regions differ from the ITU classification. Index

 The current state of ICTs

 The ICT Development Index (IDI) o Global analysis o Regional analysis

 Emerging ICT trends

 Country profiles Country profiles

 Overview

 Market structure o Mobile services o Fixed services

 Government policies

 Conclusion More information

MISR 2017 www.itu.int/mis2017

IDI data visualization tool www.itu.int/idi2017

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